Texas Icons Breaking! A Democrat and a Republican Have a Nice, Substantive Conversation Senfronia Thompson and Tom Craddick are two of the longest-serving Texas legislators—and two of the most ...

Senfronia Thompson Says #MeToo: Texas Lawmaker on 45 Years of Sexism, Racism at the Capitol "I tell God all the time, 'These sons of bitches make me so mad. I want to cuss ’em out, ooh Jesus.'" ...

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black person in the history of the Texas Legislature, filed Friday to run for speaker of the Texas House, making her the first to enter ...

Texas State Rep. Senfronia Thompson speaks during press conference held at the transitional center for Haitian migrants in the National Association of Christian Disaster Services building, 16605 ...

You’re going to have to get them in a position to where they can go and get a job,” said Thompson. A University of Texas study shows taxpayers spend roughly $6.6 billion a year dealing with ...

Now, with the introduction of the Texas Human Trafficking Data Repository bill , authored by State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, one of the authors of this essay, Texas has the opportunity ...

In this episode of our podcast about the Texas Legislature, recorded on Jan. 15, 2021, Evan Smith interviews 25-term state Rep. Senfronia Thompson about COVID-19, race, public ed and that ...

Meet Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving lawmaker in the State House. She was one of the first Black women to serve since Reconstruction. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The state legislature is ...

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson likened Gov. Greg Abbott’s threat to have them arrested upon their return to the pursuit of escaped slaves prior to the Civil War.

Texas lawmakers on Monday unveiled a portrait of state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, a Houston Democrat who is the longest-serving woman in the Texas Legislature, that will soon hang in the halls of ...

Senfronia Thompson Paid political ally. A longstanding Texas State Representative, Thompson has been moonlighting as a Linebarger consultant for years. Since 2005, ...

Texas State Rep. Senfronia Thompson – one of the Democratic lawmakers that fled Austin for the District of Columbia to deprive the state legislature of a quorum to vote on election integrity ...