Texas Government

(1) Each Texas citizen has one Texas State House member and one Texas State Senate member to represent him or her. Use this website to find your representatives: https://capitol.texas.gov/. The “Who Represents Me” section allows you to put in your address and locate your state house and senate members. Name your state house and senate representatives, their party affiliation, their gender etc... and your district numbers. How representative is the legislature of the people of Texas? In what ways can representation be defined? What reforms would make the legislature more representative?  (chapter three: Qualifications and Demographics) (minimum 2 to 3 paragraphs)

Demographics

House

Senate

Male

121

23

Female

29

8

Age: under 30

0

0

Age: 30 to 39

26

0

Age: 40 to 49

48

6

Age: 50 to 59

35

11

Age: 60 to 69

30

9

Age: 70+

10

5

Incumbents (and previously elected)

124

28

Freshmen

22

3

Democrat

55

11

Republican

95

20