The Workers Defense Project, a labor group for immigrants and construction workers, has filed a complaint against Austin police after their office was raided last week The Austin Police Department was searching for security footage of an alleged assault attempt that...
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Dear God: Is Sid Miller really about to coast to a third term?
Democrats are probably feeling a sigh of relief after Beto O’Rourke, the state party’s most prominent fundraiser and recognizable face, entered the race for Texas governor. But further down the ballot, no Democrat has declared a run against Texas Agriculture...
Rep. Ina Minjarez announces run for Bexar County Judge
State Rep. Ina Minjarez (D-San Antonio) announced Monday she would be running for Bexar County Judge. “Over the course of my career, I've worked to support working families, small businesses, seniors, our everyday neighbors,” Minjarez said in a video announcing her...
Beto O’Rourke announces run for governor of Texas
Former El Paso Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke officially announced his run for governor of Texas on Monday. The long-anticipated announcement came with a video from O’Rourke explaining why he’s running against Gov. Greg Abbott. “Those in...
Luke Warford announces run for Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Democrats have their first candidate officially running for Texas Railroad Commission, the three-member agency that regulates the state’s oil, gas and mining industries. Luke Warford, former Chief Strategy Officer for Texas Democrats announced his campaign...
Rep. Veronica Escobar talks climate change and migration at COP26
El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar joined a congressional delegation this week at the United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26). Speaking at a press conference with other congressional colleagues who were elected in 2018, Escobar talked about...
‘Be the first to know!’ Beto teases announcement
Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke has a little more than a month to file his paperwork to run for governor of Texas in 2022, and it looks like he’s very close to doing just that. “We’ve got something big to announce, and we want you to be a part of it,” reads a...
DOJ sues Texas for violating Voting Rights Act
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Texas arguing that the state violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 when it passed Senate Bill 1, a sweeping piece of legislation that makes it more difficult to access the ballot box. The...
Republican John Lujan wins special election and flips Democrat seat
Republican John Lujan will be replacing former state Rep. Leo Pacheco as the new lawmaker for San Antonio’s District 118 after a close special election runoff on Tuesday. Lujan defeated his Democrat opponent Frank Ramirez by less than three percentage points, or less...
Democrat Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez announces run against Art Fierro
El Paso Democrat Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez announced this week she would be running against fellow Democrat Rep. Art Fierro in Texas House District 79. In a news release, Perez said she was running in district 79 because her own 76th district was gerrymandered under...