El Campoâs state senator juggles issues from illegal border crossings to making sure you get to visit your loved one living in a nursing home on any given day. Thatâs just another day at the office for Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham. This week she co-authored a joint-senate resolution that would allow the governor to call a special legislative session if at least two-fifths of Texasâ counties, half the stateâs population or two-thirds of its trauma regions were affected by the same disaster. Two weeks ago, Kolkhorst was on the Texas-Mexico border with five fellow senators and Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw to see conditions related to ongoing illegal crossings.