His departure comes amid an effort among roughly 40 GOP House members to draft state Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, into the race.

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GOP candidates have a financial advantage thanks to deep-pocketed groups like Empower Texans and Texans for Lawsuit Reform.

The Democrats running against Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and Attorney General Ken Paxton outraised the incumbents in the most recent fundraising period.

Two statewide officeholders are among the Republican incumbents who have seen former primary opponents take the unusual step of endorsing their Democratic challengers ahead of the midterm elections.

Bush signed the proposal over the objections of several Republican lawmakers.

Democrats are running aggressively in the Dallas area to flip several Republican-held seats in the Texas House. Talk of a "blue wave" is only part of why they're optimistic.

The San Angelo representative joined the race to succeed retiring House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio.

In July, Cruz challenged O'Rourke to five debates, with the first one to be held Friday, Aug. 31, in Dallas.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prior dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three professors at the University of Texas at Austin, which aimed to block the law and allow professors to prohibit firearms in their classrooms.

Ahead of November’s general election, The Texas Tribune is creating an election guide with a primary focus on young Texans — and we need your help.