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The Nov. 6 election was another successful one for TEXPAC as voters elected a record seven TMA and TMA Alliance members to the Texas Legislature. Sen. Bob Deuell, MD (R-Greenville), won reelection to the Texas Senate, while Rep. Charles Schwertner, MD (R-Georgetown), and Donna Campbell, MD (R-New Braunfels), were elected to their first Senate terms. In House elections, Reps. John Zerwas, MD (R-Simonton), and Susan King (R-Abilene), a TMA Alliance member, won new terms. Newcomers Greg Bonnen, MD (R-Friendswood), and J.D. Sheffield, DO (R-Gatesville), will join them. In a tough State Senate race in Fort Worth, Mark Shelton, MD, lost to incumbent Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis. The vote was close — only 1,600 votes separated them. Voters reelected U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Flower Mound), to another term as the only TMA member in Congress. In contested races for the Texas Supreme Court, incumbent Republican justices Don Willett and Nathan Hecht were reelected.