The Texas House’s original LGBT Caucus members from left, Celia Israel, Mary Gonzalez, Erin Zweiner, Jessica Gonzalez and Julie Johnson.
Ann Johnson flips a seat and increases lesbian representation in the Texas House DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Democrats had hoped to flip the Texas House in Tuesday’s elections and thus gain control of redistricting the Texas Legislature as well as U.S.
congressional seats. And the Texas House LGBT Caucus, which currently has five members, was excited about the possibility of doubling in size.
But little changed in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday. Democrats flipped just one seat. That one gain, however, did increase the size of the LGBT Caucus by one with the election of Ann