Formal qualifications governing eligibility for service in the texas state legislature are found in the texas state constitution. informal criteria have also dictated electoral fortunes, as voters in the lone star state have typically elected white men. as the population of texas has become increasingly diversified, however, so, too, has membership in the state legislature.

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the texas state constitution lists the formal eligibility requirements for service in the state legislature. despite some commonalities, different rules apply to those seeking election to the texas house and the texas state senate. for example, a candidate seeking election to either the house or the senate must be a (natural-born citizen or u. s citizen or lawyer); however, those seeking election to the texas state senate must be (eighteen or thirty-five or twenty-six) years old, whereas twenty-one-year-olds are eligible for election to the texas house.