Phil King, Republican candidate for Texas Senate District 10, will hold a meet and greet at the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce Board Room at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7 with special guest Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas and former Secretary of Energy in the Trump Administration.

To RSVP, contact Ashley Westenhover at [email protected]. You can also RSVP through the website philking.com.

Brownwood will become a member of the revamped Texas Senate District 10 as of Jan. 10 2023.

Democrat Beverly Powell is the current Texas State Senator for District 10, while King and Warren Norred are Republicans running to unseat Powell.

Members of the Texas State Senate serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.

One-half of the Senate membership is elected every two years in even-numbered years, with the exception that all 31 Senate seats are up for election for the first legislature following the decennial census in order to reflect the newly redrawn districts. After the initial election, the Senate is divided by lot into two classes, with one class having a re-election after two years and the other having a re-election after four years.