Ranked Choice voting

Ranked Choice Voting: How to End Endless runoffs

In runoff-election happy Texas, it seems voters are losing interest in a drawn-out voting process that comprises successive runoffs where turnout numbers are abysmally...
Immigration backlog

Texas’ immigration backlog could hurt Dems

Immigration is a hot button political issue and has stayed one for the past several years. Many people point out that crackdowns on undocumented...
ballot position Texas

Dems sue Texas over ballot position law

Texas Democrats have filed suit to overturn a 35-year-old state law requiring politicians in the governor’s party to be listed first on Texas’ general...
Texas Dems oil and gas money

Texas Dems saying no to oil and gas money

A handful of Democrats in the Texas House have signed a pledge not to accept any donations from the fossil fuel industry during their...
Texas GOP

Texas GOP Election Strategy goes to Dems

The Texas Republican Party committed the political equivalent of an own goal when it sent its 2020 election strategy to the Democrats. The Texas...
Thanksgiving politics

Thanksgiving Politics: How to Avoid Arguing

Thanksgiving politics. Is there a way to enjoy a day full of food, football, and fellowship without ferocious political arguments that threaten to turn...
early voting lawsuit

Democrats file Second early voting lawsuit

Two new Democratic groups and a former Austin city manager have filed suit against the Texas Secretary of State’s office over a new law...
Poncho Nevarez legacy

Poncho Nevárez Legacy: The Good, The Bad, The WTF

Poncho Nevárez's legacy will go down as one filled with good, bad and WTF moments. Former representative Alfonso “Poncho” Nevárez (D-Eagle Pass) recently came...

HD-28: The hottest race in Texas gets even hotter

In what’s shaping up to be one of the most-watched state house races in Texas, an unlikely underdog has emerged with a surprising fundraising...
Texas runoff elections

Texas runoff elections set for Jan. 28

Texas runoff elections set for Jan. 28. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set a date for runoffs in the latest crop of special elections....
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