As Republicans and Democrats finalized their ballots Tuesday for November's general election, the GOP loaded many of its top spots with candidates promoted by the state’s Tea Party and social conservative groups.The Texas TribuneTexas Tribune...
Earlier this year,the Texas Tribunespeculated that the involvement of Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, in this new sports betting bill was important because she is an ally of Patrick, who opposes sports betting. He's the biggest hurdle to getting legalization in the state. Utah No movement Sp...
Longtime Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee fended off a viable primary challenge from Amanda Edwards, a former member of the Houston City Council. Jackson Lee made a last-second decision to run for reelection after a tough loss in last year’s Houston mayoral race. Madison Fernandez...
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Two years ago, Patrick Svitek, then at the Texas Tribune, reported that Rep. Ronny Jackson was considering a bid as well. At the time, Jackson didn’t rule anything out, but he doesn’t appear to have spoken publicly about the race since then. It’s hard being in a position of havin...
Texas:GOP Sen. Ted Cruz raised more than any other endangered Republican: $17.2 million. It still wasn’t enough to come close to Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, who raised a whopping $30.3 million. Wisconsin:Eric Hovde is the rare Republican candidate who has actua...
But there is another trial beginning tomorrow in Dallas, Texas and I am guessing (maybe I will be wrong!) that unless you live in Texas (or read conservative news) the media will be silent when the infamous Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan we permitted to live among us, willgo on trialto ...
David Frost, the influential Conservative peer who has been criticised for claiming that rising global temperatures could be beneficial to the UK, is being appointed to a key parliamentary committee on the climate crisis. The appointment showed that “wacky, fringe views on climate” were no longer...
The former Texas congressmanjoined the race for the Republican nominationfor president in June. Known as a moderate Republican during his time in the House, Hurd attempted to position himself as a candidate who can bring people together and tone down intense partisanship. ...
“Colin Allred has been an extremely liberal member of Congress,”Cruz saidat a recent North Texas rally, adding that Allred “voted 100% with Nancy Pelosi” during his first term and supports “open borders.” “Those are not the values of Texans,” Cruz added. ...