Texas Political Update December 7, 2021

Posted December 7, 2021

Filing Deadline Approaching
The deadline for candidates filing to run for the legislature is one week away… 5pm on Monday, December 13th. We’re tracking hundreds of filings across Texas, and we’re meeting new candidates every week as they come through Austin to raise money and meet political insiders.
Redistricting
You may know that House and Senate district lines are redrawn every 10 years (after the federal census) in order to account for changes in population growth (or decline) in communities. It’s a complicated process, but now that the new lines have been approved, it’s these districts that candidates are filing for the 2022 election to take office in early 2023. And it’s possible that your home or office is now in a new House and/or Senate district. If you are curious you can look up your current district map and new, revised district maps side-by-side… click here to see if there are differences.

Shannon Meroney

Shannon Meroney brings ten years experience as a multi-state lobbyist based primarily at the Texas Capitol and ten years of courtroom legal expertise to her dynamic government affairs consulting practice. Prior to creating Meroney Public Affairs LLC, Shannon spent six years as a Senior Government Relations Manager for Aetna, a Fortune 100 health insurance corporation with multi-state responsibility. Previous to that, she was a Partner at the Texas law firm Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons representing multiple corporate clients and large trade associations at the Capitol, in the courtroom and providing legal drafting and analysis expertise.