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The Texas District and County Attorneys Association X feed focusing on public policy & #txlege issues affecting Texas #prosecutors

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Texas woke up to a whole new world. #txlege tdcaa.com/legislative/electi…
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Mrs. @Senfronia4Texas is poised to become the first female Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. She is also the longest serving female and African American legislator in U.S. history. #txlege
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@jamestalarico is the first sitting #txlege member elected to the U.S. Senate since State Sen. Louis Wigfall in 1859.
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California governor to grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in state texasmetronews.com/californi…
California governor to grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in state

California governor to grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in state

LOS ANGELES, Nov 5 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution ​in his state,

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Grayson County man sentenced to 40 years in prison after multiple DWI convictions kxii.com/2026/11/06/grayson-…
Grayson County man sentenced to 40 years in prison after multiple DWI convictions

Grayson County man sentenced to 40 years in prison after multiple DWI convictions

A Grayson County man is headed to prison for 40 years for his latest drunk driving conviction.

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Replying to @GinaHinojosaTX
@GinaHinojosaTX will be the first Governor in Texas history elevated directly from the Texas House of Representatives to the Governor's Mansion. #txlege
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Beginning today, anyone arrested will be required to use Microsoft Teams instead of their one phone call.
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Good article. To which can be added: #SCOTX’s recent trend of stridently anti-CPS opinions in child welfare cases are likely to end. May also see a similar reversal at #txlege due to turnover in the House. 🔮
Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) profile pictureDallas Morning News
@dallasnewsNov 5
Texas' new Supreme Court will have Democrats for first time in years. What will that mean? dallasnews.com/news/election…
Texas' new Supreme Court will have Democrats for first time in years. What will that mean?

Texas' new Supreme Court will have Democrats for first time in years. What will that mean?

Republican still hold a 5-4 majority on Texas Supreme Court but election results could mark a shift in types of cases heard 

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And a happy Getting Asked If I Know Any Democratic Lobbyists in Texas Day to you as well!
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GOP state senators emerge as Texas' minority resistance. “Texas stands as long as the Texas Senate Republican caucus holds the line,” Sen. Charles Schwertner said. "We will." texastribune.org/2026/11/05/…
GOP state senators may try to rein in Texas lieutenant governor’s power

GOP state senators may try to rein in Texas lieutenant governor’s power

Republican state senators will still hold a majority in the Capitol’s upper chamber. They have the ability to significantly weaken the role of the lieutenant governor.

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New: AG-elect Johnson might end Paxton's Tylenol/autism lawsuit. “Sounds to me like some partisan bullshit they did to get attention,” he told @BLaw. Johnson also to scrutinize outside contracts. Paxton impeachment lawyer @TonyBuzbee2 has 4. #txlege news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
Paxton Successor Scrutinizes Big Contracts to GOP Legal Allies

Paxton Successor Scrutinizes Big Contracts to GOP Legal Allies

Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson (D) vowed to abandon pending lawsuits from Ken Paxton’s (R) tenure that he determines were brought for political gain, voicing skepticism specifically...

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British actor and comedian Russell Brand was found guilty of rape and sexual assault on.wsj.com/4iqdpA2
Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault Charges

Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault Charges

The verdict follows a four-week trial in London; the sentencing will occur on Monday.

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Recent Texas cycles each had a regional story. In 2018, Dems surged in the suburbs and the rural wall saved Cruz. In 2020 and 2024, the RGV and South Texas lurched right. This year, it's everywhere. All 254 counties moved left:
Image from Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer)
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Texas did it 90 years ago, creating a Board of Pardons & Parole following the end of Ma & Pa Fergusons' rein over the "Pardon Palace" #txlege houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Opinion: A Texas history of executive pardons

Opinion: A Texas history of executive pardons

State learned early about unfettered power and the possibilities for scandal.

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Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) profile pictureDan McLaughlin
@baseballcrankNov 4
If you're looking for an issue on which there *should* be a market for bipartisan constitutional change, it's reining in the pardon power.
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The unofficial results in Texas' 2026 midterm election are 100% in, per the Texas Secretary of State. According to the SOS, Texas Democrats flipped 21 House seats, going from 62 to 83. The Republicans will go from 88 to 67. #txlege thetexan.news/elections/2026…
Regime Change: Democrats Take the Texas House, Ending Republicans’ Two-Decade Reign

Regime Change: Democrats Take the Texas House, Ending Republicans’ Two-Decade Reign

The Texas Senate remains mostly Republican.

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Four GOP justices on Texas Supreme Court showed up to oral arguments after they lost their jobs in stunning election losses. Stopped by and wrote on state of judiciary and what results mean for political & business environments. No paywall. #txlege news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
Texas Judicial Power Shifts to Democrats in Massive Blue Wave

Texas Judicial Power Shifts to Democrats in Massive Blue Wave

Four justices on the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court arrived to work Wednesday morning for an oral argument just hours after losing their jobs.

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Congratulations to these former TDCAA members on their recent electoral victories! SCOTX Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis SCOTX Justice-elect @chari_kelly CCATX Judge-elect Holly Taylor CCATX Judge-elect Audra Riley State Rep-elect @DunnForTexas
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Lobbyists @ #txlege, when non-work "normie" friends ask them how they cope with sudden political changes
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Democratic Texas Supreme Court candidates Maggie Ellis, @chari_kelly, Kristen Hawkins, and @JusticeTriana defeated Republican incumbents Jimmy Blacklock, @JudgeSullyTX, @JusticeKHawkins, and @BrettBusby in a blue wave that overwhelmed the entire ballot. thetexan.news/elections/2026…
Democrats Sweep Supreme Court of Texas, Winning Four of Nine Seats

Democrats Sweep Supreme Court of Texas, Winning Four of Nine Seats

All four Republican incumbents lost their seats on the state’s high civil court.

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Thanks to Ken Paxton, come January, 2/3 of the Court of Criminal Appeals will have been on that court for two years or less. Three democrats. Three republicans. Three criminal-defense lawyers.
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