FORMER TEXAS LEGISLATORS
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1 Bill Messer
Served as a Belton Democrat in the Texas House 1979-1986, Calendars Committee Chair, Texas Lobby Group
1 Stan Schlueter
Served as a Killeen Democrat in the Texas House 1977-1989, Calendars, Ways & Means Committee and Financial Institutions Committee Chair, Special Public Servant Standards of Conduct Advisory Committee Chair, The Schlueter Group
3 Florence Shapiro
Served as Plano Republican in the Texas Senate 1993-2013, Education Committee and State Affairs Committee Chair
4 Todd Staples
Texas Agriculture Commissioner 2007-2015, Served as a Palestine Republican in the Texas Senate 2001-2007 and Texas House 1995-2001, Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chair, Texas Oil & Gas Association President
5 Ken Armbrister
Served as a Victoria Democrat in the Texas Senate 1987-2007 and Texas House 1983-1987, Gov Rick Perry Legislative Director, Senate Natural Resources Committee, Criminal Justice Committee and State Affairs Committee Chair, Texas Star Alliance
6 Leticia Van de Putte
Served as a San Antonio Democrat in the Texas Senate 1999-2015 and Texas House 1991-1999, Veterans Affairs & Military Installations Committee Chair, Lieutenant Governor Nominee 2014, Democratic National Convention Co-Chair 2008
7 John Montford
Served as a Lubbock Democrat in the Texas Senate 1983-1996, Finance Committee and State Affairs Committee Chair, Texas Tech University System Chancellor
8 Craig Eiland
Served as a Galveston Democrat in the Texas House 1995-2015, Speaker Pro Tem, Pensions & Investments Committee Chair
9 Jim Pitts
Served as a Waxahachie Republican in the Texas House 1993-2015, Appropriations Committee Chair, Pitts Peterson Consulting
10 Chuck Hopson
Served as Jacksonville Democrat and Republican in the Texas House 2001-2013, General Investigating & Ethics Committee Chair, Superior HealthPlan
11 J.E. "Buster" Brown
Served as a Lake Jackson Republican in the Texas Senate 1981-2002, Natural Resources Committee Chair
12 Dan Shelley
Served as a Crosby Republican in the Texas House 1987-1993 and the Texas Senate 1993-1995, Gov. Rick Perry Legislative Director
13 Vicki Truitt
Served as a Keller Republican in the Texas House 1999-2013, Pensions, Investments and Financial Services Committee Chair
14 John Davis
Served as a Houston Republican in the Texas House 1999-2015, Economic and Small Business Development Committee Chair
15 Mark Homer
Cross Oak Group, Served as a Paris Democrat in the Texas House 1999-2011, Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee Chair
16 Jaime Capelo
Served as a Corpus Christi Democrat in the Texas House 1998-2005, Public Health Committee Chair
17 Rob Eissler
Served as a Republican from The Woodlands in the Texas House 2003-2013, Public Education Committee Chair
18 Burt Solomons
Served as a Carrollton Republican in the Texas House 1995-2013, Sunset Advisory Commission Chairman, Redistricting Committee, State Affairs Committee and Financial Institutions Committee Chair
19 Vilma Luna
Served as a Corpus Christi Democrat in the Texas House 1993-2006, Appropriations Committee Vice-Chair, HillCo Partners
20 Harvey Hilderbran
Served as a Kerrville Republican in the Texas House 1989-2015, Ways & Means Committee, Culture Recreation & Tourism Committee, Human Services Committee Chair
21 Bill Hammond
Served as a Dallas Republican in the Texas House 1983-1991, Elections Committee and Local and Consent Calendars Chair, Texas Association of Business Chief Executive Officer
22 Corbin Van Arsdale
Served as a Cypress Republican in the Texas House 2003-2008, Cedar Park Mayor
23 Parker McCollough
Served as a Georgetown Democrat in the Texas House 1989-1993, Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chair
24 Steve Holzheauser
Served as a Victoria Republican in the Texas House 1987-1999, Energy Resources Committee Chair
25 Robert Saunders
Served as a La Grange Democrat in the Texas House 1981-1997, Land & Resource Management, Environmental Affairs and Agriculture & Livestock Committee Chair
26 Rick Hardcastle
Served as a Vernon Republican in the Texas House 1999-2013, Agriculture & Livestock Committee Chair
27 Kent Grusendorf
Served as an Arlington Republican in the Texas House 1987-2007, Education Committee Chair

 

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