Editors’ Note: Ever since its founding, Texas Monthly’s coverage of the Legislature has culminated in a biennial list of the Ten Best and Ten Worst legislators. This year, we approached things differently. Read why here, and see the list of who mattered this session. A GOP chief of staff damned Representative Brian Harrison with the faintest possible praise when he told us that the Midlothian Republican would be “good for Congress.” There’s a certain type of lawmaker—like Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Republican Congressman Jake Ellzey—who turns a short, unproductive Texas House stint into a ticket to D.C. In the state legislature, being useless is cause for embarrassment. In Congress, it can be the foundation of a lengthy career.Harrison’s last big job was as a…
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