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WENTWORTH v. MEYER

No. D-2662.

839 S.W.2d 766 (1992)

Jeff WENTWORTH, Relator, v. Fred MEYER, Chairman, State Republican Executive Committee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

September 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Meyers, San Antonio, Randall Buck Wood, Austin, John E. Clark, San Antonio, for relator.

Harold D. Hammett, Fort Worth, Robert D. Daniel, Houston, Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr., Dallas, Javier P. Guajardo, Austin, Michael E. Grimes, Round Rock, J. Patrick Wiseman, Austin, for respondent.

OPINION

COOK, Justice.

In this original proceeding, we must determine whether the Texas Constitution prevents Relator Jeff Wentworth from serving as a state senator in the Texas legislature. The legislative term would overlap, by twenty-one days, Wentworth's previous term of appointment to the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System. The question is whether article III, section 19 of the Texas Constitution renders Wentworth ineligible because...

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