At stake in next Tuesday’s elections are powerful committee chairmanships in the U.S. House of Representatives, a few of which will likely go to members of the Texas delegation if the GOP does as predicted and wins back the majority. We’ve built an interactive chart that takes a closer look at which of our Republican congressmen are poised to wield the gavel โ Smith? Hall? Hensarling? Burgess? Barton? โ and how public policy could be impacted here and elsewhere.
Jeb Hensarling
Primary Color: HD-66
The race to replace state Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, has it all: the high price of ambition, reruns of a 2006 campaign ad, a bikini-clad beauty and a fight over conservative bonafides.
The Capital Gang
The six Texas congressional candidates who ended the year with $1 million or more on hand are incumbents. Only two of the candidates with the 20 biggest bank accounts are not.



