Texas House of Representatives

Texas House of Representatives
Texas House of Representatives
Texas Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Texas Legislature
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 14, 2025
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Dustin Burrows (R) ; since January 14, 2025
Speaker pro Tempore	Joe Moody (D) ; since February 13, 2025
House Majority Leader	Tom Oliverson (R) ; since April 3, 2024
House Minority Leader	Gene Wu (D) ; since January 14, 2025
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Majority (88) Republican (83); Minority (62) Democratic (67);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article 3, Texas Constitution
Salary	$7,200/year + per diem
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	November 5, 2024; (150 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2026; (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Texas State Capitol; Austin, Texas
Website
	Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. It has 150 members, who each one district of Texas. They serve for a two-year term with no term limits. The house meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.^[1]^[2]

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Dustin Burrows	Republican	Lubbock	83
Speaker Pro Tempore	Joe Moody	Democratic	El Paso	78
Republican Caucus Chair	Tom Oliverson	Republican	Cypress	130
Democratic Caucus Chair	Gene Wu	Democratic	Houston	137

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Republican	Democratic	Ind		Vacant
End 2010	75	73	0	148	2

Begin 2011	101	49	0	150	0
End 2012	101	48	0	149	1

Begin 2013	95	55	0	150	0
End 2014	95	55	0	150	0

Begin 2015	98	52	0	150	0
End 2016	99	50	1	150	0

Begin 2017	95	55	0	150	0
End 2018	94	56	0	150	0

2019–2020	83	67	0	150	0

Begin 2021^[a]	82	67	0	149	1
End 2022	85	65	0	150	0

Begin 2023	86	64	0	150	0
May 9, 2023^[b]	85			149	1
February 14, 2024^[c]	86			150	0
August 15, 2024^[d]	85			149	1
August 30, 2024^[e]	86	63		149	1

Begin 2025	88	62	0	150	0
Latest voting share	58.7%	41.3%

List of members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected	County(ies) represented
1	Gary VanDeaver	R	New Boston	2014	Bowie, Franklin, Lamar, Red River
2	Bryan Slaton	R	Royse City, Texas	2020	Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt
3	Cecil Bell Jr.	R	Magnolia	2012	Montgomery (part), Waller
4	Keith Bell	R	Forney	2018	Henderson (part), Kaufman
5	Cole Hefner	R	Mount Pleasant	2016	Camp, Morris, Rains, Smith (part), Titus, Wood
6	Matt Schaefer	R	Tyler	2012	Smith (part)
7	Jay Dean	R	Longview	2016	Gregg, Upshur
8	Cody Harris	R	Corsicana	2018	Anderson, Freestone, Hill, Navarro
9	Chris Paddie	R	Marshall	2012	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine, Shelby
10	John Wray	R	Waxahachie	2014	Ellis, Henderson (part)
11	Travis Clardy	R	Nacogdoches	2012	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk
12	Kyle Kacal	R	Hillister	2012	Brazos (part), Falls, Limestone, McLennan (part), Robertson
13	Ben Leman	R	Anderson	2018†	Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Lavaca, Washington
14	John N. Raney	R	Bryan	2010	Brazos (part)
15	Steve Toth	R	The Woodlands	2018	Montgomery (part)
16	Will Metcalf	R	Conroe	2014	Montgomery (part)
17	John Cyrier	R	Lockhart	2014	Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Karnes, Lee
18	Ernest Bailes	R	Dayton	2016	Liberty, San Jacinto, Walker
19	James White	R	Woodville	2010	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Tyler
20	Terry Wilson	R	Georgetown	2016	Burnet, Milam, Williamson (part)
21	Dade Phelan	R	Beaumont	2014	Jefferson (part), Orange
22	Joe Deshotel	D	Port Arthur	1998	Jefferson (part)
23	Mayes Middleton	R	Galveston	2018	Chambers, Galveston (part)
24	Greg Bonnen	R	Friendswood	2012	Galveston(part)
25	Dennis Bonnen	R	Angleton	1996	Brazoria (part), Matagorda
26	Rick Miller	R	Sugar Land	2012	Fort Bend (part)
27	Ron Reynolds	D	Missouri City	2010
28	Gary Gates	R	Richmond	2020†
29	Ed Thompson	R	Pearland	2012	Brazoria (part)
30	Geanie Morrison	R	Victoria	1998	Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria
31	Ryan Guillen	D	Rio Grande City	2002	Atascosa, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Willacy
32	Todd Ames Hunter	R	Portland	2008 (1989-1997)	Nueces (part)
33	Justin Holland	R	Rockwall	2016	Collin (part), Rockwall
34	Abel Herrero	D	Corpus Christi	2012	Nueces (part)
35	Oscar Longoria	D	Beeville	2012	Cameron (part) Hidalgo (part)
36	Sergio Muñoz	D	Mission	2010	Hidalgo (part)
37	Alex Dominguez	D	Brownsville	2018	Cameron (part)
38	Eddie Lucio III	D	San Benito	2006	Cameron (part)
39	Armando Martinez	D	Weslaco	2004	Hidalgo (part)
40	Terry Canales	D	Edinburg	2012
41	Robert Guerra	D	McAllen	2012†
42	Richard Raymond	D	Laredo	2001† (1993-1999)	Webb (part)
43	J. M. Lozano	R^[4]	Kingsville	2010	Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, San Patricio
44	John Kuempel	R	Seguin	2010†	Guadalupe, Wilson
45	Erin Zwiener	D	Driftwood	2018	Blanco, Hays counties
46	Sheryl Cole	D	Austin	2018	Travis (part)
47	Vikki Goodwin	D	Austin	2018
48	Donna Howard	D	Austin	2006†
49	Gina Hinojosa	D	Austin	2016
50	Celia Israel	D	Austin	2014†
51	Eddie Rodriguez	D	Austin	2002
52	James Talarico	D	Round Rock	2018†	Williamson (part)
53	Andrew Murr	R	Kimble County	2014	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton
54	Brad Buckley	R	Killeen	2018	Bell (part), Lampasas
55	Hugh Shine	R	Belton	2016	Bell (part)
56	Charles Anderson	R	Waco	2004	McLennan (part)
57	Trent Ashby	R	Lufkin	2012	Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, Trinity
58	DeWayne Burns	R	Cleburne	2014	Bosque, Johnson
59	J. D. Sheffield	R	Gatesville	2012	Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba, and Somervell
60	Mike Lang	R	Eastland	2016	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Eastland, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens
61	Phil King	R	Weatherford	1998	Parker, Wise
62	Reggie Smith	R	Van Alstyne	2018†	Delta, Grayson, Fannin
63	Tan Parker	R	Flower Mound	2006	Denton (part)
64	Lynn Stucky	R	Sanger	2016
65	Michelle Beckley	D	Carrollton	2018
66	Matt Shaheen	R	Plano	2014	Collin (part)
67	Jeff Leach	R	Plano	2012	Collin (part)
68	Drew Springer Jr.	R	Vernon	2012	Childress, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Garza, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Kent, King, Montague, Motley, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Young
69	James Frank	R	Wichita Falls	2012	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Knox, Wichita
70	Scott Sanford	R	McKinney	2012	Collin (part)
71	Stan Lambert	R	Abilene	2016	Jones, Nolan, Taylor
72	Drew Darby	R	San Angelo	2006	Coke, Concho, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Runnels, Sterling, Tom Green
73	Kyle Biedermann	R	Fredericksburg	2016	Comal, Gillespie, Kendall
74	Poncho Nevárez	D	Eagle Pass	2012	Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell, Val Verde
75	Mary González	D	El Paso	2012	El Paso (part)
76	Cesar Blanco	D	El Paso	2014
77	Evelina Ortega	D	El Paso	2016
78	Joe Moody	D	El Paso	2012
79	Art Fierro	D	El Paso	2019†
80	Tracy King	D	Batesville	2005 (1995-2003)	Dimmit, Frio, Webb (part), Uvalde, Zapata, Zavala
81	Brooks Landgraf	R	Odessa	2014	Andrews, Ector, Ward, Winkler
82	Tom Craddick	R	Midland	1968	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
83	Dustin Burrows	R	Lubbock	2014	Borden, Gaines, Lubbock (part), Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry
84	John Frullo	R	Lubbock	2010†	Lubbock (part)
85	Phil Stephenson	R	Wharton	2012	Fort Bend (part), Jackson, Wharton
86	John T. Smithee	R	Amarillo	1984	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Parmer, Randall
87	Four Price	R	Amarillo	2010	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Sherman
88	Ken King	R	Pampa	2012	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hemphill, Hockley, Lamb, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Swisher, Yoakum
89	Candy Noble	R	Allen	2018	Collin (part)
90	Ramon Romero Jr.	D	Fort Worth	2014	Tarrant (part)
91	Stephanie Klick	R	Fort Worth	2012
92	Jonathan Stickland	R	Bedford	2012
93	Matt Krause	R	Arlington	2012
94	Tony Tinderholt	R	Arlington	2014
95	Nicole Collier	D	Fort Worth	2012
96	Bill Zedler	R	Arlington	2002
97	Craig Goldman	R	Fort Worth	2012
98	Giovanni Capriglione	R	Southlake	2012
99	Charlie Geren	R	River Oaks	2000
100	Lorraine Birabil	D	Dallas	2020†	Dallas (part)
101	Chris Turner	D	Grand Prairie	2012	Tarrant (part)
102	Ana-Maria Ramos	D	Dallas	2018^[5]	Dallas (part)
103	Rafael Anchia	D	Dallas	2004
104	Jessica González	D	Dallas	2018
105	Terry Meza	D	Irving	2018
106	Jared Patterson	R	Grand Prairie	2018	Denton (part)
107	Victoria Neave	D	Dallas	2016	Dallas (part)
108	Morgan Meyer	R	Dallas	2014
109	Carl Sherman	D	De Soto	2018
110	Toni Rose	D	Dallas	2012
111	Yvonne Davis	D	Dallas	1992
112	Angie Chen Button	R	Richardson	2008
113	Rhetta Bowers	D	Garland	2018
114	John Turner	D	Dallas	2018
115	Julie Johnson	D	Irving	2018
116	Trey Martinez Fischer	D	San Antonio	2018	Bexar (part)
117	Philip Cortez	D	San Antonio	2016
118	Leo Pacheco	D	San Antonio	2018
119	Roland Gutierrez	D	San Antonio	2008†
120	Barbara Gervin-Hawkins	D	San Antonio	2016
121	Steve Allison	R	San Antonio	2018
122	Lyle Larson	R	San Antonio	2010
123	Diego Bernal	D	San Antonio	2014†
124	Ina Minjarez^[6]	D	San Antonio	2015†
125	Ray Lopez	D	San Antonio	2019†
126	Sam Harless	R	Spring	2018	Harris (part)
127	Dan Huberty	R	Kingwood	2010
128	Briscoe Cain	R	Baytown	2016
129	Dennis Paul	R	Houston	2014
130	Tom Oliverson	R	Houston	2016
131	Alma Allen	D	Houston	2004
132	Gina Calanni	D	Houston	2018
133	Jim Murphy	R	Houston	2010
134	Sarah Davis	R	Houston	2010
135	Jon Rosenthal	D	Houston	2018
136	John Bucy III	D	Austin	2018	Williamson (part)
137	Gene Wu	D	Houston	2012	Harris (part)
138	Dwayne Bohac	R	Houston	2002
139	Jarvis Johnson	D	Houston	2016†
140	Armando Walle	D	Houston	2008
141	Senfronia Thompson	D	Houston	1972
142	Harold Dutton Jr.	D	Houston	1984
143	Ana Hernandez	D	Houston	2005†
144	Mary Ann Perez	D	Houston	2016
145	Christina Morales	D	Houston	2019†
146	Shawn Thierry	D	Houston	2016
147	Garnet Coleman	D	Houston	1991†
148	Anna Eastman	D	Houston	2020†
149	Hubert Vo	D	Houston	2004
150	Valoree Swanson	R	Houston	2016

†Representative was first elected in a special election.

Notes

↑ Republican Drew Springer (District 68) resigned intersession on December 19, 2020, after being elected in a special election to the Texas Senate.
↑ Republican Bryan Slaton (District 2) was expelled from the House for inappropriate conduct with one of his interns.
↑ Republican Jill Dutton was sworn in to succeed Slaton.
↑ Republican Charles Anderson (District 56) resigned.
↑ Democrat Shawn Thierry (District 146) switched parties to Republican.^[3]

References

↑ "Texas House Rules" (PDF). Texas House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
↑ "Service Providers". Guide to Texas Legislative Information. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
↑ Scherer, Jason (August 30, 2024). "State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Democratic Party has "lost its way"". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
↑ Elected as a Democrat in 2010, Lozano switched parties in March 2012.
↑ "Ana-Maria Ramos".
↑ Gonzalez, John W. (2015-04-21). "Minjarez captures Texas House District 124 - San Antonio Express-News". Mysanantonio.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.

[3] Republican Drew Springer (District 68) resigned intersession on December 19, 2020, after being elected in a special election to the Texas Senate.

[4] Republican Bryan Slaton (District 2) was expelled from the House for inappropriate conduct with one of his interns.

[5] Republican Jill Dutton was sworn in to succeed Slaton.

[6] Republican Charles Anderson (District 56) resigned.

[Thierry-8] Democrat Shawn Thierry (District 146) switched parties to Republican.^[3]

[House_Rules-1] "Texas House Rules" (PDF). Texas House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[Chief_Clerk's_Office-2] "Service Providers". Guide to Texas Legislative Information. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[7] Scherer, Jason (August 30, 2024). "State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Democratic Party has "lost its way"". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[9] Elected as a Democrat in 2010, Lozano switched parties in March 2012.

[10] "Ana-Maria Ramos".

[11] Gonzalez, John W. (2015-04-21). "Minjarez captures Texas House District 124 - San Antonio Express-News". Mysanantonio.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.

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