Going, Going... Gone
Rumors are swirling that House Transportation Chair, State Rep Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, will opt out of running for another term. If he doesn't come back, he will join a wave of other members who have already decided not to attend the 81st session festivities:
State Rep. Robby Cook, D-Eagle Lake
State Rep. Dianne White Delisi, R-Temple, Public Health Chair
State Rep. Fred Hill, R-Richardson, Local Ways and Means Chair
State Rep. Robert Puente, D-San Antonio, Natural Resources Chair
State Rep. Mike O'Day, R-Pearland
State Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena, (likely running for US Representative)
State Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston, (left to run for US Senate)
State Rep. Anna Mowery, R-Fort Worth, Land and Resource Mgmt Chair, already out
I feel like I'm forgetting someone. Am I?
People who are running again even though we they thought they weren't:
State Rep. Buddy West, R-Odessa
State Rep. Paul Moreno, D-El Paso