New Legislative Faces — and an Experience Deficit
Legislating isn’t easy. It’s not as hard as figuring out string theory or John Cage’s music, but it is complicated and it takes time to learn how to do it.
The 150 House members who will be assembling in January will include 43 new legislators and 24 sophomores who have only done this once before.
The new members aren’t stupid, and some are quite smart. But they are inexperienced, and that will become evident as they run into issues they prepared for during the campaigns — things like voter ID and women’s health and standardized testing ...
Comments (3)
Matthew Leahy
The pictures in the 83rd Legislature graphic are woefully inaccurate. Beto O'Rourke was elected to Congress, Rich Hancock lost his State House race to incumbent Stefani Carter, just to name a few.
Brandi Grissom
Matthew, Thank you for bringing these oversights to our attention. We're fixing them now.
Matthew Leahy
I am proud of y'all's response, so thank you Brandi! This is why I love TT.