Hands Off Texas!

The Next Chapter in Texas History

Meet Your New Texas House of Representatives

Last week, history was made in Texas. When the Hands Off Texas! movement was started in 2009 by the Texas Republican House Committee (TRHC), Republicans had a slim one-vote majority in the Texas House of Representatives. Two years later, now that the dust has settled from Election Day, we have 99 seats - a gain of 22. We even defeated Rep. Jim Dunnam, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

We knew we would gain ground, but no one saw THIS coming. Texans sent an overwhelmingly loud and clear message to President Obama and the Democratic Party to keep their HANDS OFF TEXAS by electing the highest number of Republicans to the Texas House in state history. And on top of that, we won every statewide seat and picked up three additional seats in the United States Congress. Election Night could not have gone better.

Here's a breakdown of what happened and the list of your new members of the Texas House of Representatives:

NOVEMBER 4, 2008: 76-74
Republicans maintain control of the Texas House, but with a slim one-vote majority.

NOVEMBER 6, 2009: 77-73
Rep. Chuck Hopson, former Democrat from House District 11, joins the Republican Party.

NOVEMBER 2, 2010: 99-51
Republicans win their most overwhelming victory in the Texas House in state history, increasing our majority by a record 22 seats.

Meet the new faces of the Texas House of Representatives... 

District 1

George Lavender

Texarkana, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Stephen Frost (D)
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District 3

Erwin Cain

Sulphur Springs, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Mark Homer (D)
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District 4

Lance Gooden

Terrell, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Betty Brown (R)
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District 7

David Simpson

Longview, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Tommy Merritt (R)
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District 12

James White

Hillister, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Jim McReynolds (D)
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District 20

Charles Schwertner

Georgetown, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Dan Gattis (R)
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District 33

Raul Torres

Corpus Christi, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Jr. (D)
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District 34

Connie Scott

Corpus Christi, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Abel Herrero (D)
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District 35

Jose Aliseda

Beeville, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles (D)
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District 45

Jason A. Isaac

Dripping Springs, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Patrick Rose (D)
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District 47

Paul Workman

Spicewood, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Valinda Bolton (D)
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District 52

Larry Gonzales

Round Rock, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Diana Maldonado (D)
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District 57

Marva Beck

Centerville, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Jim Dunnam (D), Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair
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District 66

Rep. Van Taylor

Plano, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Brian McCall (R)
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District 69

Lanham Lyne

Wichita Falls, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. David Farabee (D)
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District 78

Dee Margo

El Paso, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Joseph Moody (D)
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District 83

Charles Perry

Lubbock, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Delwin Jones (R)
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District 84

John Frullo

Lubbock, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Carl Isett (R)
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District 85

Jim Landtroop

Plainview, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Joe Heflin (D)
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District 87

Four Price

Amarillo, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. David Swinford (R)
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District 93

Barbara Nash

Arlington, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Paula Pierson (D)
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District 96

Bill Zedler

Arlington, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Chris Turner (D)
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District 101

Cindy Burkett

Mesquite, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Robert Miklos (D)
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District 102

Stefani Carter

Dallas, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Carol Kent (D)
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District 106

Rodney Anderson

Grand Prairie, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Kirk England (D)
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District 107

Kenneth Sheets

Dallas, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Allen Vaught (D)
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District 117

John Garza

San Antonio, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. David Leibowitz (D)
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District 122

Lyle Larson

San Antonio, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Frank Corte, Jr. (R)
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District 127

Dan Huberty

Houston, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Joe Crabb (R)
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District 133

Jim Murphy

Houston, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Kristi Thibaut (D)
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District 134

Sarah Davis

Houston, Texas
REPLACES: Rep. Ellen Cohen (D)
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Congratulations to our newest members of the Texas House and all our Republican candidates who won on Election Day. Make us proud!

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