Beverly Powell

{{Short description|American politician (born 1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Beverly Powell

| state_senate = Texas

| district = 10th

| term_start = January 8, 2019

| term_end = January 10, 2023

| predecessor = Konni Burton

| succeeded = Phil King

| party = Democratic

| alma_mater = Texas Wesleyan University (BS, MBA)

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|18}}

| image = Texas State Sen. Beverly Powell 2021 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Powell in 2021

}}

Beverly Powell (born September 18, 1951), is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, she represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2023.{{cite news |last1=Hanna |first1=Bill |title=What Beverly Powell's win means. Is there a shift in Tarrant County's political winds? |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article221282125.html |accessdate=8 January 2019 |publisher=Star-Telegram |date=November 7, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Rebecca |title=Six senators sworn in on first day of 2019 Texas legislative session in Austin |url=https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/six-senators-sworn-in-on-first-day-of-2019-texas-legislative-session-in-austin/499-626922952 |accessdate=8 January 2019 |publisher=KAGS |date=January 8, 2019}}

In 2018, Powell defeated incumbent Republican Senator Konni Burton by a margin of 3.4%.{{Cite web |last=Samuels |first=Alex |date=2018-11-07 |title=Democrats Nathan Johnson and Beverly Powell defeat state Sens. Don Huffines and Konni Burton in Texas midterm |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/06/konni-burton-don-huffines-joan-huffman-texas-midterm-election-results/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}

In 2021, during redistricting, Texas Republicans redrew District 10 to be whiter and more conservative than it was before.{{cn|date=March 2025}} The old district had been located entirely in Tarrant County, and voted for Joe Biden by eight points. The new district stretches into portions of six nearby counties and would have given Donald Trump a 16-point margin had it existed in 2020. Powell concluded the new district was "unwinnable" for a Democrat, and she decided to give up her bid for re-election and urged her supporters to work on "efforts to advance our causes and on the continuing efforts to restore voting rights" instead.{{Cite web |last=Barragán |first=James |date=2022-04-06 |title="Unwinnable race": State Sen. Beverly Powell of Burleson ends reelection bid, citing redrawn political map |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/06/beverly-powell-reelection-redistricting/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}} Then-State Representative Phil King from Weatherford was thus elected unopposed.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Texas election results for governor, attorney general, Congress and more |url=https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2022/texas-2022-election-results/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}