Critics of the controversial state representative noticed a surge of right-wing donors after her anti-LGBTQ votes.
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Roland Gutierrez joins race against Ted Cruz
After spending more than a year fighting for common sense gun reforms after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez is taking his fight on the road with a familiar foe in his sights: Ted Cruz. After months of speculation, Gutierrez made it official...
Biden Administration’s “Investing in America tour” is Coming to Texas
Over the course of three weeks, the Investing in America tour will visit over twenty states, including Texas. Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu will travel to New Mexico and Texas to highlight infrastructure projects funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Taral Patel Launches Bid for Fort Bend County Commissioner
Much has been said about how rapidly Texas is changing, and perhaps no county reflects that better than Fort Bend. The county neighboring Harris has been among the fastest growing in the nation for years, and for more than a decade it has gradually become younger,...
The Texas House Votes to Impeach Republican AG Ken Paxton
Texas House debated and voted on 20 articles of impeachment including bribery and obstruction of justice.
Update: Texas is still a battleground state
Colin Allred has only officially been a candidate for United States Senate against Ted Cruz for a few weeks, but to say the North Texas congressman has made the most of that time would be a wild understatement. Allred made a massive splash in the race against Ted Cruz...
Texas Attorney General Accuses Fellow Republican House Speaker of Being Drunk on the Job
Paxton’s comment follows the surfacing of a video showing Phelan slurring his words while leading the Texas House. Texas Republican infighting has reached new heights as we approach the end of the legislative session. In a statement posted to twitter on Tuesday,...
Safe Democrat Splits From Party on Key Votes
State Representative Shawn Thierry has been censured after voting with Republicans on multiple issues including on anti-LGBTQ+ priorities bills. In our last legislative roundup we noted that Texas Republicans would offer crumbs of power to any Democrat willing to...
Rick Perry’s Long Strange Trip
In the run-up to the 1988 presidential election, future Texas Governor Rick Perry assessed the field of candidates and boldly threw his support behind the candidate he felt most closely matched his values. Though he would later claim he voted for a fellow Texan,...