District 43 is a district 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. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ...

. It has been represented by José Manuel Lozano since he took office in 2011, after he was first elected as a

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in the 2010 Texas House of Representatives election.

Geography

The district comprises the counties of

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, Jim Wells, Kleberg, San Patricio, and Refugio ''en toto''.

Members

* Roger Q. Mills (November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861)
* William Nesbit "Billy" Hall (before 1987) *

Henry Cuellar Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar ( ; born September 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district extends from the Rio Grande to San Ant ...

(1987–1993) *

Pedro G. Nieto Pedro Galindo Nieto, known as Pete Nieto (born c. 1941), is an attorney in Uvalde, Texas, who served a single term in the Texas House of Representatives in the former District 43 from 1993 until 1995. Nieto switched parties from Democrat to Re ...

(1993–1995) * Tracy Ogden King (1995–2003) *

Irma Lerma Rangel Irma Lerma Rangel (May 15, 1931 – March 18, 2003) was an attorney and Democratic state legislator based in Kingsville, Texas. She was the first Mexican-American woman elected to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and the firs ...

(2003) * Juan Manuel Escobar (2003–2009) * Tara Rios Ybarra (2009–2011) * José Manuel Lozano (2011–present)

References

{{Texas state legislative districts 43 Bee County, Texas Jim Wells County, Texas Kleberg County, Texas San Patricio County, Texas