Tan Parker

Nathaniel Willis “Tan” Parker IV is an American politician. A Republican, he has represented the District 12 in the Texas Senate since 2023, and is the current Texas Senate Majority Leader. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2023. He was elected in 2006 to represent District 63. Parker sought the position of Texas House Speaker with the retirement of Joe Straus but withdrew his candidacy in 2018 to support the consensus choice, representative Dennis Bonnen of Angleton in Brazoria County.