Name
|
Class year
|
Notability
|
References
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Jodey Arrington
|
1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.)
|
Former Chief of Staff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; current Chief of Staff, Texas Tech University System; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program
|
[28]
|
Bob Bullock
|
1955
|
Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas; former Texas Comptroller
|
[32]
|
John Burroughs
|
1929
|
Former Governor of New Mexico
|
[55]
|
Dustin Burrows
|
2004
|
Texas State Representative, District 83 (2014– )
|
[56]
|
Waggoner Carr [a]
|
1940
|
Former Texas Attorney General
|
[7][57]
|
Joel Carson III
|
1994
|
U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
|
[58]
|
John Carter
|
1964
|
United States Representative, Texas District 31
|
[59]
|
Lauro Cavazos [a]
|
1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.)
|
Former Texas Tech University president; former U.S. Secretary of Education
|
[7][60]
|
Tim Cole
|
(did not graduate)
|
First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas
|
|
Louis Conradt
|
—
|
Attorney
|
|
Kilmer B. Corbin
|
—
|
Former Texas State Senator, District 28
|
|
Tom Craddick
|
1965
|
Texas State Representative, District 82
|
[32]
|
Samuel Ray Cummings
|
1967
|
United States District Court Judge, Northern District of Texas
|
[61]
|
James G. Denton [a]
|
1938
|
Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court
|
[7][32]
|
Robert L. Duncan [a]
|
1976
|
Texas State Senator, District 28
|
[7]
|
William Royal Furgeson, Jr.
|
1964
|
United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas
|
[28]
|
Ruben Garcia Jr.
|
1973
|
Former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
[62]
|
Millard Hall
|
—
|
Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
|
|
Kent Hance [a]
|
1965
|
Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor
|
[7][32]
|
Harvey Hilderbran
|
1983
|
Texas State Representative, District 53 from Kerrville
|
[63]
|
John Hinckley, Jr.
|
(did not graduate)
|
Attempted assassin of United States President Ronald Reagan
|
[64]
|
John Hodgson
|
1984
|
Kentucky state representative
|
[65]
|
Phil Johnson
|
1975
|
Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 8
|
[66]
|
Delwin Jones
|
1949
|
Texas State Representative, District 83
|
[28]
|
Robert A. Junell
|
1969
|
Senior status United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas
|
[28]
|
Jim Keffer
|
1975
|
Texas State Representative from District 60
|
[67]
|
Demetrio B. Lakas [a]
|
1963
|
Former President of the Republic of Panama
|
[7]
|
Pete Laney [a]
|
1965
|
Former Texas State Representative
|
[7]
|
W. Mark Lanier
|
1984
|
Attorney
|
[68]
|
Tom Martin
|
1970
|
Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas
|
[69]
|
Jim McReynolds
|
1987 (J.D.)
|
Texas State Representative, District 12
|
[28]
|
Tibor P. Nagy
|
1972
|
Former United States AmbassadortoEthiopia, Guinea
|
[70]
|
Randy Neugebauer
|
1972
|
United States Representative, Texas District 19
|
[71]
|
Charles Perry
|
1984
|
Texas State Senate, District 28
|
[72]
|
Edward Rappaport
|
1988
|
Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center
|
[73]
|
Ron Reynolds
|
|
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Missouri City since 2011
|
[74]
|
Lionel Rivera
|
1979
|
MayorofColorado Springs, Colorado
|
[75]
|
Bill Sarpalius
|
1972
|
Former Texas State Senator, District 31; former United States Representative, Texas District 13
|
[76]
|
Clay Sell
|
1989
|
Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy
|
[28][77]
|
Preston Smith [a]
|
1934
|
Former Governor of Texas
|
[7][32]
|
John T. Smithee
|
1976 (J.D.)
|
Texas State Representative, District 86 from Amarillo
|
[28]
|
Burt Solomons
|
1977
|
Texas State Representative, District 65
|
|
Paul Stanley
|
1985
|
Former Tennessee State Senator, District 31
|
|
Charles Stenholm
|
1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.)
|
Former United States Representative, Texas District 17
|
[78]
|
Karen Tandy [a]
|
1974, 1977
|
Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
|
[7][32]
|
Elmer Tarbox [a]
|
1939
|
Texas State Representative, District 76
|
[7][28]
|
Mac Thornberry
|
1980
|
United States Representative, Texas District 13
|
[79]
|
Dan Thornton
|
1932
|
Former Governor of Colorado
|
[32]
|
T. John Ward [a]
|
1964
|
United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Texas
|
[7][80]
|
Elizabeth Watson
|
1971
|
Former Chief of police, Houston Police Department
|
[81]
|
Joseph M. Watt
|
1971
|
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, 9th District
|
[82]
|
Jeff Wentworth
|
1972 (J.D.)
|
Texas State Senator, District 25
|
[83]
|
John C. White [a]
|
1946
|
Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
|
[7][84]
|