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GOVERNMENT

WHO IS JANE NELSON? The Republican from Flower Mound was appointed the 115th secretary of state March 15. • Served two terms on the State Board of Education • First woman in Texas legislative history to chair a standing budget- writing committee • Member of the Senate State Aairs Committee, which oversees election policy, for eight sessions • Has written four state budgets • Established the Cancer Research & Prevention Institute of Texas • Has passed 30 bills protecting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human tracking RECENT SECRETARY OF STATE CHANGES Since 2018, Abbott has appointed four secretaries of state. • David Whitley, 2018-2019 • Ruth Ruggero Hughs, 2019-2021 • John Scott, 2021-2022 • Jane Nelson, conrmed in 2023

Jane Nelson, RFlower Mound, named 115th Texas secretary of state after nomination from governor

BY TIM GLAZE

of Texas’ economic prosperity to the world.” Nelson succeeds John Scott, who was appointed in 2021. Scott said in December that he would step down at the end of the year to return to private practice. Because Scott resigned before the Jan. 10 start of the 2023 legislative session, he did not undergo the conrmation process. But neither of Abbott’s previous two picks for the role—David Whitley and Ruth Hughs—received votes from two- thirds of the Senate, which is required for conrmation. Nelson’s career in state government includes becoming the longest-serv- ing Republican woman in the Senate as well as the rst woman to lead the Senate Finance Committee. She was elected to Senate in 1992 after serving on the Texas State Board of Education. She was also a member of the State Senate Aairs Committee,

which overseas election policy. In her time in govern- ment, she passed 30 bills protecting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human tracking. Nelson

Longtime state Sen. Jane Nelson, RFlower Mound, has been ocially conrmed as the 115th Texas secre- tary of state after being nominated at the end of 2022, ocials reported March 15. Nelson served in the Senate for 30 years before deciding not to run for re-election in 2022. However, she was nominated for the state secretary position by Gov. Greg Abbott in December. “I will work to safeguard honest and accurate elections in all 254 counties across our great state, while continuing to support business owners by ensuring that government moves at the speed of Texas business, not the other way around,” Nelson said in an ocial statement. “I also look forward to strengthening rela- tionships with all of our international partners and telling the great story

Jane Nelson

also established the Cancer Research and Prevention Institute of Texas. The Texas Legislature meets during odd-numbered years from January through May. In one of her rst moves as secre- tary of state, Nelson said her oce would be creating an interstate voter registration program for Texas. “You can count on me to safeguard our elections, enhance transparency, and help continue the work of enhancing Texas’ position on the global stage,” Nelson said on Twitter in January.

SOURCE: WWW.SOS.STATE.TX

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