Eighty-seventh Texas Legislature

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The 87th Texas Legislature is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]], composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in [[Austin, Texas]], from January 12, 2021, to May 31, 2021.

The elections of November 2020 were to have decided control of both houses; however, while control of the Senate and the House will remain with the Republican Party.

==Major events==
===Scheduled===
* January 12, 2021: Legislature convenes at noon ([[Time in Texas|CST]]).

==Party summary==
: ''Resignations and new members are discussed in the [[#Changes in membership|"Changes in membership" section]] below.''
===Senate===
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| <gallery mode="slideshow" caption="'''Senate membership'''">
File:87th Texas Senate.svg|Begin (from January 12, 2021)
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom"
! rowspan=3 | Affiliation
! colspan=2 | Party<div style="font-size:80%">(shading indicates majority caucus)</div>
! rowspan=3 | Total
! rowspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:" |
| style="background-color:" |
|-
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
! style="font-size:80%" | End of [[Eighty-sixth Texas Legislature|previous legislature]]
| 12
| |19
! 31
| 0
|-
| colspan=6 |
|-
! style="font-size:80%" | Begin (January 12, 2021)
| 13
| | 18
! 31
| 0
|-
! Latest voting share
! colspan=1 | 41.9%
! | 58.1%
! colspan=2 | &nbsp;
|}



===House of Representatives===
''Tentative results as of January 3, 2021.'' Member of [[Texas House of Representatives, District 68]], [[Drew Springer]] was elected to the Texas Senate, District 30 seat, in a special election, resulting in a new special election for District 68. The special election will be held on January 23.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom"
! rowspan=3 | Affiliation
! colspan=2 | Party<div style="font-size:80%">(shading indicates majority caucus)</div>
! rowspan=3 | Total
! rowspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:" |
| style="background-color:" |
|-
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
! style="font-size:80%" | End of [[Eighty-sixth Texas Legislature|previous legislature]]
| 67
| |83
! 150
| 0
|-
| colspan=6 |
|-
! style="font-size:80%" | Begin (January 12, 2021)
| 67
| |82
! 149
| 1
|-
! Latest voting share
! 45%
! |55%
! colspan=2 | &nbsp;
|}

== External links ==





[[Category:Texas legislative sessions|87 Texas Legislature]]
[[Category:2021 in Texas]]

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