Job description | There are 31 senators in the Texas Senate, the upper chamber of the Texas state legislature. Term is four years. |
Duties |
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Annual salary | $7,200/yr; $211/day when legislature in session |
Who’s Running?
Note: Only one candidate remains in this race.
Beverly Powell (incumbent) has withdrawn YouTube: | Democrat |
Phil King Website: https://www.philking.com Email: info@PhilKing.com Phone: 817-381-8282 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilKingTX/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/philkingtx | Republican |
Recent News Articles
- “Fight for Texas Senate District 10 moves from courts to campaign trail,” Fort Worth Report (Feb 12, 2022) https://fortworthreport.org/2022/02/12/fight-for-texas-senate-district-10-moves-from-courts-to-campaign-trail/
- “Democratic incumbent to face Republican state legislator, Arlington lawyer in Texas Senate District 10 race,” Fort Worth Report (Feb 11, 2022) https://fortworthreport.org/2022/02/11/democrat-incumbent-to-face-republican-state-legislator-arlington-lawyer-in-texas–senate-district-10-race/
- “Federal judges won’t halt Texas primary in state Senate district being challenged for alleged discrimination,” Texas Tribune (Feb 1, 2022) https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/texas-redistricting-lawsuit-primary/
- “Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement,” Texas Tribune (Jan 26, 2022) https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/26/texas-redistricting-kel-seliger-redistricting/
- “Fort Worth is center of first redistricting challenge heard in federal court,” KERA.org (Jan 24, 2022) https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2022-01-24/fort-worth-is-center-of-first-redistricting-challenge-set-to-be-heard-in-federal-court
- “Redistricting leaves booming Fort Worth out of the Texas Senate, again,” Fort Worth Report (Oct 5, 2021) https://fortworthreport.org/2021/10/05/redistricting-leaves-booming-fort-worth-out-of-the-texas-senate-again/