Texas State Senate

Texas State Senate

            As the saying goes, “The leadership secret is simple: what you believe do, coat a picture for the future, and going there, you will have followers.”  As a trailblazer understanding who you are, having a clear vision of what you want and following it to completion is a step which can cause many people to follow you. Having the confidence and capability I believe I am the right candidate for change in Texas State Senate. I am intending to run for the Texas State-Senate for my district 16, with the current Republican Senator Don Huffiness in sitting.

In the U.S Texas state, Texas state senate district 16 is a senatorial district presently serving Dallas county portion. Republican Don Huffiness is the current serving senator for District 16 which is Gerrymander district. A population of 816,670 civilians is residents of sixteen state senate districts with an average of 811,147 Texas State Senate residents as of census done on 2010. In the Texas State Senate there are 41.3% of Black/Hispanic, 48.3% being white and 10.4% covering other people (Sherter, 61-63). According to ethnicity, 30.0 % are Hispanic while 70.0% are not Hispanic. 75.3 % covers the people in the voting category with 18 years and above is the voting age (Sherter, 56). According to Texas State Senate a member has four-year- term service even though no limit has been put for the term. In every two years in even years, one-half of the Senate membership is chosen this is with an exception that in the first legislature all the 31 senate are up for election subsequent to the census. This occurs to reflect the districts redrawn which are new. By lot after elections, the Senate is separated between two classes whereby a class usually have elections again after every 2 years and the other does re-election after every 4 years. At the beginning of legislative session which comes on January, Texas legislator undertakes office (Rogers, 34)

There are set legislative qualifications which a senator has to qualify before being elected in office. These include: one has to a citizen of U.S, before the general election a candidate must have attained 26 years of age and above a resident of Texas with a period of five years before elections. Prior to the general election, a candidate must have a 1-year district resident. A salary of 7,200 dollars per year and $190 per diam has been set by the ethics commission for the state legislator. A maximum pension of $125,000 is being earned by a legislator (Huffines, 152)

After the check on the quiz results according to the political party I will be in the liberal democrats, but on the quiz on ideology, I will be in the opportunity Democrats. I choose the democratic party because I lean on democracy and I believe if people are served well in the democratic way it is a great way enhancing peace and growth of economy (Rogers, 44) The Liberal Democrats I am a liberal patriot who believes matters of education, immigration, and governance (Taylor,16)

According to the district analysis and the quiz results, my three platforms for running the office will include education, security and job creation for the state’s development. A key to my platforms will be education since education is the key to life. Without education, a nation is bound to collapse. I will ensure all people get the right education to the tertiary level. To the matters of security when a country is attacked by enemies or there is always war development and growth are hindered.

Texas Democrats as well as Republican Party of Texas when it comes to the matter of education, security and job creation my ideas align. Texas Democrats and Republican Party of Texas both believe that for the future to be great education should be a key factor which should be for both the present and the future. Job creation is another factor that I have common with Democrats as well as Republicans, there a lot people wandering around without jobs if they get an opportunity to work the economy of the state grows. There some areas where my ideas do not align with Republicans were as they align with Democrats. Republicans believe that only the residents should be given the first priority to work in their nation while the immigrants should occupy the lesser positions. I disagree with the Republicans in that if a person qualifies a certain position an opportunity to serve should be granted despite their status.

Works Cited

Huffines, Alan C. The Texas War of Independence 1835–36: From Outbreak to the Alamo to San             Jacinto. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.

Rogers, Mary Beth. Turning Texas Blue: What It Will Take to Break the GOP Grip on America’s   Reddest State. Macmillan, 2016.

SHERTER, ALAIN. “Archive for 2013.” (2013).

Taylor, Travis N. The Nationalization of Local Campaigns and its Efficacy as a Campaign             Strategy. Diss. The George Washington University, 2014.

www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/.