Patrick Svitek | Texas Tribune
Patrick Svitek is a reporter for the Texas Tribune. He previously worked for the Houston Chronicle's Austin bureau. He graduated in 2014 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He originally is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Paxton is facing challenges from three fellow Republicans in his bid for a third term. In interviews at The Texas Tribune Festival, they each took him to task for the legal problems he has accrued in office, with two saying he should resign. -
The two Republicans are vying to replace former state Rep. Jake Ellzey, who is now in Congress.
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The Fort Worth lawmaker, who has been close to Paxton, is the third serious primary challenger to emerge.
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Wray is among eight candidates, including five Republicans, on the ballot Tuesday to fill a vacancy in his old House District 10.
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The governor said Thursday the second special session will get underway at noon Saturday, with a 17-item agenda.
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Four prominent lawmakers — one each with ties to Baylor University, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University — met with Gov. Greg Abbott’s staff Thursday, one day after news broke that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma had reached out to the Southeastern Conference about joining.
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Beckley unveiled her plans in a video set inside a hotel room in the nation’s capital, which House Democrats fled to earlier this month to break quorum in protest of Republicans’ priority elections bill.
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With over 50 House Democrats in Washington — along with 12 paid staff — the costs are quickly mounting and the party's funds are not unlimited.
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Merritt officially began his Democratic campaign Tuesday with an emphasis on the voting rights battle that caused state House Democrats to leave Texas a day earlier.
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The State Republican Executive Committee met Sunday to pick a successor for Allen West, the chairman who resigned last month after a drama-filled tenure and is now running for governor.
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The Flower Mound lawmaker is the most senior Republican in the upper chamber and has served as its top budget writer for the past four sessions.
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Guzman's candidacy would add a new dynamic to the primary that is already unfolding between incumbent Ken Paxton and Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
