Phil King Announces Run on a Newly Redrawn GOP District
Since the day the newly proposed GOP map surfaced, so did lawmakers announcing their intentions to run for redrawn districts that benefit them, and...
Matthew Dowd Abandons Race For Lt. Gov
Matthew Dowd, the former chief strategist for George W. Bush’s presidential reelection campaign, has announced he’s removing his name from the race for lieutenant...
Sen. Beverly Powell Fights GOP-Drawn Map That Discriminates Nonwhite Voters
Since the new political maps were released last fall there have been more than a half-dozen combined challenges to the redistricting plans. This Tuesday,...
Did Texans Vote Early this Election?
Texas primaries are just around the corner and election turnout appears to be “dramatically low” when compared to 2018.In the past, the Texas Secretary...
Voter Fraud Investigation Goes Awry, GOP Activist Faces Criminal Charges
A Houston political far-right activist is facing a criminal indictment for his role in funding a private investigation into voter fraud that ended with...
Right Wing Harassment Of Election Officials Rising In Texas
The constant lies about election fraud are having real consequences on the people who administer elections in Texas. Right wing harassment against volunteers and...
Boisterous Agitators Disrupt Election Machine Test, Badger Secretary Of State In Hays County
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.About a dozen activists demanding responses to conspiracy...
New Texas GOP-Backed Voting Law Disproportionately Impacts Communities of Color, the Language Challenged, and...
Some Texas voters have recently received letters notifying them that their vote from the primary campaigns earlier this year never counted. A new state...
Straight-Ticket Option Eliminated By Texas Republicans for Fear of Harris County Blue Voters
In the first nationwide election since 2020, GOP state officials and legislators made numerous changes to voting methodologies and requirements in the name of...
Texas Has Not Elected A State-Wide Official In Decades, Can That Change Next Year?
The last time a Democrat was elected to a statewide election in Texas was in 1994. Texas hasn’t backed a Democratic president since 1976...
