Whichever candidate wins in Texas’ 34th Congressional District on Tuesday will only be in office until January. The congressional district was formerly represented by Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., the 9-year moderate incumbent who retired in March to join Akin Gump...
On Wednesday, conservative Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents Texas's 28th congressional district, voted against raising the minimum age to access semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 in the House of Representatives' latest legislation on gun safety. In...
Though many in Texas have their eyes focused on November, there are still several key local runoff elections happening throughout the state. Perhaps one of the most important local races is in Dallas, for a spot on the Dallas College Board of Trustees. Dallas College,...
Of all current US House members, Representative Dan Crenshaw has amassed the biggest campaign war chest apart from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. While this might seem odd for a congressman representing a solid red seat newly-drawn just for...
School boards have become the epicenter of the culture war. After the recent constitutional amendment and municipal election on Saturday, several school board races in North Texas were captured by far-right candidates (often with less than ten percent turnout). Many...
At a Thursday press conference deriding a leaked draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar warned about the consequences of losing the landmark decision and spoke out against the conservative justices...
On Monday, May 2, Texas Republicans had an uncanny reaction to the leak of a Supreme Court of the United States draft opinion which plans to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case which guarantees a federal right to an abortion. Not surprisingly, Texas Republicans...
On Monday, the January 6th Committee in the U.S. Congress announced they wanted to speak with three members of Congress about the Insurrection, including one from Texas. However, Rep. Ronny Jackson, who called the committee a “witch hunt,” will not comply with the...
If you’ve paid any attention to recent developments in the financial world over the last few years, it is clear that cryptocurrencies’ influence is on the rise. While its political impact has thus far been mostly localized to discussions within the vicinities of...