Talk:Texas Senate
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Party standings
editThere are currently, as of the most recent election, 12 Democrats and 19 Republicans in the Texas Senate. Wikipedia indicates, in error, that there are 11 Democrats and 20 Republicans in the Texas Senate. This correction must be made immediatelyHspoon (talk) 17:43, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Election and Term of Office of Senators/Constituency Size
editThis information is COMPLETELY incorrect - EVERY Texas Senate seat was up for election in 2012! As per the Texas Constitution under Article 3 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, Section 3 - Election and Term of Office of Senators <http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CN/htm/CN.3.htm#3.3>:
"The Senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of four years; but a new Senate shall be chosen after every apportionment, and the Senators elected after each apportionment shall be divided by lot into two classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and those of the second class at the expiration of four years, so that one half of the Senators shall be chosen biennially thereafter. Senators shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected."
So ultimately, in a given decade, each Senate seat would have one two-year term, followed by two four-year terms, OR two four-year terms, followed by a two-year term.
Also, based on the latest US Census data, each of the 31 senators represents approximately 811, 000 residents
As a PROUD TEXAN, I would edit the page myself, but I'm not even sure I'm doing THIS part right. :-(
BruciferTX (talk) 05:34, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Miscount of seats
editthe graphics "Seating Diagram of the Texas Senate." shows 12 democrats, the numbers directly above that is 11 democrats. The state senate website http://www.senate.state.tx.us/facts.php says it's 11 democrats.
I guess someone forgot to correctly update the graphics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E4:33D7:BF01:4957:C70E:1D68:3416 (talk) 19:06, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Vacancy of Carlos Uresti (District 19)
editI changed District 19 in the table to Vacant to indicate the vacancy of Carlos Uresti in accordance with his resignation. Let me know if I did anything incorrectly or if anything else needs to be changed. RAGentry (talk) 22:37, 26 June 2018 (UTC)