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Preview of the 88th Legislature

Below you'll find a preview of the 88th Texas Legislature. New members and returning members will be sworn in on January 10, 2023, the opening day of the regular session. A list of members-elect of the 88th Legislature is available on the LRL's website.

 

Summary of the 88th Legislature

 

PARTY HOUSE SENATE OVERALL
Total 150 31 181
Democrat 64 12 76
Republican 86 19 105

 

GENDER HOUSE SENATE OVERALL
Total 150 31 181
Male 104 23 127
Female 46 8 54

 

INCUMBENCY* HOUSE SENATE OVERALL
Total 149* 30* 179
Incumbents 123* 25* 149
Freshmen 26 5 31

*Incumbent totals include members who served the previous session. Freshman totals include members whose first term begin the first day of session: 01/10/2023. Not included as incumbent or freshman: Representative John Bryant (first served in 63rd–67th sessions) and Senator Pete Flores (first served in 85th–86th sessions).

 

 

New Members of the 88th Legislature

 

Texas House of Representatives

HOUSE DISTRICT NEW MEMBER
92 Salman Bhojani (D)
114 John Bryant (D)
63 Benjamin Bumgarner (R)
127 Charles Cunningham (R)
133 Mano DeAyala (R)
122 Mark Dorazio (R)
51 Lulu Flores (D)
61 Frederick Frazier (R)
124 Josey Garcia (D)
17 Stan Gerdes (R)
52 Caroline Harris (R)
57 Richard Hayes (R)
73 Carrie Isaac (R)
100 Venton Jones (D)
85 Stan Kitzman (R)
76 Suleman Lalani (D)
23 Terri Leo-Wilson (R)
37 Janie Lopez (R)
22 Christian Manuel (D)
13 Angelia Orr (R)
70 Mihaela Plesa (D)
93 Nate Schatzline (R)
84 Carl H. Tepper (R)
65 Kronda Thimesch (R)
19 Ellen Troxclair (R)

New HOUSE members = 26

 

Texas Senate

SENATE DISTRICT NEW MEMBER
24 Pete Flores (R)
10 Phil King (R)
27 Morgan LaMantia (D)
11 Mayes Middleton (R)
12 Tan Parker (R)
31 Kevin Sparks (R)

New SENATE members = 6

TOTAL new members = 32

 

 

Membership statistics for previous sessions are available on the library's Member statistics page.