Editing Lloyd Doggett (section)

==Early career==
Doggett served as a member of the [[Texas Senate]] from 1973 to 1985. He gained attention in 1979 as a member of the "Killer Bees", a group of 12 Democratic state senators who opposed a plan to move the state's presidential primary to March 11. The intent was to give former [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] a leg up on the 1980 Republican nomination. The Killer Bees wanted a [[closed primary]]. When this proposal was rejected, they walked out of the chamber and left the Senate two members short of a [[quorum]]. The bill was withdrawn five days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=12 Texas State Senators, Claiming Political Victory, Come Out of Hiding |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/23/archives/12-texas-state-senators-claiming-political-victory-come-out-of.html |access-date=9 November 2021 |work=New York Times |date=23 May 1979}}</ref>

He was the Democratic nominee for the [[1984 United States Senate election in Texas]], losing to the Republican candidate, then-U.S. Representative [[Phil Gramm]], by a wide margin. Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights, as well as a law outlawing [[Teflon-coated bullet|cop killer bullets]] and a [[sunset law]] requiring periodic review of government agencies.

In 1989, Doggett became both an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Texas Supreme Court]] and an [[adjunct professor]] at the [[University of Texas School of Law]].