Hegar, who drew national attention last year with a viral campaign ad, is the most high-profile Democrat in the race. But others are weighing whether to jump in after Castro decided to bow out.

After months of speculation that he would run for statewide office, the fourth-term congressman has decided to run for reelection in the U.S. House.

The San Antonio congressman is slated to announce next week whether he'll run against Republican U.S. Sen John Cornyn. That will follow weeks of frustration from within his party over a perceived delay in a decision.

Shorey, the first woman elected to lead the Dallas GOP, in 2017, was reportedly considering a bid for Congress next year.

The handful of Republican Texas officials who offered statements said the report definitively proved there was no obstruction. Some Democrats suggested Congress should launch its own inquiry.

During a two-day swing through Iowa, the former San Antonio mayor downplayed concerns about his poor fundraising numbers while emphasizing all the time he had for his presidential bid to take off.

The nephew of former President George W. Bush and son of Neil Bush did not rule out a run for Congress in a statement to the Tribune.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is opening an office in Austin as the committee aims to flip six U.S. House seats in Texas next year.

The presidential candidate is walking a fine line on a tricky political issue. His wife, Amy O'Rourke, once launched a charter school and continues to be an advocate for the controversial education model.

After President Trump bucked tradition and withheld his tax returns during his successful 2016 campaign, Democrats vying for their party's 2020 nomination are vowing to make such information public.

Whichever Democrat running for president places well in South Carolina's Feb. 29 primary will head into the March Super Tuesday contests — a rash of states that will include Texas — with momentum.

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, who took over O'Rourke's El Paso-based district in January, backed O'Rourke for president Thursday along with two House members from New York and one from Florida.

The Houston Democrat previously forced an impeachment vote on the U.S. House floor in late 2017, when Republicans held the majority. It was soundly defeated by a 364-58 margin.

"The Democratic Party is the party of working people, and Milwaukee is a city of working people," Democratic National Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement.

The longtime congressman was one of the last conservative Democrats to switch to the Republican Party.