We asked our insiders this week about Texas Monthly's forthcoming list of the Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators — perhaps the most talked-about and eagerly anticipated media pronouncement in the state in any odd-numbered year.
The magazine's senior executive editor, Paul Burka, and senior editor Nate Blakeslee have put the finishing touches on the list, which will be released via the @texasmonthly Twitter feed Wednesday morning. But before they have their say, we wanted to know which members deserved to be Bests and which deserved to be Worsts.
We were also curious about which first-term members were worthy of Rookie of the Year honors. And we wondered how the leadership should be treated: Do Speaker Joe Straus, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Gov. Rick Perry deserve to be included as Bests or Worsts?
Lucky for us, our insiders were in agreement on their picks for both lists. Interestingly, in one celebrated case, they put the same member on both the Best and Worst lists.
For Bests, they cited, more often than other lawmakers, Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan; Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie; Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth; Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston; Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen; Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton; Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler; Sen John Carona, R-Dallas; and Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. For the record, 93 different members of the Legislature received at least one mention from our insiders.
For Worsts, our insiders selected Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston; Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview; Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio; Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball; Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth; Rep. Gary Elkins, R-Houston; Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio; Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler; Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay; and Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton. One hundred and two different members of the Lege received at least one mention.
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We were also curious about which first-term members were worthy of Rookie of the Year honors. And we wondered how the leadership should be treated: Do Speaker Joe Straus, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Gov. Rick Perry deserve to be included as Bests or Worsts?
Lucky for us, our insiders were in agreement on their picks for both lists. Interestingly, in one celebrated case, they put the same member on both the Best and Worst lists.
For Bests, they cited, more often than other lawmakers, Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan; Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie; Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth; Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston; Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen; Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton; Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler; Sen John Carona, R-Dallas; and Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. For the record, 93 different members of the Legislature received at least one mention from our insiders.
For Worsts, our insiders selected Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston; Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview; Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio; Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball; Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth; Rep. Gary Elkins, R-Houston; Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio; Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler; Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay; and Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton. One hundred and two different members of the Lege received at least one mention.
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