Candidate · State Senate, District 1
Bryan Hughes
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve the governor's appointments, and propose amendments to the state constitution. The Legislature meets in a regular session every two years. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 1 (since 2017)
- Occupation
- Attorney
- Lives in
- Tyler
Background
- BBA from the University of Texas at Tyler; J.D. from Baylor University School of Law. source: senate.texas.gov
- Clerked for U.S. District Judge William Steger; maintains a private law practice. source: senate.texas.gov
- Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 2003 to 2017; Texas Senate, District 1, since 2017. source: senate.texas.gov
- Chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee. source: senate.texas.gov
- Carried SB 29 (2025) on Texas corporate law and the Texas Business Courts bill; authored the 2021 election law and the Heartbeat Bill. source: senate.texas.gov
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