District 2 is a house in the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...
. This district was one of the 44 districts created in the 3rd legislature.
The district represents all of
Hunt
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, e ...
,
Hopkins,
Van Zandt Counties. Its current representative is
Bryan Slaton. He has been the district's representative since January 14, 2021.
Major cities in the district include
Greenville,
Sulphur Springs
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,
Commerce
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, and
Canton.
The district also contains
Texas A&M-Commerce, and parts of
Lake Tawakoni
Lake Tawakoni ( ) is a reservoir located in Northeast Texas, about east of Dallas. It lies within three Texas counties, Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt. It is used for water supply and recreation. It is under the Sabine River Authority of Texas and ...
and
Cooper Lake.
List of representatives
Past living Representatives
References
{{Texas state legislative districts
002 002, 0O2, O02, OO2, or 002 may refer to:
Fiction
*002, fictional British 00 Agent
*''002 Operazione Luna'',
*1965 Italian film
*Zero Two, a ''Darling in the Franxx'' character
Airports
*0O2, Baker Airport
*O02, Nervino Airport
Astronomy
*1996 ...