On Friday, January 3, 2025, Republican Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who won the House Speaker election, swears in members of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA. Mike Johnson was elected again.
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The 119th Congress opened its term on Capitol Hill Friday.
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Among the faces in the U.S. House are four new Texans, two Republicans and two Democrats.
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Members of the House were sworn in after the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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The 119th Congress opened its term on Capitol Hill Friday.
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Among the faces in the U.S. House are four new Texans, two Republicans and two Democrats.
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Members of the House were sworn in after the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
WashingtonThe election of the Speaker of the House and the swearing-in of its members marked the start of the 119th Congress on Capitol Hill on Friday.
Craig Goldman (R) in District 12, Julie Johnson (D) in District 32, Brandon Gill (R) in District 26, and Sylvester Turner (D) in District 18 are the four new representatives from Texas in the upcoming Congress.
Craig Goldman – District 12
Goldman replaces Rep. Kay Granger, who held the position for a long time.
Granger declared she would not run for office again in 2023. Since 1997, she had occupied the position.
Granger, 81, last voted in July and was mainly absent from this year’s House proceedings.
Fox News reported in December that the representative had relocated into a retirement community.
Parts of Fort Worth and surrounding regions in Tarrant and Parker counties are included in District 12.
Goldman represented District 97 in the Texas House of Representatives prior to winning a seat in the U.S. House.
During the last two Austin legislative sessions, Goldman served as the chairman of the Texas House Energy Resources Committee.
Julie Johnson – District 32
Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson, a Democrat, made history in November when she was elected to represent Texas and the South in Congress as the first out LGBTQ+ individual.
It’s important. After winning her primary, Johnson stated of the potential, “Texas is the target of hate against the LGBT community in this country.”
Johnson will serve in District 32, which was formerly occupied by Colin Allred, who was defeated by Ted Cruz in November in his bid for the Senate.
Johnson’s district includes portions of Collina and Denton counties as well as the suburbs in northern Dallas County.
She served as the representative for District 115 in the Texas House for three terms.
Brandon Gill – District 26
District 26’s newest representative is Brandon Gill, a Republican who is new to politics.
The district of the former Wall Street executive extends all the way to the Oklahoma border and includes communities north of Dallas.
After Rep. Michael Burgess announced his retirement from the district he had held since 2003, Gill emerged victorious from a competitive primary field that included ten other contenders.
The freshman lawmaker is the son-in-law of right-wing pundit Dinesh D’Souza, who produced and marketed D’Souza’s “2,000 Mules,” a widely discredited movie that made the baseless allegation that the 2020 election was rigged.
Additionally, Gill established the DC Enquirer, a news website that backs Donald Trump and claims to be the president-elect’s largest congressional ally.
A portion of Denton, Cooke, and Wise counties make up District 26.
Sylvester Turner – District 18
Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston
After Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee passed away in July from pancreatic cancer, former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) is assuming a new political position.
After Lee’s passing, Turner was endorsed by her children.
After winning the 2015 election, Turner served as Houston’s mayor for eight years, exceeding his allotted tenure. He served from January 2, 2016, until January 1, 2024.
During the summer of 2022, Turner received a diagnosis of osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in his jaw. He underwent radiation therapy for six weeks after surgery.
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The Associated Press and earlier Fox 4 and Fox 26 reporting provided the information used in this article.
The Associated Press and earlier Fox 4 and Fox 26 reporting provided the information used in this article.
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