Several Texas officials have reacted to the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 Sunday afternoon. Carter, the longest-lived American president, was a peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War.

Always humble, President Carter showed us that public service isn’t limited to elected office,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter traveled the world advocating for democracy and fighting disease, but Jason Carter said they weren’t motivated by pity, or arrogance that a former Amer