- Describe the form and function of the Texas Legislature.
- Identify the different types of state legislatures.
- Relate the qualifications for legislative office and the implications of term limits.
- Explain the differences between microcosm theory of representation and principal-agent theory of representation.
- Assess who wins and who loses in how Texas’s legislature functions.
- Discuss how the Texas Legislature is elected.
- Assess who wins and who loses under Texas’s single-member district (SMD) system.
