Texas GOP May Delay State Convention

The Republican Party of Texas may delay its state convention by two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey...

Texas Tells Locals They Must Delay Their Upcoming May Elections

Citing the state’s stay-at-home order, the Texas secretary of state is instructing municipalities to delay their May 2 elections. In an email to local election officials...

Mail-in Ballots? Later Voting Date? Parties Clash Over Texas Primary Runoffs.

Amid rising concerns over the spread of COVID-19 across the Lone Star State, the state’s two political parties are clashing over how and when...

Democrats’ High Primary Turnout in Texas Suburbs Might Be a Sign of What to...

The dramatically high Democratic turnout in Texas suburbs earlier this month could indicate major changes heading into the remaining races of the 2020 election...

Special Election Delayed, Now Set for Summer 2020

Updated April 29, 2020: State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, (D-Austin) has filed to be on the ballot for the special election. In an April 29 tweet...

Recent Texas Election Shows That Every Vote Does Count

Elections are fragile. However, despite their fragility, the individual vote remains powerful. In Travis County, Justin Berry, a Republican candidate for a battleground state House...

Democrats Take Legal Action Over Elimination of Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas

Straight-ticket party-line voting almost certainly enabled Democrats’ 12-House seat victory in Texas in the 2018 midterm election. Overwhelming Democratic turnout during an adrenaline-fueled midterm election...

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt resigns to run for Texas Senate

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt is resigning her seat to run for state Senate. Thomas Meredith for The Texas Tribune Travis County Judge Sarah...

Why Some Texans Had to Wait Hours to Vote and What We Can Do...

By noon on election day, voters at Texas Southern University’s polling location were already seeing wait times over an hour long, thanks to a...

Who Exactly Is Natasha Ruiz?

State representative Harold Dutton, a Houston Democrat representing House District 142, and one of the longest-serving members of the Texas House, ran against Natasha...
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