AUSTIN, Texas — After Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Texas can use its new congressional district map, which more favors Republicans, candidates and members of Congress are making decisions ...

A Democrat is running in every state and federal race on the Texas ballot next year, the first time in modern state history that either party has fielded a full slate of candidates, according to the ...

How can Democrats win? Try boiling Hitler in Texas oil again, says Houston Chronicle opinion editor Evan Mintz.

Since Republicans hold the White House and both houses of Congress, the prime task in 2026 is to avoid messing things up. The ...

This week on Party Politics, co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina take a tour through a Texas political landscape that's shifting from the Rio Grande Valley to the suburbs of Fort Worth — ...

WASHINGTON (The Texas Tribune) — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett was in and then he was out. Then, he was back in. The Austin Democrat’s reelection plans have ping-ponged as the Legislature’s new ...

From left to right: state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin; state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin; former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rouke, D-El Paso; U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D ...

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, the progressive firebrand and frequent foil of President Donald Trump, is expected to launch a U.S. Senate campaign on Monday, which is the deadline for ...

From a speakership shake-up to polls and pardons, explore the gifts Texas political figures received in 2025’s holiday roundup.