Editing Brazoria County, Texas (section)

=== Elected officials ===
[[Nathan Haller]], a black man, was the elected representative for the county from 1892 to 1897. After Jim Crow laws were imposed, black residents were suppressed politically until the [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=HardyBlackCongressman/>
In 2022 most major government officials were white.<ref name=HardyBlackCongressman/>

==== United States Congress ====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | '''Senators'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Name'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Party'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''First Elected'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Level'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 1
| [[John Cornyn]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2002
| Senior Senator
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 2
| [[Ted Cruz]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2012
| Junior Senator
|-
! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | '''Representatives'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Name'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Party'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''First Elected'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Area(s) of Brazoria County Represented'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| District 14
| [[Randy Weber]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2012
| Central and southern areas ([[Alvin, Texas|Alvin]]), [[Lake Jackson, Texas|Lake Jackson]], [[Angleton, Texas|Angleton]], [[Freeport, Texas|Freeport]]), also part of ([[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston County]]) 
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| District 22
| [[Troy Nehls]]
| [[Republican (United States)|Republican]]
| 2020
| Northern areas ([[Pearland, Texas|Pearland]]), Northwest areas ([[Manvel, Texas|Manvel]]), also parts of [[Harris County, Texas|Harris]] and [[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston]] counties
|}