Election Brackets: The Complete Primary Results
The dust from Tuesday's primary elections has (mostly) settled, so we're updating our election brackets to prepare you for the July runoffs and beyond. Full Story
The dust from Tuesday's primary elections has (mostly) settled, so we're updating our election brackets to prepare you for the July runoffs and beyond. Full Story
Throughout the night, Tribune reporters will update you on the results of key primary battles statewide, from the first early voting totals through the last ballots counted. Full Story
Your evening reading: Hughes files to run against Straus for speaker; worker shot outside South Texas polling place; trouble for Obama in Democratic primary? Full Story
State Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, filed papers saying he will run for speaker of the House in January, setting up another challenge for House Speaker Joe Straus. Full Story
For this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked some questions from the latest UT/TT poll about the economy, the state of the state and the country, and the most important problems ahead. Full Story
After nearly fours years leading the state's juvenile justice agency, Cherie Townsend announced on Tuesday that she will retire next month, following reports of increasing violence at Texas' youth lockups. Full Story
With fanfare in tow or not, the big day has finally arrived. Full Story
After months of campaigning and two weeks of early voting, it's finally time for the Texas primary. Use our election brackets to help you in your research and, after the results are in, to see which candidates advance. Full Story
Time to reclaim your mailbox, your television, your home phone. The long-delayed Texas primary elections are finally here. Full Story
The long-delayed Texas primaries finally arrive Tuesday, and the results should offer a peek into the current political climate and a forecast of the state's politics over the next two years. Full Story
The maps are drawn. The mudslinging is all but over. All that's left now is the voting. Before Texans head to the polls on Tuesday, here's a recap of our coverage of the hottest primary races across the state. Full Story
On May 15, the Community College of Qatar, the country's first community college, graduated its inaugural class of 11 students. It couldn't have done it without Houston Community College, but their partnership hasn't always been easy. Full Story
A new radio ad from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst brought race and illegal immigration to the forefront of the U.S. Senate race Friday, the last day of early voting before Tuesday's primary. Full Story
The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll on the Senate and presidential races, state races, anti-tax pledges, life and death, and other policy issues, Grissom and Murphy on prison exonerations in Texas, Hamilton visits Texas A&M's campus in Qatar, Murphy and Whitney chart some political endorsements, E. Smith asks Sen. John Carona about Dan Patrick, why he supports Democrats and what he thinks of the governor's anti-tax pledge, and Dehn's latest Weekend Insider: The best of our best content from May 21 to 25, 2012. Full Story
In the Panhandle and South Plains, the political races are marked by redistricting, rematches, retirements — and resentment toward Washington, D.C. Full Story
Your evening reading: Dewhurst's attack on Cruz stokes race-based controversy; Dewhurst goes after Leppert in last-minute TV ad; looking back at polling in the U.S. Senate race Full Story
After a review, the state auditor's office confirmed Friday that Texas Tech University and the University of Houston are indeed the first institutions eligible for money from the state's tier-one award fund. Full Story
The Republican candidates vying to fill three open seats in the Dallas area include Tea Partiers, moderates and a former state representative. In the crowded North Texas field, it's likely all of the races could end in runoffs. Full Story
Before Tuesday's election, here's a look at the last eight months of polling in the Republican race for U.S. Senate. Full Story
In Arlington's HD-94, incumbent state Rep. Diane Patrick is being challenged by nurse practitioner Trina Lanza. The candidates — like many this primary season — are fighting over who is the true conservative in the race. Full Story