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Trial lawyers, once a force for Democrats, reclaim political clout in Texas GOP's MAGA wing

Texas plaintiffs' lawyers are bankrolling populist GOP insurgents. Tort reform groups like Texans for Lawsuit Reform are ...
Votebeat on MSN

New secretary of state will continue to defend Texas’ open primaries against GOP lawsuit

Texas Secretary of State Robert Howden will defend the state against a lawsuit pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott trying to close GOP ...
Detroit News

Texas Gov. Abbott, nine GOP governors come to border to blame Biden for 'humanitarian crisis and chaos'

MISSION — With an array of military vehicles in the background, Gov. Greg Abbott played host to nine of his fellow Republican state chief executives under the blazing South Texas sun Wednesday to ...

Ex-GOP strategist: ‘This might be the year’ Democrats win Texas

Former GOP strategist Joseph Moreno said “this might be the year” that Democrats win in Texas after a three-decade drought ...
Inside Climate News

As Solar and Batteries Dominate in Texas, Republican Lawmakers Consider Natural Gas Minimums

Renewables make up 70 percent of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.
CBS News

New Texas GOP Chair D'rinda Randall discusses her vision for unifying the party in time for the midterm election in November

Fresh off her recent election as Texas GOP Chair, D'rinda Randall told CBS News Texas she has a plan to unite her party before the midterms in November. "The party is fractured. I'm not going to ...

Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died at age 83

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the US House of Representatives and who served for nearly ...

Man Joins Minnesota’s Republican Senate Primary Months After Losing Texas’ Democratic Senate Nomination

Minnesota will choose their Senate nominees on Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Texans might recognize a familiar name on the ballot ...

Kay Granger, first woman to represent Texas GOP in Congress, dies

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman to represent the state of Texas in Congress, has died at the age of 83, her son ...
The Texas Tribune

The Texas GOP wants closed primaries. Here’s what that would mean for voters.

This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. During ...
Idaho Public Press on MSN

Texas Democrats flip Fort Worth-area Senate seat, shaking GOP

Taylor Rehmet’s special-election runoff victory in a long-Republican Texas state Senate district has prompted party leaders ...