Eightieth Texas Legislature
# Eightieth Texas Legislature

The 80th Texas Legislature met in regular session beginning 9 January 2007. All members of the House of Representatives and 16 members of the Senate were up for election on 7 November 2006 in the Texas Legislature election.

The 80th Texas Legislature convened in Regular Session on 9 January 2007. The Legislature adjourned on 28 May 2007.

## Party summary

### Senate

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Republican Party | 20 |
| | Democratic Party | 11 |
| Total | Total | 31 |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Republican Party | 81 |
| | Democratic Party | 69 |
| Total | Total | 150 |

At the beginning of the regular session, the Republican Party held an 80–69 advantage with one vacancy that was filled by the GOP, creating an 81–69 Republican majority (reflected above). After the Regular Session, one Representative left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party and another Republican resigned and was replaced by a Democrat in a special election, making the tally 79–71. In February, one Democrat resigned, whose vacancy was filled by another Democrat, restoring the 79–71 tally before a GOP member of the House died, bringing the final composition to 78–71 with one vacancy.

## Officers

### Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst, Republican
* President Pro Tempore:

    Regular Session: Mario Gallegos, Democrat
    Ad Interim: John Carona, Republican

### House of Representatives

* Speaker of the House: Tom Craddick, Republican

## Members

### Senate

| Senator | Party | District | Home Town | Took Office |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Eltife | Republican | 1 | Tyler | 2004 |
| Bob Deuell | Republican | 2 | Greenville | 2003 |
| Robert Nichols | Republican | 3 | Jacksonville | 2007 |
| Tommy Williams | Republican | 4 | The Woodlands | 2003 |
| Steve Ogden | Republican | 5 | Bryan | 1997 |
| Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Democratic | 6 | Houston | 1995 |
| Dan Patrick | Republican | 7 | Houston | 2007 |
| Florence Shapiro | Republican | 8 | Plano | 1993 |
| Chris Harris | Republican | 9 | Arlington | 1991 |
| Kim Brimer | Republican | 10 | Fort Worth | 2003 |
| Mike Jackson | Republican | 11 | La Porte | 1999 |
| Jane Nelson | Republican | 12 | Lewisville | 1993 |
| Rodney Ellis | Democratic | 13 | Houston | 1990 |
| Kirk Watson | Democratic | 14 | Austin | 2007 |
| John Whitmire | Democratic | 15 | Houston | 1983 |
| John Carona | Republican | 16 | Dallas | 1996 |
| Kyle Janek | Republican | 17 | Houston | 2002 |
| Glenn Hegar | Republican | 18 | Katy | 2007 |
| Carlos I. Uresti | Democratic | 19 | San Antonio | 2006 |
| Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa | Democratic | 20 | Mission | 2002 |
| Judith Zaffirini | Democratic | 21 | Laredo | 1987 |
| Kip Averitt | Republican | 22 | Waco | 2002 |
| Royce West | Democratic | 23 | Dallas | 1993 |
| Troy Fraser | Republican | 24 | Horseshoe Bay | 1997 |
| Jeff Wentworth | Republican | 25 | San Antonio | 1993 |
| Leticia R. Van de Putte | Democratic | 26 | San Antonio | 1999 |
| Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Democratic | 27 | Brownsville | 1991 |
| Robert L. Duncan | Republican | 28 | Lubbock | 1997 |
| Eliot Shapleigh | Democratic | 29 | El Paso | 1997 |
| Craig Estes | Republican | 30 | Wichita Falls | 2001 |
| Kel Seliger | Republican | 31 | Amarillo | 2004 |

### House of Representatives

| Representative | Party | Home Town/City | District ↑ | County |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stephen Frost | D | New Boston | 1 | Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris |
| Dan Flynn | R | Canton | 2 | Rains, Hunt, Van Zandt |
| Mark Homer | D | Paris | 3 | Lamar, Hopkins, Delta, Franklin, Titus, Red River |
| Betty Brown | R | Athens | 4 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| Bryan Hughes | R | Marshall | 5 | Camp, Upshur, Wood, Harrison |
| Leo Berman | R | Tyler | 6 | Smith |
| Tommy Merritt | R | Longview | 7 | Smith, Gregg |
| Byron Cook | R | Corsicana | 8 | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro |
| Wayne Christian | R | Center | 9 | Shelby, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper |
| Jim Pitts | R | Waxahachie | 10 | Ellis, Hill |
| Chuck Hopson | D | Jacksonville | 11 | Panola, Rusk, Cherokee, Houston |
| Jim McReynolds | D | Lufkin | 12 | Angelina, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler |
| Lois Kolkhorst | R | Brenham | 13 | Austin, Grimes, Walker, Washington |
| Fred Brown | R | Bryan | 14 | Brazos |
| Rob Eissler | R | The Woodlands | 15 | Montgomery |
| Brandon Creighton | R | Conroe | 16 | Montgomery |
| Robert "Robby" Cook | D | Eagle Lake | 17 | Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Lee |
| John Otto | R | Dayton | 18 | Montgomery, Liberty, Polk |
| Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton | R | Mauriceville | 19 | Hardin, Newton, Orange |
| Dan Gattis | R | Georgetown | 20 | Milam, Williamson |
| Allan Ritter | D | Nederland | 21 | Jefferson |
| Joe D. Deshotel | D | Port Arthur | 22 | Jefferson, Orange |
| Craig Eiland | D | Galveston | 23 | Chambers, Galveston |
| Larry Taylor | R | League City | 24 | Galveston |
| Dennis Bonnen | R | Angleton | 25 | Brazoria |
| Charlie F. Howard | R | Sugar Land | 26 | Fort Bend |
| Dora Olivo | D | Missouri City | 27 | Fort Bend |
| John Zerwas | R | Katy | 28 | Wharton, Fort Bend, Waller |
| Mike O'Day | R | Pearland | 29 | Brazoria, Matagorda |
| Geanie Morrison | R | Victoria | 30 | Refugio, Victoria, Jackson, DeWitt, Lavaca |
| Ryan Guillen | D | Rio Grande | 31 | Duval, Starr, Webb, Zapata |
| Juan M. Garcia | D | Portland | 32 | Calhoun, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces |
| Solomon Ortiz Jr. | D | Corpus Christi | 33 | Nueces |
| Abel Herrero | D | Corpus Christi | 34 | Nueces |
| Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles | D | Beeville | 35 | Atascosa, Karnes, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Jim Wells, Goliad |
| Ismael "Kino" Flores | D | Mission | 36 | Hidalgo |
| Rene O. Oliveira | D | Brownsville | 37 | Cameron |
| Eddie Lucio III | D | San Benito | 38 | Cameron |
| Armando Martinez | D | Weslaco | 39 | Hidalgo |
| Aaron Peña | D | Edinburg | 40 | Hidalgo |
| Veronica Gonzales | D | McAllen | 41 | Hidalgo |
| Richard Peña Raymond | D | Laredo | 42 | Webb |
| Juan Manuel Escobar | D | Kingsville | 43 | Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, Cameron |
| Edmund Kuempel | R | Seguin | 44 | Wilson, Guadalupe, Gonzales |
| Patrick Rose | D | Austin | 45 | Blanco, Hays, Caldwell |
| Dawnna Dukes | D | Austin | 46 | Travis |
| Valinda Bolton | D | Austin | 47 | Travis |
| Donna Howard | D | Austin | 48 | Travis |
| Elliott Naishtat | D | Austin | 49 | Travis |
| Mark Strama | D | Austin | 50 | Travis |
| Eddie Rodriguez | D | Austin | 51 | Travis |
| Mike Krusee | R | Austin | 52 | Travis |
| Harvey Hilderbran | R | Kerrville | 53 | Crockett, Sutton, Schleicher, Real, Kerr, Kimble, Menard, Mason, Llano, San Saba, McCulloch, Concho, Coleman, Runnels, Callahan |
| Jimmie Don Aycock | R | Lampasas | 54 | Lampasas, Burnet, Bell |
| Dianne White Delisi | R | Temple | 55 | Bell |
| Charles "Doc" Anderson | R | Waco | 56 | McLennan |
| Jim Dunnam | D | Waco | 57 | McLennan, Falls, Leon, Madison, Robertson |
| Rob Orr | R | Burleson | 58 | Bosque, Johnson |
| Sid Miller | R | Stephenville | 59 | Erath, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Coryell, Somervell |
| Jim Keffer | R | Eastland | 60 | Brown, Eastland, Shackelford, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Hood |
| Phil King | R | Weatherford | 61 | Parker, Wise |
| Larry Phillips | R | Sherman | 62 | Fannin, Grayson |
| Tan Parker | R | Flower Mound | 63 | Denton |
| Myra Crownover | R | Lake Dallas | 64 | Denton |
| Burt Solomons | R | Carrollton | 65 | Denton |
| Brian McCall | R | Plano | 66 | Collin |
| Jerry Madden | R | Plano | 67 | Collin |
| Rick Hardcastle | R | Vernon | 68 | Motley, Dickens, Cottle, King, Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Young, Jack, Clay, Montague, Cooke |
| David Farabee | D | Wichita Falls | 69 | Wichita, Archer |
| Ken Paxton | R | McKinney | 70 | Collin |
| Susan King | R | Abilene | 71 | Nolan, Taylor |
| Drew Darby | R | San Angelo | 72 | Coke, Mitchell, Scurry, Tom Green |
| Nathan Macias | R | Spring Branch | 73 | Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Bandera |
| Pete Gallego | D | Alpine | 74 | Uvalde, Edwards, Val Verde, Terrell, Pecos, Brewster, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Ward, Reeves, Loving, Culberson, Hudspeth |
| Chente Quintanilla | D | El Paso | 75 | El Paso |
| Norma Chávez | D | El Paso | 76 | El Paso |
| Paul Moreno | D | El Paso | 77 | El Paso |
| Pat Haggerty | R | El Paso | 78 | El Paso |
| Joe Pickett | D | El Paso | 79 | El Paso |
| Tracy O. King | D | Eagle Pass | 80 | Kinney, Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, La Salle, Frio, Medina |
| Vacant | | | 81 | Andrews, Winkler, Ector |
| Tom Craddick | R | Midland | 82 | Crane, Upton, Midland, Martin, Dawson |
| Delwin Jones | R | Lubbock | 83 | Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran, Yoakum, Gaines |
| Carl H. Isett | R | Lubbock | 84 | Lubbock |
| Joseph P. Heflin | D | Crosbyton | 85 | Reagan, Irion, Sterling, Glasscock, Howard, Borden, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Crosby, Kent, Stonewall, Fisher, Jones, Hale, Floyd |
| John T. Smithee | R | Amarillo | 86 | Dallam, Hartley, Oldham, Deaf Smith, Randall |
| David Swinford | R | Amarillo | 87 | Sherman, Moore, Carson, Potter |
| Warren Chisum | R | Pampa | 88 | Parmer, Bailey, Lamb, Castro, Swisher, Armstrong, Briscoe, Hall, Donley, Collingsworth, Childress, Gray, Wheeler, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Hansford |
| Jodie Anne Laubenberg | R | Rockwall | 89 | Rockwall, Collin |
| Lon Burnam | D | Fort Worth | 90 | Tarrant |
| Kelly Hancock | R | Fort Worth | 91 | Tarrant |
| Todd Smith | R | Bedford | 92 | Tarrant |
| Paula Pierson | D | Arlington | 93 | Tarrant |
| Diane Patrick | R | Arlington | 94 | Tarrant |
| Marc Veasey | D | Fort Worth | 95 | Tarrant |
| Bill Zedler | R | Arlington | 96 | Tarrant |
| Dan Barrett | D | Fort Worth | 97 | Tarrant |
| Vicki Truitt | R | Southlake | 98 | Tarrant |
| Charlie Geren | R | River Oaks | 99 | Tarrant |
| Terri Hodge | D | Dallas | 100 | Dallas |
| Thomas Latham | R | Mesquite | 101 | Dallas |
| Tony Goolsby | R | Dallas | 102 | Dallas |
| Rafael Anchia | D | Dallas | 103 | Dallas |
| Roberto R. Alonzo | D | Dallas | 104 | Dallas |
| Linda Harper-Brown | R | Irving | 105 | Dallas |
| Kirk England | D | Grand Prairie | 106 | Dallas |
| Allen Vaught | D | Dallas | 107 | Dallas |
| Dan Branch | R | Dallas | 108 | Dallas |
| Helen Giddings | D | De Soto | 109 | Dallas |
| Barbara Mallory Caraway | D | Dallas | 110 | Dallas |
| Yvonne Davis | D | Dallas | 111 | Dallas |
| Fred Hill | R | Richardson | 112 | Dallas |
| Joe Driver | R | Garland | 113 | Dallas |
| Will Ford Hartnett | R | Dallas | 114 | Dallas |
| Jim Jackson | R | Carrollton | 115 | Dallas |
| Trey Martinez Fischer | D | San Antonio | 116 | Bexar |
| David McQuade Leibowitz | D | San Antonio | 117 | Bexar |
| Joe Farias | D | San Antonio | 118 | Bexar |
| Roland Gutierrez | D | San Antonio | 119 | Bexar |
| Ruth McClendon | D | San Antonio | 120 | Bexar |
| Joe Straus | R | San Antonio | 121 | Bexar |
| Frank Corte, Jr. | R | San Antonio | 122 | Bexar |
| Mike Villarreal | D | San Antonio | 123 | Bexar |
| Jose Menendez | D | San Antonio | 124 | Bexar |
| Joaquin Castro | D | San Antonio | 125 | Bexar |
| Patricia Harless | R | Spring | 126 | Harris |
| Joe Crabb | R | Kingwood | 127 | Harris |
| Wayne Smith | R | Baytown | 128 | Harris |
| John E. Davis | R | Houston | 129 | Harris |
| Corbin Van Arsdale | R | Houston | 130 | Harris |
| Alma Allen | D | Houston | 131 | Harris |
| William "Bill" Callegari | R | Houston | 132 | Harris |
| Jim Murphy | R | Houston | 133 | Harris |
| Ellen Cohen | D | Houston | 134 | Harris |
| Gary Elkins | R | Houston | 135 | Harris |
| Beverly Woolley | R | Houston | 136 | Harris |
| Scott Hochberg | D | Houston | 137 | Harris |
| Dwayne Bohac | R | Houston | 138 | Harris |
| Sylvester Turner | D | Houston | 139 | Harris |
| Kevin Bailey | D | Houston | 140 | Harris |
| Senfronia Thompson | D | Houston | 141 | Harris |
| Harold Dutton Jr. | D | Houston | 142 | Harris |
| Ana Hernandez | D | Houston | 143 | Harris |
| Robert Talton | R | Pasadena | 144 | Harris |
| Rick Noriega | D | Houston | 145 | Harris |
| Borris Miles | D | Houston | 146 | Harris |
| Garnet Coleman | D | Houston | 147 | Harris |
| Jessica Farrar | D | Houston | 148 | Harris |
| Hubert Vo | D | Houston | 149 | Harris |
| Debbie Riddle | R | Houston | 150 | Harris |

^ : The incumbent, Republican Glenda Dawson, died before the election but after she could be replaced on the ballot. She won the November election, and was replaced by Mike O'Day (R-Pearland), elected on January 16, 2007 in a special election run-off. He was sworn into office on January 25, 2007.

^ : State Rep. Kirk England of Grand Prairie served as a Republican during the regular session, but joined the Democratic Party on September 19, 2007.

^ : State Rep. Anna Mowrey, a Republican, resigned and was replaced in a special election by Dan Barrett, a Democrat elected on December 18, 2007

^ : State Rep. Robert Puente (D-San Antonio) resigned on February 1, 2008.

## 2008 Elections

### Incumbents retiring or seeking other offices

* Rep. Robert Cook (D-Eagle Lake)
* Rep. Mike O'Day (R-Pearland)
* Rep. Mike Krusee (R-Austin)
* Rep. Dianne White Delisi (R-Temple)
* Rep. Rick Noriega (D-Houston), ran for U.S. Senate

### Incumbents defeated in primary

* Rep. Paul Moreno (D-El Paso)
* Rep. Juan Manuel Escobar (D-Kingsville)
* Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (R-Houston)
* Rep. Kevin Bailey (D-Houston)
* Rep. Borris Miles (D-Houston)
