Candidate · State Senate, District 31
Kevin Sparks
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 31 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Oil and gas operator
- Lives in
- Midland
Background
- Has served in the Texas Senate since 2023. source: senate.texas.gov
- BBA, University of Texas at Austin (1985). source: senate.texas.gov
- Worked nearly 40 years at the family business, Discovery Operating in Midland, rising from pumper and roustabout to chief executive officer. source: senate.texas.gov
- Chairs the Senate Natural Resources Committee. source: senate.texas.gov
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