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2026 Texas Attorney General Election
The 2026 Texas Attorney General election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term in office, but is instead running for U.S. Senate against incumbent John Cornyn. Republican primary Candidates Declared * Joan Huffman, state senator from the 17th district (2008–present) * Mayes Middleton, state senator from the 11th district (2023–present) *Aaron Reitz, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy (2025) Publicly expressed interest * Matt Rinaldi, former chair of the Texas Republican Party (2021–2024) and former state representative from the 115th district (2015–2019) Potential *Brandon Creighton, president pro tempore of the Texas Senate (2025–present) from the 4th district (2014–present) * Brian Harrison, state representative from the 10th district (2021–present) and candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Texas
The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer of the of . The current officeholder, Republican , has served in the position since January 5, 2015. History The Office of the Attorney General was first established by executive ordinance of the government in 1836. The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas House Of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The House meets at the Texas State Capitol, State Capitol in Austin, Texas, Austin. Leadership The leadership for the 89th Legislature is as follows: The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the House. The Speaker's duties include maintaining order within the House, recognizing members during debate, ruling on procedural matters, appointing members to the various #Committees, committees and sending bills for committee review. The Speaker pro tempore is primarily a ceremonial position, but does, by long-standing tradition, preside over the House during its consideration of local and consent bills. Unlike other State legislature (United States), state leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States District Court For The Western District Of Texas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin, and Hill Country counties of the U.S. state of Texas. This district covers over and seven divisions. Along with the District of New Mexico, Southern District of Texas, and District of Arizona, it is one of the busiest district courts in terms of criminal felony filings. History The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state. On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bash
John Franklin Bash III (born 1980/1981) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 2017 to 2020. Early life and education In 2003, Bash graduated from Harvard College, where he was a staff writer for the ''Harvard Crimson''. In 2006 he received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''. Career After law school, Bash clerked for Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court during the 2007–08 session, and earlier for Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Following Bash's clerkships, he was an associate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where his practice focused on complex litigation in federal district and appellate courts. From 2012 to 2017, Bash was an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice. In that role, he argued ten cases on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pluribus News
''Pluribus News'' is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, an ... outlet that reports on state-level policy and legislation in the United States, primarily for lawmakers, lobbyists, and public affairs practitioners. The site, founded by Reid Wilson, began publishing in October 2022. ''Pluribus News'' is financed by a mix of advertising, paid newsletter subscriptions, and live events. References External links * {{Official website, https://pluribusnews.com/ American political websites 2022 establishments in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Roy
Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy (born August 7, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Roy took office on January 3, 2019. Before his election to Congress, he served as chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz and as first assistant attorney general of Texas. A member of and policy chair of the House Freedom Caucus, Roy is considered a member of the Far-right politics, far-right faction of the House Republican Conference. Early life and education Roy was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in Lovettsville, Virginia. His parents, Don and Rhonda Roy, were conservatives who supported Ronald Reagan and helped shape Roy's political views. After graduating from Loudoun Valley High School, Roy attended the University of Virginia, receiving a Bachelor of Science in commerce in 1994 and a Master of Science in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas's 65th House Of Representatives District
District 65 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County, Texas, Denton County. The current representative is Mitch Little who was elected in 2024. He defeated Kronda Thimesch, who was elected in 2022 in a primary election. Previous incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Michelle Beckley, while joining a caucus of Texas House Democrats in Washington DC to break quorum, announced she would instead challenge US Representative Beth Van Duyne in 2022. District description The district is located wholly within Denton County, Texas, Denton County, representing southern portions of the county. The district includes northeastern parts of Lewisville, Texas, Lewisville, northern half of Carrollton, Texas, Carrollton, southern half of The Colony, Texas, The Colony, all of Bartonville, Texas, Bartonville, Northlake, Texas, Northlake, Justin, Texas, Justin, and Double Oak, Texas, Double Oak, as well as portions of Plano, Texas, Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Little
Jason Mitchell Little is an American politician who was elected member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 65th district in 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he defeated incumbent Kronda Thimesch in the primary election. Little was formerly an impeachment lawyer for Attorney General Ken Paxton. Early life and education Little was born in Houston, Texas to Ronald Paul Little and Robin Mitchell Little. An only child, Little attended Second Baptist School from kindergarten through high school. Little competed in wrestling, track and football for the Second Baptist Eagles and was named to the TAPPS All-State Second Team as an offensive tackle. Little graduated from Second Baptist in 1997 as valedictorian. Little attended Harvard University, where he played four years of football for the Crimson and graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in government, cum laude in field, with a citation for proficiency in Spanish. In 2000, Little received the William Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Texas's 6th Congressional District Special Election
The 2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election was held on May 1, 2021. The seat became vacant after incumbent Republican Ron Wright died on February 7 of COVID-19. Ron Wright's widow, Susan Wright from Arlington, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, and Jake Ellzey (who lost the Republican primary for this seat to Ron Wright in 2018) of Waxahachie, who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives starting on January 12, advanced to the runoff. Ellzey finished ahead of Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez of Fort Worth for the second place by just 354 votes. Sanchez conceded defeat to Ellzey the day after the election. The district was a Republican hold due to two Republicans advancing to the runoff. The special election was expected to be competitive, due to the district trending Democratic in recent years and its suburban nature. A nonpartisan blanket primary took place, in which all candidates were listed on the same ballot. Since no cand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas's 10th House Of Representatives District
District 10 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851). The district has been represented by Republican Brian Harrison since September 28, 2021, upon his initial election to the Texas House after winning a special election to replace the outgoing Jake Ellzey who won the Texas District 6 seat in the United States House of Representatives. As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Ellis County, the only House district comprising the entirety of only a single county. Major cities in the district include Ennis, Midlothian, and Waxahachie. References {{Texas state legislative districts 010 010 may refer to: * 10 (number) * 8 (number) in octal numeral notation * Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982 * 010, the telephone area code of Beijing * 010, the Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Harrison (Texas Politician)
Brian Edward Harrison (born May 19, 1982) is an American government official who has represented the 10th district in the Texas House of Representatives since winning a special election for the seat in 2021. He previously served as chief of staff of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and ran for the United States House of Representatives in the 2021 special election for Texas's 6th congressional district, gaining 10.8% of the vote and placing fourth in a field of 23 candidates. The election was won by state representative Jake Ellzey. Harrison ran in and won the ensuing special election for Ellzey's state house seat on September 28, 2021. Education A graduate of Ovilla Christian School, Harrison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Texas A&M University. Career From 2005 to 2009, Harrison held positions at the Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, United States Department of Defense, and Office of the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Senate, District 4
District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Chambers County, Texas, Chambers county, and portions of Galveston County, Texas, Galveston, Harris County, Texas, Harris, Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson, and Montgomery County, Texas, Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. The current senator from District 4 is Brandon Creighton, the winner of a special election held on August 5, 2014, to succeed the resigning Tommy Williams (Texas politician), Tommy Williams. Election history Election history of District 4 from 1992.Uncontested primary elections are not shown. 2022 2020 2016 2014 (special) 2012 2008 2004 2002 1998 1994 1992 District officeholders References {{Texas state legislative districts Texas Senate districts, 04 Chambers County, Texas Galveston County, Texas Harris County, Texas Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
