Texas GOP Vote

Below are the 2012 Republican Primary results for the Texas State House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate

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AUSTIN—Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) charged members of the Texas House of Representatives with studying a range of issues crucial to Texas’ future, including ways to: attract more manufacturing jobs and build on economic development efforts; enhance public and higher education; improve wildfire response and address water needs made more critical by the drought; improve the state’s transportation infrastructure; reduce state debt; and make government more efficient and effective. House committees will conduct comprehensive studies of the issues outlined in the interim charges during the 15 months between now

*Updated: The following is an email that I just received today from Conservative State Representative Wayne Christian. As you already know, the Texas House Redistricting Committee recently released their proposed map for The Texas House of Representatives. This map is currently scheduled to be voted on this Tuesday April 26th, 2011.   Read more »

It is not often that one gets to witness history in the making, but that may be exactly what happened last night as I watched Texas State Representative John Garza (R-San Antonio) introduce a resolution for the Texas Legislature calling on the United States Federal Government to do its job in securing the borders of the United States and to bring meaningful reform to our broken immigration system.   Read more »

State Rep. Burt Solomons, Chairman of the Texas House Redistricting Committee, has been working hard on drawing up the new lines for the Texas House of Representatives.

Well his committee’s new proposed map is finally out.

See for yourself how your district will be changed if this proposed map is approved:

Go to http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/ then use the drop down menu in the upper left-hand side marked "Select Plans" to bring up a pop-up window titled "Select Base Plan". From that window, scroll down to see the proposed map

Republican Party of Texas - During the recent debate on the General Appropriations Act, several Republican Party members successfully defunded Planned Parenthood by $61 Million. These members' actions diverted tax money from abortion procedures and instead funneled the funds to worthwhile programs such as Alternatives to Abortion.   Read more »

The following is a letter sent in from Texas State Representative Ken Paxton (HD-70):

Dear Friends,

On Sunday, April 3, the Texas House of Representatives concluded over 23 hours of debate on the first draft of the state budget for 2012-2013 (CSHB 1). It passed the House 98-49. I voted in favor of this bill.   Read more »

Message submitted by Republican, Conservative activist Sharon Roberts about the current state of the Texas Budget and why it may be necessary to lightly tap into the Texas Rainy Day Fund.

This week, our legislature will be discussing and voting on our budget. Having spent a lot of time studying, reviewing and talking to legislators, I have come to a conclusion. It is imperative we pass this budget. It is a good solution to a very difficult issue. Originally I had thought it best to not touch the rainy day fund. Having looked at all the facts and the projections on the unfunded mandates, it is the best solution we have at this time.

The Texas House made amendments to SB 14, also known as the Voter ID bill, before ultimately passing the bill 101-48. Sixty-three amendments were proposed in total to the bill yesterday, with only a handful being adopted.

Thankfully the adopted amendments were fairly reasonable, such as allowing someone who recently lost their ID in a natural disaster to vote and striking the clause allowing those aged 70 or older to vote without ID.   Read more »

State Representative Rob Eissler (HD-15) nominated Joe Straus for Speaker of the House during the start of the 82nd Legislative Session Tuesday. Below are excerpts and video from his speech.

"Now is the time to remember Thomas Payne's wise advice, 'If we don't hang together, we shall surely hang separately.' Two years ago Representative Joe Straus was elected Speaker of the House. That was good news for the Texas House, that was good news for Texas. Many words can describe Joe, honorable, fair, trustworthy, but one word especially comes to mind, and that is respectful. Joe Straus leads with respect. He respects the members, he respects the process, and he respects the House as an institution. He did not force his agenda on the membership, he allowed members to represent their constituents."