By DANIELLA DIAZ CNN House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will […]
<link rel=”canonical” href=”https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/16/texas-congress-new-members/”> By MATTHEW CHOI The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON – Texas’ seven freshly elected members of Congress run the ideological gamut, from impassioned conservatives to some of the most progressive members ever sent from […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner In a bipartisan effort to protect Texas school children from needless trauma, Texas State Rep. Lacey Hull, R-Houston, and State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, have teamed up to […]
By CASEY TOLAN CNN Marco Rubio hopes to sway voters interested in Chick-fil-A, Ram trucks and Duck Dynasty. John Fetterman is searching for fans of microbreweries, Teslas, and the Dave Matthews Band. And Michael Bennet […]
The goal of this page is to be a one stop shop for all necessary information needed to prepare voters for the upcoming midterm election. Below are descriptions of candidates running for different races in […]
By CHARITY CHUKWU The Dallas Examiner Two of the biggest tourist attractions in Dallas have a chance for upgrades and expansion when voters cast their ballots in November. Fair Park and the Kay Bailey […]
By STEPHEN COLLINSON CNN – ANALYSIS – They are the backbone of America’s democracy, and now, because Donald Trump threw the full power of the presidency behind his vicious intimidation of election workers and […]
By CHANDELIS DUSTER CNN The Republican Party of Texas over the weekend adopted a resolution at its state convention that rejects President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, further aligning the […]
By ANDREW ZHANG The Texas Tribune Eddie Bernice Johnson started writing Texas political history at age 36. It was in San Antonio, June 1972, when she overpowered the party establishment’s pick to win election as […]
By KATE MCGEE The Texas Tribune A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed the Texas gubernatorial race has tightened between Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke in the wake of […]
By ANDREW ZHANG The Texas Tribune Jane Hope Hamilton first started thinking about running for Congress in 2015. She’d been in North Texas Democratic political circles for more than a decade by that […]
By DIANE XAVIER The Dallas Examiner Beto O’Rourke, democratic candidate for Texas governor, had a lot to say about Gov.Greg Abbott for letting property taxes skyrocket by $20 billion since he began serving […]
By PATRICK SVITEK The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO – The No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives charged into a raging national firestorm over abortion rights Wednesday as he visited Texas to […]
By FREDREKA SCHOUTEN CNN A coalition of civil rights groups in Texas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Galveston County, alleging that the county’s redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against a growing minority population […]
By ROSS RAMSEY The Texas Tribune The biggest blow to Texans’ voting rights isn’t found in the election laws. It’s in the political maps, where voters’ choices are overwhelmed by the partisan desires […]
By ROSS RAMSEY The Texas Tribune Eight more months. The candidates who survived Tuesday’s primary elections – and won’t face runoff elections in May – now start all over again, raising money, researching […]
By MIKE McGEE The Dallas Examiner Hyped by the phrase “Know What To Do To VOTE in ’22!” State Sen. Royce West hosted a virtual town hall meeting ahead of the March […]
By ALEXA URA The Texas Tribune Hundreds of Texans seeking to vote by mail in the upcoming March primary elections are seeing their applications for ballots rejected by local election offices trying to comply […]
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner Vice President Kamala Harris joined the National Newspaper Publishers Association Friday for an exclusive virtual interview, as the organization begins celebrating its 195th anniversary as the […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner The City of Dallas invites the public to attend the next Redistricting Commission Town Hall Meeting, 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center, located at 8701 Greenmound […]
SUBHEAD: Senator Royce West asks “What’s next?” Special to The Dallas Examiner State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, publicly questioned Tuesday why the Texas Secretary of State’s office is rationing voter registration […]
By MIKE McGEE and SELENA SEABROOKS The Dallas Examiner “If you don’t think elections matter, they do, and hopefully this webinar will reinforce to you the effects and the consequences of voting or […]
by PATRICK SVITEK The Texas Tribune Longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, announced Saturday she is not running for reelection after serving nearly three decades in Congress. “I have gone back and […]
By CHANDELIS DUSTER CNN U.S. senators have failed to tackle key issues such as voting rights, according to a coalition of civil rights groups who released a report Wednesday grading lawmakers in […]
By BETHANY IRVINE and ABBY LIVINGSTON The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON – Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined GOP senators to block a federal voting rights bill that would […]
By JAMES POLLARD The Texas Tribune In the latest example of creative map drawing in Texas’ redistricting sprint, Republican lawmakers have proposed redrawing the boundaries of one Central Texas state House district so […]
By CASSANDRA POLLOCK The Texas Tribune The Texas House on Wednesday approved proposed political boundaries for the lower chamber’s 150 districts that aim to fortify Republicans’ strength in the state House for the […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner State Senator Royce West was honored with a “Champion of Transparency” award from the Texas Press Association, Oct. 5. He was recognized for the numerous bills filed during […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner North Texans can review and comment on several transportation planning efforts taking place across the region during the next public input opportunity, which began Monday and will continue […]
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