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Beverly Powell (born September 18, 1951), is an American politician from the
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. A Democrat, she represented District 10 in the
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from 2019 to 2023. In 2018, Powell defeated incumbent Republican Senator Konni Burton by a margin of 3.4%. In 2021, during redistricting, Texas Republicans redrew District 10 to be whiter and more conservative than it was before. The old district had been located entirely in Tarrant County, and voted for
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by eight points. The new district stretches into portions of six nearby counties and would have given
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a 16-point margin had it existed in 2020. Powell concluded the new district was "unwinnable" for a Democrat, and she decided to give up her bid for re-election and urged her supporters to work on "efforts to advance our causes and on the continuing efforts to restore voting rights" instead. Then-State Representative Phil King from Weatherford was thus elected unopposed.


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Living people Politicians from Fort Worth, Texas Texas Wesleyan University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party Texas state senators Women state legislators in Texas 21st-century American women politicians 1951 births 21st-century members of the Texas Legislature {{Texas-politician-stub