Mickey Long and Debbie Montford have been elected chairman and vice chairwoman, respectively, of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents. Long, appointed to the board in 2009 and recently reappointed, will serve a second consecutive term as board chairman. Montford was first appointed to the board in 2010 and was reappointed a year later.

University of Texas System Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Pedro Reyes announced that he is stepping down to work full-time as a teacher and researcher. Reyes held the system job since 2012.

Today is Speaker's Reunion Day in the Texas House. Six former speakers are expected to be on hand: Jimmy Turman, Ben Barnes, Gib Lewis, Pete Laney, Tom Craddick and Rayford Price.

The runoff special election between Ina Minjarez and Delicia Herrera for the Bexar County-based House District 124 has been set for April 21. Early voting in the contest will happen April 13-17.

Bo French announced this week that he will seek the Tarrant County-based House District 99 seat currently held by House Administration Chairman Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth. French is a former business partner and friend to Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL whose life was recently depicted on screen in American Sniper.

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