Editing Sugar Land, Texas (section)

===Politics===
At the start of the 21st century, Sugar Land was well-known as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/04/26/for-a-conservative-life-is-sweet-in-sugar-land-tex/0a2f5ae5-2892-4a0f-83c0-c8e7b1817fe5/ |title=For a Conservative, Life Is Sweet in Sugar Land, Tex. |date=2004-04-26 |access-date=2022-10-11 |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Finkel |first=David}}</ref> More recently, the city has been trending [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in presidential elections; after voting Republican in 2012<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/CanvassReport.pdf |title=2012 Canvass Report |access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref> and 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/FBCcanvass2016PDF.pdf |title=2016 Canvass Report |access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref> Sugar Land was won by [[Joe Biden]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/sites/default/files/document-central/document-central/elections-documents/2020-election-results/FBCCanvass.pdf |title=2020 Canvass Report |access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref>

Sugar Land is located in [[Texas's 22nd congressional district]]. It is represented in the US House of Representatives by Republican [[Troy Nehls]], a former Fort Bend county sheriff. The district had long elected former House Majority Leader [[Tom DeLay]], who served from here from 1985 until his 2006 resignation.  Previously in 1976, Republicans ran a write-in campaign and gained election of Republican [[Ron Paul]], who served briefly in 1976. He ran for a full term in 1978, serving from 1979 until 1985.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress But Surrendered the White House |last=Schaller| first=Thomas F. |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0300172034 |pages=173}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000583 |title=Biography Ronald Ernest Paul |website=Bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Director of the United States Congress |access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref>

In the [[Texas Legislature]], most of Sugar Land is represented in [[Texas Senate, District 17|District 17]] of the [[Texas Senate]], which is represented by Republican [[Joan Huffman]]. Some western segments of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, including the master-planned communities of [[New Territory, Texas|New Territory]], [[Greatwood, Texas|Greatwood]], River Park and [[Telfair, Sugar Land|Telfair]], are situated in [[Texas Senate, District 18|District 18]], represented by Republican [[Lois Kolkhorst]]. She succeeded [[Glenn Hegar]] in a 2014 special election following the latter's election as [[Texas State Comptroller]] earlier that year.

In the [[Texas House of Representatives]], most of Sugar Land is located in District 26, which is represented by Republican [[Rick Miller (Texas politician)|Rick Miller]], a retired [[United States Navy]] officer and current Sugar Land businessman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138333/rick-miller |title=Rick Miller's Biography |website=Vote Smart |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> Some parts of the city are also represented by Democrat [[Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)|Ron Reynolds]] (the Sugar Land Business Park) in District 27 and Republican Phil Stephenson in District 85 (the River Park, Commonwealth and Riverstone communities).