Pete Gallego announced on Thursday that he'll run to retake the CD-23 seat he lost to Republican Will Hurd in November. The Alpine Democrat said he will embark on a listening tour through the district during the summer, followed by a series of campaign kick-off events in the fall. The seat is considered the only swing congressional district in the state.

Ina Minjarez and Delicia Herrera advanced on Tuesday to a runoff in the special election to fill the vacant Bexar County-based House District 124 seat, which is open after the election of the seat's previous occupant, José Menéndez, to the Texas Senate.

Former San Antonio Congressman Charlie Gonzalez is stepping down as senior adviser to that city's VIA Metropolitan Transit. His two-year stint at the agency included serving as senior vice president of public engagement. He said his plans include returning to his work as an attorney.

Colette Pierce Burnette was named the next president and chief executive officer this week of Huston-Tillotson University, the private, historically black college in East Austin. She is the school's first woman leader since the 1952 merger of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College created the university.

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