{"id":1752,"date":"2026-09-06T20:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:49:48","slug":"brian-birdwell","status":"publish","type":"cpt_politics","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/politics\/brian-birdwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Birdwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1752\" class=\"elementor elementor-1752\" data-elementor-post-type=\"cpt_politics\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7831b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e7831b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01fe07c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01fe07c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brian Birdwell<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-699c2a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"699c2a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State Senator, Texas Senate District 22<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e444fd7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e444fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579cc48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"579cc48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texas Senate - In office since 2010<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21069fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21069fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Republican state senator representing District 22, which covers all of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, McLennan and Somervell counties plus portions of Ellis and Tarrant counties. Birdwell, a retired Army officer, has held the seat since 2010.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0aa3d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a0aa3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/member.php?d=22\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Official Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-450c235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"450c235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Verified September 2026<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican state senator representing District 22, which covers all of Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, McLennan and Somervell counties plus portions of Ellis and Tarrant counties. Birdwell, a retired Army officer, has held the seat since 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1955,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_politics-category":0},"politics-category":[],"class_list":["post-1752","cpt_politics","type-cpt_politics","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_politics"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"politics-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/politics-category?post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}