SENATOR-ELECT LOIS KOLKHORST TO BE SWORN IN AT NOON TODAY

  

Senator-Elect Lois Kolkhorst’s will be sworn in today at noon at the Texas Capitol Senate Chamber, and  the public is invited to attend.

After Kolkhorst takes the oath of office, a public reception will be held.

Senator-Elect Kolkhorst won the special election for Senate District 18 to succeed former Senator and Comptroller-Elect Glenn Hegar on December 6 with 55.69 percent of the vote, thus avoiding a runoff.

Senate District 18 includes all or parts of 21 counties including Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington, and Wharton.

Once Kolkhorst has been sworn into the Senate District 18 seat, a vacancy will be created in her current House District 13 seat.

An election to fill that vacancy will be called by Governor Rick Perry.