Senfronia Thompson says she has votes to be Texas House speaker
The Texas Tribune reports that veteran state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black legislator in any state, says she has enough votes to become Texas House speaker after Democrats won their first House majority since 2003. If her coalition holds through January, Thompson, 87, would be the first woman and first Black speaker, promising bipartisan committee chairs and, with Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa and Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin, an all-women "Big Three."
