Nearly 800 elected officials, party activists and local Democratic leaders signed onto a letter supporting Scudder after three dozen called on him to forgo reelection.
Texas Democratic Party
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2026 Texas Elections
How a 27-year-old upstart unseated longtime Texas House Democrat Chris Turner
Junior Ezeonu, a Grand Prairie City Council member, defeated Turner in the Democratic primary, becoming the representative-elect for the southeast Tarrant County House district.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas Democrats prepare to decide partyโs future after divisive, epic Senate primary
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico face off in the stateโs first blockbuster Democratic primary in decades. The race will likely conclude Tuesday, with the outside chance of a runoff.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas Democrats launch $30 million coordinated campaign to target key races, flip state in 2026
The effort is a partnership between the state party, two of its largest political organizations and the House Democratsโ campaign arm.
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2026 Texas Elections
Steelworkers union leader emerges as sleeper in Texasโ Democratic lieutenant governor primary
Facing state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, Marcos Vรฉlez has landed the Texas AFL-CIOโs endorsement and support from a donor trail that leads back to the state partyโs top campaign partner.
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State Government
Texas House Democrats raised record-breaking $2.2 million in 2025
The majority of the Democratic caucusโ haul came when the party broke quorum over the summer to delay the GOP-controlled Legislature from redrawing the stateโs congressional map.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas Democrats fill every state and federal race on 2026 ballot, a first for either party
Texas Majority PAC and the Texas Democratic Party recruited 104 candidates to fill uncontested races. Gov. Greg Abbottโs strategist said it amounts to a gimmick โif they donโt back it up with serious resources.โ
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas Democratic Partyโs move to Dallas prompts top staff exodus, roils organization ahead of 2026
Party insiders said the way the move was handled undercuts Chair Kendall Scudderโs rhetoric about winning back working class voters, who lurched to the right in 2024.
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Redistricting Texas 2025
Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto OโRourke for fundraising Texas Dems’ walkout
Paxton sued OโRourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democratsโ walkout.
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Politics
Top Texas Democrats ponder the stateโs future at forum amid questions about whatโs next for their party
Former U.S. Rep. Beto OโRourke was joined at his San Antonio town hall by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and state Rep. James Talarico, whose names have been floated for statewide office.
