June 5, 2009      8:30 AM
TEXAS MONTHLY NAMES BEST, WORST LEGISLATORS
TM President and Editor in Chief Evan Smith describes recently concluded session thusly, “An abundance of dead bills and dashed hopes.”
Texas
Monthly released their list of best and worst legislators this
morning. We reprint the list below with link to the story below:
Best: Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas), Sen. Robert
Duncan (R-Lubbock), Craig Eiland (D-Galveston), Rob
Eissler (R-The Woodlands), Brian McCall (R-Plano), John
Otto (R-Dayton), Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie), Senfronia
Thompson (D-Houston), Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), John
Zerwas (R-Richmond)
Worst: Wayne Christian (R-Center), Yvonne
Davis (D-Dallas), Jim Dunnam (D-Waco), Allen
Fletcher (R-Tomball), Kino Flores (D-Palmview), Sen. Troy
Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay), Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr. (D-Houston),
Richard Peńa Raymond (D-Laredo), Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball),
Sen. Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) Honorable mention: Sen. Kip Averitt (R-Waco), Dan
Branch (R-Dallas), Sen. Robert Deuell (R-Greenville), Ruth
Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio), Mark Strama (D-Austin),
Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio)
Dishonorable mention: Betty Brown (R-Terrell),
Norma Chávez (D-El Paso), Carl Isett (R-Lubbock), David
Leibowitz (D-San Antonio), Tommy Merritt (R-Longview)
Furniture: Charles “Doc” Anderson (R-Waco), Fred
Brown (R-College Station), Al Edwards (D-Houston), Joe
Farias (D-San Antonio), Sen. Chris Harris (R-Arlington),
Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington), Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville),
Solomon Ortiz Jr. (D-Corpus Christi), Inocente “Chente”
Quintanilla (D-El Paso), Ralph Sheffield (R-Temple)
Rookie of the Year: Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) The full story can be found here..
Schnookie of the Year (the anti-ROTY, according to Evan
Smith): Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio)
Bull of the Brazos: Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo)
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