# Vikki Goodwin Unveils Bipartisan Transition Team

> Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin names bipartisan transition team for January office.
- Title: Vikki Goodwin Unveils Bipartisan Transition Team | Shortify
- Summary: Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin names bipartisan transition team for January office.
- Keywords: texas, vikki goodwin, bipartisan transition team, democratic state rep, republican state sen, austin mayor, Texastribune
- Source: Texastribune — https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17521739/texas-lieutenant-governor-vikki-goodwin-transition-team
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## Vikki Goodwin Names Transition Team
Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin announced a bipartisan transition team of current and former elected officials to prepare for January office after unseating GOP stalwart Dan Patrick.
## Team Includes Democrats and Republicans
The team features outgoing Democratic state Rep. Chris Turner, former Democratic state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, and former GOP state Sen. Kel Seliger.
## Team Addresses Senate Control
Goodwin will work with a Republican Senate majority that controls 19 of 31 seats, despite losing the lieutenant governor’s office for the first time since 1999.
## Key takeaway

Vikki Goodwin, elected lieutenant governor, formed a bipartisan transition team with Democrats and Republicans to prepare for January office.