Texas Senate race polls The race is competitive. The latest Real Clear Politics poll average shows Cruz leading Allred by about 4.2 percentage points. And the respected Cook Political Report has shifted the race from "Likely R" to "Lean R"— meaning the race is now considered comp...
Colin Allred, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate: A former NFL player from the Dallas area, Allred was first elected to the House in 2018 when Democrats retook the House. He was one of two Democrats who flipped U.S. House seats in Texas that year. Allred was one of 14 House Democr...
Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U.S. Senate and who was state’s the youngest person to be governor, died Tuesday Associated PressMay 13, 2025 ...
State Senators are elected officials who serve in the legislative bodies of their respective states, such as the California State Senate or the Texas Senate. Their primary responsibilities include drafting, debating, and voting on state legislation, which can cover a wide range of issues from educat...
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Serving the 26th Senate District of Illinois for nearly nine years, State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) announced his resignation from the Illinois State Senate, effective February 2, 2025. McConchie uses a wheelchair himself. McConchie said, ‘With the goal of ensuring ...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said reducing spending would likely continue to be a gulf between Trump and House Republicans. “That’s never been really a campaign promise of Trump, but it’s a big priority for House Republicans,” he said. There was no sense ...
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act is named for the lawmakers who sponsored it: Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) and Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.). The U.S. Senate passed GLBA by a 54-44 margin in May 1999. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a version of th...
Democrats in Texas will once again wait on Election Day to find out whether this is the year they can win a statewide race after three decades of losing to Republicans.
“If you come into this country illegally and you commit a crime, you should not be free to roam the streets of this nation,” said Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., who helped push the bill through the Senate. The bill also empowers state attorneys general to sue the federal government...