2026 Texas Elections Archives - Page 42 of 47

Texas House District 71 Rep. Stan Lambert gestures during an interview at Monk’s Coffee Shop in Abilene on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

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Republican Stan Lambert of Abilene won’t seek reelection to Texas House

By Alejandro SerranoAug. 21, 2025

Lambert overcame a brutal primary last year after drawing the wrath of two of the state’s most powerful GOP leaders.

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Paxton aide turned foe, to run for Texas attorney general

By Gabby Birenbaum and Eleanor KlibanoffAug. 21, 2025

It will be the first test of whether Roy’s at times frosty relationship with President Trump — and his turn against Paxton — can withstand scrutiny in a statewide primary.

Protesters cheer on state Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, after she chose to remain in the Texas House chamber until Wednesday after Democratic lawmakers who left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts returned to the Capitol in Austin on Aug. 18, 2025. Collier is staying because she did not want to sign the required permission slip that would allow lawmakers to leave the Capitol under escort by a Department of Public Safety trooper.

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Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor after refusing police escort

By Kayla GuoAug. 19, 2025Aug. 19, 2025

The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while being shadowed by a state trooper.

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TribCast: The Texas Democrats return. What happens next?

By Eleanor KlibanoffAug. 19, 2025

The gang looks at what’s next in the extra-special session, as Republicans prepare to finally pass a new congressional map.

State Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, who authored redistricting legislation during the two special sessions this year, at the Texas Capitol on July 29, 2025. The Texas Senate's redistricting committee advanced on Sunday legislation with the same maps proposed during the first special session. It now heads to the Senate floor for a full vote.

Redistricting Texas 2025

Texas House, Senate panels again advance redrawn congressional map

By Eleanor Klibanoff and Alex NguyenAug. 17, 2025Aug. 18, 2025

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

State Rep. Ray Lopez, D-San Antonio, followed by Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas, gets off a charter bus from the Austin airport outside the State Archives building on the east side of the Texas Capitol upon their return to Austin following a two-week quorum break, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.

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Rep. Ray Lopez of San Antonio will not seek reelection to Texas House

By Alejandro Serrano and Kayla GuoAug. 18, 2025

The San Antonio Democrat was first elected to the Legislature in 2019.

Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, and other Texas Democrats who left the state earlier this month return to the Capitol on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. Their return paves the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map, which could net the GOP up to five more seats in Texas.

Redistricting Texas 2025

Texas House Democrats return to Capitol, ending walkout over redistricting plan

By Kayla GuoAug. 18, 2025

After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map.

Alex Fairly attends a board of directors meeting for the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Amarillo.

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Texas megadonor Alex Fairly will fund legal bid to keep GOP lawmakers on the primary ballot

By Kate McGee and Renzo DowneyAug. 15, 2025

The Amarillo businessman said he would tap into the $20 million political action committee he launched last year to preserve ballot access for censured Republicans.