(Ben Sargent) To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section. Find Observer political reporting here. The post The Drain appeared first on The Texas Observer. READ MORE

Texas hasn’t sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1988, yet with Election Day closing in, the state is looking at the closest thing to a toss-up race in a generation. Some... READ MORE

Texas Observer reader, It’s that awkward edition of the magazine again when we send the issue out into the void of printing and shipping without knowing how, just a couple weeks later, nationwide... READ MORE