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Denton Council member Jesse Davis is the target of a petition drive seeking his recall. He is the second Denton council member to face a recall effort in recent months.
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Some Dallas County workers are still waiting on pay from last month's election, although the problem doesn't appear as serious as it was in the spring.
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The Democratic challenger ended the latest fundraising period, July 1 through Sept. 29, with slightly more cash on hand than the governor.
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What life is like for trans youth in Texas after Abbott's calls to investigate gender-affirming careIt’s been eight months since Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate the families of trans youth for providing gender-affirming care. Since then, some families have left the state. Those that stayed have weathered anxiety and the dizzying back-and-forth of legal battles to determine whether investigations will stop.
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From Texas governor to county judges, North Texas residents will vote on several key races this November.
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The ad is based on O’Rourke’s 2020 comments that he appreciates protesters bringing up defunding certain line items “that have overmilitarized our police.” But at recent town hall meetings, O’Rourke has said he does not support defunding the police.
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The lawsuit, which a judge has combined with a similar suit by Latino and Black voters, will go to trial at the end of September, too late to affect this year’s midterm elections.
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On Aug. 8, a group of Republican candidates asked the Supreme Court to remove 23 Libertarian opponents from the ballot, saying they did not meet eligibility requirements. The Republicans included Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others in congressional and state legislative races.
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During a stop in Houston, O'Rourke slammed Gov. Greg Abbott for creating "chaos" within the state and urged Texans to participate in the upcoming November election.
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Immigration policy, abortion and gun control are among the top issues impacting the race.
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O’Rourke confronted a heckler at a campaign event Wednesday who laughed while he was talking about the Uvalde school shooting, telling the person, “It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it is not funny to me.”
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Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws.
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The governor said Tuesday he has agreed to debate O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution.