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The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas. Morris Sheppard was Texas's longest-serving senator (1913–1941).
The other half will have a 4-4-2 cycle, whereupon the seat would stand for election after four years (the year ending in 6) for another four-year term, followed by a two-year term (elected in the year ending in 0). As such, every two years, about half of the Texas Senate is on the ballot. The Senate meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin ...
Years District Residence Electoral history Joseph Abbott: Democratic March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897 6th: Hillsboro: Elected in 1886. Retired. Bruce Alger: Republican January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 5th: Dallas: Elected in 1954. Lost re-election. Colin Allred: Democratic January 3, 2019 – present 32nd: Dallas: Elected in 2018. Incumbent ...
17. Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was ...
South Dakota Senate: South Dakota State University : January 3, 2015 2026 Class 2 Fort Pierre: Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn: Republican June 6, 1952 (age 72) Marketing consultant Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission U.S. House Tennessee Senate: Mississippi State University : January 3, 2019 2024 Class 1
He was a member of the Texas State Senate from 1955 to 1961, serving as the president pro tempore of the body in 1961. U.S. House of Representatives. Roberts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sam Rayburn. He was re-elected to the nine succeeding Congresses ...
Seal of the Senate of Texas. President pro tempore (often shortened to pro tem) of the Texas Senate is a largely honorary position, and is third in the line for the governorship of Texas. If the governor and lieutenant governor are both out of the state, the president pro tem is acting governor in their absence.
The List of United States Senate elections has been split into the following two parts for convenience: List of United States Senate elections (1788–1913) List of United States Senate elections (1914–present) The following are lists of United States Senate elections by other criteria: List of United States Senate election results by region