Candidate · State Senate, District 18
Lois W. Kolkhorst
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 18 (since 2014)
- Occupation
- Business owner
- Lives in
- Brenham
Background
- Elected to the Texas Senate in a 2014 special election. source: senate.texas.gov
- Served seven terms in the Texas House, 2001-2014. source: senate.texas.gov
- B.S., Texas Christian University, where Kolkhorst played on the golf team. source: senate.texas.gov
- Chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Sunset Advisory Commission. source: senate.texas.gov
- Born and raised in Senate District 18; lives in Brenham. source: senate.texas.gov
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