Furniture
The term “furniture” is a designation for lawmakers whose level of participation in the process was indistinguishable from that of their desks and chairs.
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Jump to… 2013: The Best and Worst Legislators THE BEST: Representative Jimmie Don Aycock THE BEST: Senator Wendy Davis THE BEST: Senator Robert Duncan THE BEST: Representative Charlie Geren THE BEST: Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa THE BEST: Representative Trey Martinez Fischer THE BEST: Representative Jim Pitts THE BEST: Speaker Joe Straus THE BEST: Senator Leticia Van de Putte THE BEST: Senator Tommy Williams THE WORST: Representative Lon Burnam THE WORST: Senator John Carona THE WORST: Comptroller Susan Combs THE WORST: Representative Naomi Gonzalez THE WORST: Senator Kelly Hancock THE WORST: Representative Harvey Hilderbran THE WORST: Senator Joan Huffman THE WORST: Senator Dan Patrick THE WORST: Representative Ron Reynolds THE WORST: Representative Van Taylor BULL OF THE BRAZOS: Representative Sylvester Turner Honorable Mentions Dishonorable Mentions The Freshman Class Furniture LEADERSHIP: Governor Rick Perry LEADERSHIP: Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst
Representative Roland Gutierrez
Democrat, San Antonio
Representative Stephanie Klick
Republican, Fort Worth
Representative George Lavender
Republican, Texarkana
Senator José Rodríguez
Democrat, El Paso
25/27
Jump to… 2013: The Best and Worst Legislators THE BEST: Representative Jimmie Don Aycock THE BEST: Senator Wendy Davis THE BEST: Senator Robert Duncan THE BEST: Representative Charlie Geren THE BEST: Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa THE BEST: Representative Trey Martinez Fischer THE BEST: Representative Jim Pitts THE BEST: Speaker Joe Straus THE BEST: Senator Leticia Van de Putte THE BEST: Senator Tommy Williams THE WORST: Representative Lon Burnam THE WORST: Senator John Carona THE WORST: Comptroller Susan Combs THE WORST: Representative Naomi Gonzalez THE WORST: Senator Kelly Hancock THE WORST: Representative Harvey Hilderbran THE WORST: Senator Joan Huffman THE WORST: Senator Dan Patrick THE WORST: Representative Ron Reynolds THE WORST: Representative Van Taylor BULL OF THE BRAZOS: Representative Sylvester Turner Honorable Mentions Dishonorable Mentions The Freshman Class Furniture LEADERSHIP: Governor Rick Perry LEADERSHIP: Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst