Jeff Wentworth

Senator Wentworth, a fourth-generation Texan, was first elected to the Texas Senate in 1992 after serving nearly five years in the Texas House of Representatives. He is currently serving his sixth term in the Texas Senate, where he is chairman, of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence and serves on the Administration, Transportation, Homeland Security, and Intergovernmental Relations Committees. Prior public service includes one year as a university system regent, six years as a county commissioner, two years as a city attorney, three years as a Congressional assistant, and three years active duty as a United States Army counterintelligence officer. In 1998, Jeff was selected a Toll Fellow, a prestigious group of only 40 state officials nationwide seen as emerging leaders. Senator Wentworth was also named the 1998 Conservation Legislator of the Year by the Sportsmen Conservationists of Texas. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Natural Resources Foundation of Texas, the Board of Trustees of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of San Antonio, and is a director of the 12th Man Foundation. Senator Wentworth earned a J.D. at Texas Tech University and a B.A. from Texas A&M University.