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Senator Jeff Wentworth: District 25
Occupation: Attorney/REALTOR®
Education: Alamo Heights High School, San Antonio; Texas A&M University, B.A.; Texas Tech University School of Law, J. D.
Legislative Experience: House Member, 1988 - 1992; Senate Member, 1993 - present
Hometown: San Antonio
Party: Republican
Senator Jeff Wentworth is serving his sixth term in the Texas Senate where he was president pro tem in 2004-2005 and where he was inaugurated as Governor of Texas for a Day on November 20, 2004.
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. The Republican senator from San Antonio represents more than 700,000 Texans in six counties located in the heart of the state.
He is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence and serves on the Administration; Transportation and Homeland Security; and Intergovernmental Relations Committees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Natural Resources Foundation of Texas and the Board of Trustees of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.
Prior public service includes five years in the Texas House of Representatives, 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 as a United States Army counterintelligence officer.
Among his younger-life work experience, he worked as a newspaper boy, television station copy boy, waiter, dishwasher, library clerk, and taxicab driver.
Senator Wentworth graduated from Alamo Heights High School, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University School of Law. He served as vice president of his high school student body, senior class officer in college, and president of his law school student body. In addition, he served as national president of the American Bar Association Law Student Division. In 2000, Senator Wentworth was named the Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University School of Law.
Senator Wentworth is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Council of State Governments and chair of the 16-state Southern Legislative Conference.
Senator Wentworth, a practicing attorney, is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, as well as the San Antonio Bar Foundation. He is admitted to practice law in both the District of Columbia and Texas.
He is married to Karla Wentworth, a licensed professional interior designer. Jeff and Karla have two sons, Jason, 27, and Matthew, 21, who is a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Newsletter
 Legislative Report - 2009 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - 2008 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - Summer 2007 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - Winter 2005 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - Fall 2005 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - 2004 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - 2002 (pdf document)
Legislative Report - 2001 (pdf document)
 October 2, 2009
Two Proposed Constitutional Amendments
September 25, 2009
Attention High School Juniors
September 18, 2009
Boring But Important
September 11, 2009
Changes to Texas Tomorrow Fund Painful but Necessary
September 4, 2009
Some Suggestions During the Current Drought
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Senator Jeff Wentworth
Office Information
| Capitol Address |
District Address |
The Honorable Jeff Wentworth
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0125
(512) 463-7794 FAX |
925 North Frost Center,
1250 N.E. Loop 410
San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 826-7800
(210) 826-0571 FAX |
81st Session Committee Membership
District Analysis: District 25
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