Two rural Texas counties that held party primaries but not subsequent runoffs violated the state's election code, according to the Secretary of State's office.

The primaries and the runoffs and the state conventions are now behind us, and the ballots for November are set. Here are our updated election brackets, including the latest results, showing the matchups on the general election ballot.

There is no exact number for the number of drug-related murders in Mexico since the government started cracking down on cartels. Use our interactive, which uses two sets of statistics, to track such murders by month.

If preclearance for the state’s voter ID law is granted, the state has promised to issue free “election identification certificates," forms of photo ID for use only in voting. But some argue that Texas voters could have a tough time reaching the Department of Public Safety offices to get those IDs. Take a look for yourself at our map of the all the DPS driver's license offices in Texas.

Take a look at our interactive table to compare family planning providers who contracted with the state in fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and see how their funding levels have changed.

Based on campaign finance reports for the second quarter of 2012, we have compiled the contribution, expenditure, cash on hand and debt totals for Texas candidates for the U.S. House.

Use this interactive to explore the geographic distribution of committee members in the Texas Senate, by committee, to see who's got what clout, geographically speaking, on what subject. 

Michael Morton’s 2011 exoneration brought to a crescendo calls for change in the way that prosecutors are regulated in Texas. Morton, prosecutors and criminal justice reform advocates talk about why prosecutorial errors happen and how they can be prevented.

At least 86 Texans' convictions were overturned between 1989 and 2011, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. The Texas Tribune analyzed court rulings, media reports and pardon statements to determine the cases in which courts ruled that prosecutorial error contributed to a wrongful conviction. Use our interactive to learn more about each case.

Use this interactive to explore the geographic distribution of committee members in the Texas House, by committee, to see who's got what clout on what subject. Choose a committee and the map highlights the district of each member and, in a different color, the home districts of the chairs, vice chairs and co-chairs.

Only 11.1 percent of the state's adults voted in the May 29 primary. This interactive lets you explore voting age percentages by county and see a breakdown of voting statistics by county.

Use our interactive maps to see where Texas voters tended to show up early and where they waited until May 29 to vote in the state primary.

Paul Sadler and Grady Yarbrough are on the ballot for the July 31 runoff for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Use our interactive map to see where the candidates secured a majority or plurality of the votes.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst fell about 70,000 votes short of preventing a runoff with former Solicitor General Ted Cruz. Use our interactive map to see where Dewhurst and Cruz secured a majority or plurality of the votes in the primary.

Republican and Democratic candidates spent $90 million in the lead-up to the May 29 primary. This interactive shows each candidate's expenditure totals, votes received and average amount spent per vote.