2026 Elections
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Paxton’s private remarks keep leaking. Here’s what they reveal about his campaign
In less than two weeks, five news outlets have published the Republican Senate nominee’s private remarks to donors and lobbyists. Experts say the steady drip has knocked his campaign off message.
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Exclusive: Nation’s largest Gen Z voter group is going all in for James Talarico
Voters of Tomorrow—which reached more than 34 million voters last cycle—is launching phonebanks and new outreach efforts to bring young Texans to the polls.
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What to know about Texas’ affordability crisis and how candidates want to fix it
From groceries to childcare, Texans are spending more to live here. Here’s how much costs have risen, why it’s happening and what candidates are proposing to fix it.
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These Texas musicians are endorsing Democrats this midterm
Several notable Texas-native musicians are throwing their support behind the Democratic statewide slate of candidates this midterm election year.
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Marijuana enforcement in Houston is on the November ballot
Houstonians fought to get the Houston Freedom Act on the ballot. The November election will decide if the law passes.
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Ken Paxton ran against Washington. Now he says DC is running his campaign
In leaked audio from a private fundraiser, the Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton says he doesn’t “control message or what we’re doing.”
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Tarrant County voters sue Republican Judge Tim O’Hare over slashed polling locations
Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare is facing a new lawsuit after the county slashed nearly 100 voting locations ahead of the midterm election.
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Ken Paxton campaigns with Republican who called women ‘fat bi*ches’ and children ‘c*m trophies’
Brandon Herrera has described women as “fat bitches,” children as “cum trophies,” and mocked the epidemic of veteran suicide. Last week, he shared a stage with Ken Paxton.
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Houston unveils Pride banners after Abbott’s crackdown on rainbow crosswalks
New Pride banners now hang over Westheimer Road in Montrose nearly a year after Houston’s rainbow crosswalk was removed under a state directive.
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5 banned books and their connection to the Houston area
Books that have historically helped students navigate their own lives, in the past, are now banned in Texas—even if they have local connections.
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Eric Flores supported Trump’s big bill. In the Valley, families are feeling its cuts
Republican Eric Flores says the Big Beautiful Bill put money in South Texans’ pockets. In the Rio Grande Valley, it brought SNAP and Medicaid cuts and billions for the border wall.
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Conservative moms are fed up over Texas schools. For Gina Hinojosa, it’s an opening.
She’s a mom and a Democrat who got into politics because of education, an issue that’s helping give the state its most competitive governor’s race in years.
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Abbott took money from execs tied to Chinese investments in Texas real estate
Gov. Greg Abbott attacks Gina Hinojosa’s record on China. But executives at a developer working with firms that court Chinese investors have given him tens of thousands.
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Houston’s drug war leaves little room for second chances. This clinic is trying to change that.
A community fair in Cypress over the weekend helped dozens of Houstonians walk away with a criminal record wiped clean.
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Houston delays vote on $150M DOJ grant tied to immigration enforcement for third time
Houston officials say they are still awaiting answers from the Justice Department about whether the grant would require direct participation in ICE operations.
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Trump’s candidate Eric Flores remains mum on tariffs hurting South Texas
The Trump-endorsed Republican Eric Flores has said little publicly about the tariffs weighing on Rio Grande Valley businesses and shoppers.
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Paul Pressler was accused of sexually abusing 8 children. Ken Paxton took his money anyway
Paxton continued to take campaign donations and praised the disgraced Southern Baptist leader after allegations of sexual abuse against him came to light.
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State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears
County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level.
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Here’s what Texas’ November 2026 election could mean for your healthcare coverage and lifesaving prescriptions
From HIV medication to reproductive care and insulin, the lawmakers elected this fall will help determine access to life-saving drugs and medical care.
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Jacinto City pushes back as AI data center proposal sparks outcry and emergency rules
A petition which has gathered nearly 800 signatures and a fast‑tracked emergency ordinance are reshaping Jacinto City’s response to a surprise AI data center proposal in a community of fewer than 10,000 residents.
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DC Republicans flood Texas with $54 million to rescue Ken Paxton’s campaign
National Republicans are rushing to salvage Paxton’s campaign as new polling shows him trailing Talarico.
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Meet the Mechanical Engineer Running to Regulate the Texas Oil and Gas Industry
Jon Rosenthal, a Democratic state representative from Houston, is facing off against Bo French, a far-right Republican culture warrior from Fort Worth, for a seat on the commission that regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas.
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Bo French faces backlash for racist post about UT students, but not from Abbott
Republican party rhetoric in Texas this campaign season finally lands where it’s always been headed.
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Eric Flores touts Trump endorsement at GOP convention after removing him from campaign signs
Fact checking the Republican candidate in Texas’ 34th congressional district on inflation and other claims as Trump’s approval rating hits new lows in Texas and nationally.
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Brandon Herrera has long history of vulgar and demeaning comments about women’s bodies
A CNN review of content from the GOP nominee in Texas’ 23rd congressional district is damning.
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Ken Paxton withheld rental income and mortgages from financial disclosures
The Republican US Senate nominee appears to have violated federal ethics law, a joint investigation finds.
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Heat risk increases for outdoor workers in Texas, while shots at state or federal protections fade
Texas leads the nation in heat-related worker deaths and without federal protections, it could get worse.
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As foreign beef floods in, Texas ranchers take the hit—and Paxton stays quiet
While a huge statewide industry takes a hit, the man whose job is explicitly to protect Texas’ interests remains mum.
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Ken Paxton took Kalshi’s money, then sat out efforts to regulate it
The popular prediction market platform and its CEO donated to Paxton’s US Senate campaign. He skipped two multistate efforts to regulate it, Politico reports.
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How Texans are protesting ‘Trump-a-palooza’ in Dallas
Here’s how a coalition of advocacy groups are showing their resistance during President Donald Trump’s unprecedented midterm convention in Dallas next week.
