78th Texas Legislature

The 78th Texas Legislature met from January 14 to June 2, 2003 in regular session, and in three called sessions in 2003, and a fourth called session in 2004. All members of the House of Representatives and all members of the Senate (15 to two-year terms, 16 to four-year terms) were elected in the 2002 general election, with seats apportioned among the 2000 United States census.

This was the first legislature in over 100 years that Republicans had control of both Houses of the Legislature. Tom Craddick was elected as the first Republican Speaker of the House since 1873.

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