Title: List of United States senators from Texas
Content:  Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas. Morris Sheppard was Texas's longest-serving senator (1913–1941).
Title: List of United States senators from Texas
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Title: Texas Senate
Content: Edward Clark, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1859–1861), Governor of Texas (1861). ; Wayne Connally, Senator from Wilson County (1967–1973), brother of Governor John Connally. ; Lloyd Doggett, Texas Supreme Court Justice (1989–1994), U.S. House of Representatives (1995–present). ; Robert L. Duncan, State Senator from Lubbock, 1996–2014; Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System since 2014 ; Chet Edwards, U.S. House of Representatives (1991–2011). ; James W. Flanagan, U.S. Senate (1870–1875). ; Glenn Hegar, current Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (2015–present). ; John Ireland, Texas Supreme Court Justice (1876), Governor of Texas (1883–1887). ; Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. House of Representatives (1993–present). ; Rienzi Melville Johnston, U.S. Senate (1913). ; Barbara Jordan, U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1979). ; Earle Bradford Mayfield, U.S. Senate (1923–1929). ; William Neff "Bill" Patman, Senator from Jackson County (1961–1981), U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1985). ; Dan Patrick, 
Title: 2022 Texas State Senate election
Content: 1) Texas Senate, District 11: Larry Taylor is retiring. ; 2) Texas Senate, District 12: Jane Nelson is retiring. ; 3) Texas Senate, District 24: Dawn Buckingham is retiring to run for Texas Land Commissioner. ; 4) Texas Senate, District 31: Kel Seliger is retiring. 
Title: 2020 United States Senate election in Texas
Content: Pat Fallon, state senator ; Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (endorsed John Cornyn) ; Allen West, former U.S. Representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district (running for state party chair) 
Title: 2020 United States Senate election in Texas
Content: Royce West, state senator, former President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate, attorney 
Title: Allen, Texas
Content:  The current state senator for Texas Senate, District 8 is Angela Paxton. Jeff Leach (politician) is the state representative for District 67 and Candy Noble is the state representative for District 89. Allen residents are represented in the United States Congress by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn and representative Van Taylor.
Title: List of people from Texas
Content:  representative and U.S. senator ; Leo Berman (1936–2015), former state representative from Tyler ; Nandita Berry (born 1968), Secretary of State of Texas, 2014–2015 ; Paul Bettencourt (born 1958), Republican member of Texas State Senate from Houston ; Teel Bivins (1947–2009), state senator from Amarillo and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden ; Bill Blythe (born ca. 1935), Houston Realtor and Republican state representative from Harris County, 1971–1983 ; Robert Lee Bobbitt (1888–1972), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927–1929), state attorney general (1929–1930) ; Elton Bomer (born 1935), state representative from Anderson County and Texas Secretary of State ; Henry Bonilla 
Title: 2022 Texas State Senate election
Content:  The 2022 Texas State Senate election will be held on November 8, 2022. Elections will be held to elect senators from all 31 senate districts across the state of Texas. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, will also be held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the Eighty-eighth Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned among the 2020 United States census. Republicans have held a majority in the Texas Senate since January 14, 1997, as a result of the 1996 elections.
Title: 2024 United States Senate election in Texas
Content:  The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Incumbent two-term Republican Senator Ted Cruz has not yet decided whether he will seek a third term. Cruz has expressed interest in running for president in 2024, and has long advocated for congressional term limits

Question: who is the texas state senator?
Answer: Kay Bailey Hutchison.