Unit 1 Assignment 1

Evidently, The Texas House of Representatives is located in the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. The Texas House of representatives contains a total of 150 members who are categorically elected from a single-member district in order to serve

1 They have different platform of political parties as Democratic party and Republic party. 2 Texas Senate is the upper house of Texas state legislature whereas Texas house is the lower house of Texas state legislature. Texas State consists of 31 members and 150 members in Texas house of representatives. I am currently living in Irving, in which the district is 16 as senate districts where Don Huffines is the current senator of the district which is a part of Dallas county. 3 He is from Republican party. 1 So, I would prefer to run as Texas state senate. 4 In

The first committee I would like to serve upon winning is Opioids & Substance Abuse, Select Committee. This house committee is concerned with rehabilitation services; how to reduce opioid use in Texas; how to fund substance abuse regulation programs and agencies; community education on substance abuse; and provision of medical services to

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Texas Senate District 25 is currently occupied by incumbent Donna Campbell. This district is considered one of most heavily gerrymandered districts in Texas, stretching from north San Antonio to South Austin. Campbell has held office since 2012 after defeating the incumbent in a runoff primary race. Though Campbell won the general election in 2012 by 31.2% points and 2014 by 33.4%, there is an expected GOP backlash that could bring her large wins to something reachable by Edward Kling. Since this is a nonpresidential election Steven Kling would need around 120,000 votes, depending on turnout, to reach 51% and take the district.

Question 1: What is the name of your chosen state-level legislative representative and what is his/her office/position? What is his/her race/ethnicity, gender, and religious affiliation? What political party do they belong to? Do they share your preferred party preference? How long have they been in office?

I was selected to write about the 29th District of Texas, which is located in the eastern portion of the greater Houston area. This entire district is located in Harris County. Pasadena, Humble, and Jacinto City are some of the largest cities in the district. The current population is 718,000 people which is a very large leap from the census before that, 653,000. This district is very diverse and is considered a major-minority district which means that the majority of the population is other races other than white.

If I were to stand for the Texas senate, the three things that I would work on would be immigration, employment and equal marriage right to homosexual couples. Immigration is the main topic I would focus on. While, we might say that immigration might have greater influx of terrorists in US and while at some point it might be true but we should also not neglect the important fact that immigrants are also most of the hard working people who have worked their sweat out for the countries progress. We cannot ignore the fact that US power lies on diversity of people and their ideas. I would stand for immigrants who have spend years and serve this country to be eligible to be called as an American Citizen. Hardworking immigrants should be granted their rights to be citizen of the country, they served for years. The second issue that I would like to stretch is employment. Increment of the minimum

Sadiksha Shrestha Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2306-71001 26 Sept. 2017 I am running for Texas State Senate from District 16 for the upcoming election. For 2014 Texas State Senate election the candidates were Don Huffines and Mike Dooling. There were no representatives from my party for the election of 2014, hence this year I have decided to represent my political party to serve the people of Texas. Mike Dooling was an amazing candidate, who is a libertarian representative, but he did not appear for the general election. Don Huffines won the general election without any opposition. The map of our district was gerrymandered to benefit some special groups. For this election, I would like to stand up against Senator Huffines to

Some documents for filing are Form 6: 48- hours contribution and loan received, Form 8: Debt Settlement Plan, Form 13: Report of Donations Accepted for Inaugural Committee and so on (How to run for office). In order to raise money, I will be encouraging the interest group, business group and the wealthy people to sponsor me those who are favor in my stands and come together to work for me. The two interests group that will be in favor of me are Texas Parent PAC, Texas NAACP. 2 As per the Texas Parent PAC, which is a bipartisan political action committee for parents, grandparents, parents-to-be, and anyone who supports high quality public education (“Texas Parent PAC”). 3 Similarly, The NAACP insures the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups and citizens; achieves equality of rights and eliminates race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; removes all barriers of racial discrimination through the democratic processes (NAACP). These organization are in favor of my objective such that they can lobby to stand during Texas State Senate but there are interest groups that oppose my objective. They are National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund and Texas Gun owners of America which oppose my gun ban objective. (The Voter's Self Defense System) The given below is the campaign sign while running for the Texas State Senate with a slogan of “Together We Can”.

Another Demographic that is a key in why Texas might turn blue is the increase of millennials. The amount of

Anwesh Man Baisyat Professor Sharifian Texas Government 28 November 2017 Preparing to Run My address is 1714 Secretariat Ln, Irving, TX 75060 and my State Senate District number is 9. 1 Senator Kelly Hancock represents me in the Texas State Senate. I am planning to run for the Texas State Senate.

To conclude, public transportation and car looping are things we should use and take advantage of if we really love our environment. We should also educate people about them, encourage to use them more often and how they can help us all to have a better clean healthy environment for next generations.

Traffic congestion in the United States is becoming increasingly salient to citizens, private companies, and government actors. Traffic congestion, particularly on major highways and interstates, increases with economic development and production. First, as the economy develops, workers’ income rises. Public transportation is an inferior good in that a person’s demand for it decreases as their income rises. Thus, as workers in a growing economy gain income, they begin to purchase vehicles, which leads to more drivers on the roads (Road Congestion). A second way in which economic growth affects traffic congestion is through business and other urban development. As a city’s borders expand with new businesses and residential areas, the amount of people increases quickly, while new infrastructure to sustain them follows slowly behind in a dragging effect. To worsen the problem, these new businesses have new employees who travel on the same roads at the same time of day, which further leads to congestion during peak hours (Winaisathaporn).

People with power in the government who rule over us are very important people in our life; with the power they are given; they are given responsibility to lead us and fight for our welfare. Choosing people who represent us in governmental level plays vital role in our life because our future lies in their hands. They are the one who will be responsible of our benefits and sometimes detriment. I have been living here in Texas for past 4 years. Currently, Senator Don Huffines represents me in the Texas senate district 16 and Representative Rodney Anderson represent me in the Texas State House District 105. According to the estimated ACS 2010-2014 reports, there are 846,307 people residing in the senate district 16 in which 332,224 estimated number of household. Estimated 48.3% White, 11.8 % African American, 30.0 % Hispanic, 10% other resides in Texas Senate district 16. Looking at the district map; it looked like it was gerrymandered because it did not have any solid figure or line; it was all crooked line. Majority of the population is between the age of 18-64 years old which is over 60% of the population. 216,508 number of population of age 3 and over are enrolled in school and there is 8 independent school district in which average highest to lowest percentage of people enrolled in are Hispanic (42.9%), White (33.7%), African American (13.8%) and other (10.5%). 447,320 number of people with the age 16 and over are civilian who are employed. 22,332 numbers of families are