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AUSTIN – Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has named a record number of Republican committee chairs in the Texas Senate.  Fourteen Republican Senators have been named Chair of a standing committee in the Texas Senate.  There are nineteen total Republican members. Senators Bettencourt, Birdwell, Buckingham, Campbell, Creighton, Hall, Hancock, Huffman, Hughes, Kolkhorst, Nelson, Nichols, Perry, and Taylor […]

Caucus welcomes their 21st member, Senator-Elect Pete Flores, at Austin event AUSTIN – The Texas Senate Republican Caucus welcomed their 21st member, Senator-Elect Pete Flores (R-Pleasanton), at a record setting fundraiser held in Austin.  The Texas Senate Republican Caucus raised over $250,000 and is expecting to raise additional funds in preparation the upcoming 86th Legislative Session in the effort […]

Pete Flores Defeats Pete Gallego to Become 21st Texas Republican Senator Makes good on first ever GOP Caucus endorsement in open seat with strong support from Lt. Governor, et al Flores is the first Hispanic Republican Senator and his victory is first for Republicans in SD19 in 139 years  AUSTIN – In a tremendous victory, […]

AUSTIN – Following the first place finish of Republican Pete Flores in Texas Senate District 19’s special election, Texas Republicans are poised to ride a wave of enthusiasm and win a district previously represented by Senator Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) who resigned after multiple felony convictions. Pete Flores shocked the political establishment by winning eight […]

Texas Senate passes mail in voter fraud bill, Senate Bill 5, and House Bill 13 Legislation on local tree ordinances, House Bill 7, heads back to the Texas House AUSTIN – As announced by Lt. Governor Patrick, some of the first pieces of legislation from the special session are being sent to Governor Abbott’s desk. […]

A dozen senators hold press conference to discuss Senate’s actions on meaningful education reforms AUSTIN – The Texas Senate Republican Caucus held a press conference today to show their strong support for their education reform priorities, including meaningful school finance reform legislation as well as the Texas Teacher Retirement System and TRS Care. Texas Senate […]

Two days of debate and record votes yield results for all Texans AUSTIN – Two days of intense debate in the Texas Senate and record votes, led by members of the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, have seen eleven important pieces of legislation passed by the Senate and sent to the Texas House. These eleven bills […]

Senator Kolkhorst spends a full day debating the issue with 10 Democrat Senators AUSTIN – Despite slowdown tactics employed by Senate Democrats, the Texas Senate Republicans have continued their work to quickly pass the conservative legislative agenda outlined by Governor Abbott for the ongoing special legislative session. The Texas Senate today passed the Texas Privacy […]

Senate Republicans continue their work to pass Governor Abbott’s conservative legislative agenda AUSTIN – Texas Senate Republicans continued their work to pass Governor Abbott’s complete conservative special session legislative agenda by hearing multiple bills today. The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, the Select Committee on Government Reform, and the Finance Committee address pro-life issues, […]

Senate begins public hearings on legislative priorities and will continue to work through the weekend AUSTIN – Texas Senate Republicans continued their work to pass conservative solutions to Texas’ challenges in the special session by conducting multiple public hearings throughout the day on several of Governor Abbott’s legislative priorities today. The Senate Committee on Health and Human […]

• .@TeamBettencourt announces all 9 @TexasSenateGOP members on 2020 ballot are unopposed in March primary.… https://t.co/V7SGNydDAY, December 12, 2019
• Thank you to all TX GOP Congressional Reps and @JohnCornyn and @tedcruz for voting Yes on the 4.6B border bill and… https://t.co/L6uoEbqRdv, June 28, 2019