She was only released from jail after the personal intervention of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Now, however, she’s moving to the Lone Star state legislature, where she was elected this week to ...

The latest Texas Senate news from The Texas Tribune. By Renzo Downey Nov. 6, 2024 Hinojosa won the only competitive seat in the Texas Senate this cycle, besting Sen. Morgan LaMantia two years ...

Texans will decide on 10 state senate races on Tuesday. Five other races are being run unopposed. The Texas Senate consists of 31 Senators, each representing a district. Of the 31 seats ...

providing teachers with pay raises and enhancing career training opportunities for students — all of which he refused to do last year when vouchers stalled in the Texas Legislature. Last year ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Democratic rival Rep. Colin Allred will face Tuesday in the Texas Senate race. Cruz finds himself locked in a competitive reelection battle with Allred. Though The Hill ...

Colin Allred, whose insurgent campaign shook the nerves of Senate Republicans who couldn’t afford to lose a seat in deep-red Texas. The contest between Cruz and Allred, a former NFL linebacker ...

Mr. Cruz has never been personally popular, but Texas has been reliably Republican for decades. Winner Race called by The Associated Press. race called *Incumbent Democrats are looking for a long ...

Republicans’ weakest issue in Texas is abortion. About 80 percent of voters think it should be allowed in some form, but in 2021, the Republican-dominated state Legislature passed a bill banning ...

About 2 in 10 Texas voters said immigration is the most pressing issue, and about 1 in 10 named abortion. Cruz, who ran for president in 2016, originally came to the Senate after a stint as Texas ...

No Democrat has won a statewide election in Texas since 1994. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester's projected victory makes her the first Black woman elected to represent Delaware in the Senate, and the ...

Colin Allred in the race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Eleanor Dearman Fort Worth Star-Telegram Texas voters said their piece when they reelected U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to his third term ...