Texas congressional delegation

U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, speaks with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at the opening keynote of the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2019.

Hurd launches group to build more diverse GOP

by Patrick Svitek

The Future Leaders Fund, a super PAC, plans to spend millions of dollars in the 2020 primaries.

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Retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd endorses candidate to succeed him

by Patrick Svitek

The Helotes Republican gave his support Wednesday to former Navy officer Tony Gonzales.

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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

As Trump impeachment hearings go public, previous transcripts shed light on roles Texas lawmakers may play

In closed-door testimony, Republican Texans in Congress pushed back against witnesses and criticized fellow lawmakers while Democrats remained largely quiet. Transcripts from those hearings may portend what happens during the inquiry's public phase.

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Political campaign signs outside of the Carver Branch Library in Austin on the last day of early voting in Travis County.

Analysis: For Texas candidates, 2020 officially started last weekend

by Ross Ramsey

The starting gun wasn't loud, but the 2020 elections in Texas began — officially — last Saturday, when candidates could start filing for office. That's the beginning of a sprint from now to the March primaries.

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Trucks wait in a long queue for border customs control to cross into U.S. at the World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico April 2, 2019.

Border U.S. representatives from Texas make final pleas as vote looms on North American trade deal

by J. Edward Moreno

Texas members of Congress are playing an integral role in drafting final provisions in the deal. Some Republicans don't think the House will get to vote on it this year.

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U.S. House Republicans speak to reporters after Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper arrived to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23, 2019.

Texans were in the middle of the commotion in the U.S. House over the Trump impeachment inquiry

by Abby Livingston

"That was crazy. That was absolutely crazy," said one Texas Democrat after a day of partisan unrest in the U.S. Capitol.

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Five takeaways from third-quarter fundraising reports in Texas' congressional races

by Patrick Svitek

Tuesday was the latest quarterly deadline for congressional candidates in Texas, an increasingly vital state in the battle for the House majority.

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Congressman Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, at an America First Policies event in downtown Dallas on Feb. 17, 2018.

Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions subpoenaed by grand jury investigating Giuliani and associates

by Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post

The subpoena seeks records about Sessions’ dealings with Rudy Giuliani and two business associates who had been helping Giuliani investigate Joe Biden.

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U.S. Senator John Cornyn speaks to the press at the University of Texas at Austin tower in Austin on June 14, 2019.

Democratic hopefuls unveil third-quarter fundraising figures as John Cornyn's financial advantage grows

by Patrick Svitek

Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to report their third-quarter fundraising numbers to the Federal Election Commission.

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Quilt at the Lincoln Day Dinner for the Tarrant County Republican Party in Fort Worth.

Primary fights few and far between as Texas Republicans focus on November 2020

by Patrick Svitek

With two months until the filing deadline for the 2020 primary, the Texas GOP is dealing with fewer intra-party fights than usual.

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Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions is interviewed by press after announcing his candidacy for the 17th District at McLennan County Republican Party Headquarters in Waco on Oct. 3, 2019.

Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions announces campaign for open Bill Flores seat

by Patrick Svitek

The former Republican congressman for Dallas made it official Thursday in Waco: He wants back in Congress, but not in his old district.

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Pete Sessions expected to announce a run for open Bill Flores seat

by Patrick Svitek and Abby Livingston

In a surprise development, the former Dallas congressman appears to be eyeing a return to the U.S. House — but not in his old district. Insiders say the response in Central Texas has been lukewarm. "I wish he'd called me first," Flores said.

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Gina Ortiz Lopez, a candidate running for US Congress district 23 during an event at LiftFund in San Antonio on February 20, 2018

Gina Ortiz Jones raises massive $1 million haul in third quarter

by Patrick Svitek

The Democrat is running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, after narrowly losing to him last year.

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Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith interviews House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019.

Democratic leaders in the House rally behind U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar amid primary challenge

by Patrick Svitek

During appearances this weekend in Austin, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Cheri Bustos, the head of House Democrats' campaign arm, gave back-up to Cuellar.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen hold a joint press conference on the lawn of the Governor’s Mansion on Jan. 9, 2019.

Analysis: For Texas Republicans, one election is no longer enough

by Ross Ramsey

Add a word to the Republican vocabulary in Texas: November. After two decades of GOP dominance, the party's candidates are still winning, but they can't safely assume that they've got an election in the bag after they win the GOP's March primaries.

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Candidate Will Hurd in San Antonio on Nov. 8, 2016

Republicans see a silver lining in retirements of Texas GOP congressmen. Democrats do, too.

by Abby Livingston

GOP leaders admit U.S. Rep. Will Hurd's retirement announcement was a blow to the party. But they're optimistic that the increasing number of open seats will be a good thing. Democrats eager to take those districts call that spin.

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From left: Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican candidate for Texas House District 25, Fred Rangel. Jan. 31, 2019.

Analysis: A small, but ill-timed exodus of Texas Republicans from Congress

by Ross Ramsey

Three Texas Republicans have announced they won't seek reelection in 2020, and that will probably turn out to be an incomplete roster of retirees. It couldn't come at a better time for Democrats hoping to have a hand in redistricting the state's congressional delegation in 2021.

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U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-San Antonio, speaks to supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally in San Antonio on November 7, 2016.

Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd to retire from Congress after holding on to a district Democrats are desperate to flip

by Abby Livingston

President Donald Trump's recent racist comments weighed on Hurd, the last black Republican in the U.S. House. He was the only Texas Republican who voted to condemn Trump's tweets about four congresswomen.

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Democrat Collin Allred takes the stage after defeating Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions in the 2018 midterms, in Dallas on Nov. 6, 2018.

GOP opposition to Colin Allred starts to take shape after he turned a Dallas-area U.S. House seat blue

by Patrick Svitek

A former Navy SEAL entered the primary against Allred on Monday, and more announcements are expected before the end of summer.

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U.S. Rep John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, questions former Special Counsel Robert Mueller during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on the Office of Special Counsel's investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2019.

U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as national intelligence director

by Alana Rocha

President Donald Trump is said to have been pleased by the Texas Republican's admonishment of former special counsel Robert Mueller in last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing.

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