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Former Austin City Council Member Ellen Troxclair speaks at a press conference at Mabel Davis District Park on November 26, 2018. Troxclair announced she is running for Texas Senate District 24.
Former Austin City Council Member Ellen Troxclair is running for the Texas Senate.
Troxclair, who was the lone conservative on the dais when she left office in 2018, announced Wednesday her candidacy for Texas Senate District 24. It encompasses western Travis County and a large portion of the Hill Country.
“With the Biden Administration doing everything it can to force its radical leftist agenda through executive orders and acts of Congress, Texas needs proven, conservative fighters to hold the line at the state level,” said Troxclair in a news release Wednesday.
Hunt County residents will have a chance this weekend to learn more about the recent session of the Texas Legislature and what lawmakers may still have to address in Austin
The elected officials representing Hunt County in Austin and Washington D.C. are scheduled to make visits to the county starting this coming week, as part of tours arose North and
Tammy Allison joins the list of candidates for the 6
th Congressional District seat. I didn t ask to run,” Allison said. “The residents and people of District 6 did. I ve been a public servant in the executive branch for my entire career. Stepping up to the plate to answer this call feels like a natural part of my journey to serve others. A first-generation Nigerian-American, Allison has undergone several challenging life obstacles such as childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and more but has used that to fuel the very things she fights for politically. Though Allison was born and raised in Texas, she spent more than a decade in Washington D.C. before moving back to Grand Prairie a couple of years ago. She brings her experience under the Obama Administration as a senior attorney and a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice to the table. Several Federal District Courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. are just a few of the other p