Lest we forget, the outgoing (yes, outgoing) Governor Greg Abbott promised a throng of supporters in Harris County last year that he would spend big to turn the region “dark red.” That didn’t happen, to say the least. But at … Continued
Last summer, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature gathered for an impromptu special legislative session to—on direct orders from President Donald Trump—redraw the state’s congressional maps to give Republicans an edge in five more seats in the U.S. House. These redraws were, … Continued
For months leading up to Tuesday night, polls and media coverage told of South Texas on its way to rebuke the GOP and the policies of President Donald Trump at the polls. But to what degree wasn’t understood until late … Continued
Over the past couple weeks of voting, Texans woke up each day, looked at the coiffed mug of Railroad Commission GOP candidate Bo French, and—Tuesday night’s results revealed—chose electoral violence. As of sometime after 10 p.m., French trailed Houston state … Continued
In a stunning victory, Democrats swept nearly every race from the statewide level down to countywide offices in Tarrant County, an urban center that was considered a pivotal battleground county this cycle and that has historically been the largest Republican-controlled … Continued
After her shocking defeat of two-term incumbent Dallas District Attorney John Creuzot in the March Democratic primary, embattled former felony district judge Amber Givens had a clear path to the law enforcement role in the second largest county in the … Continued