Politics

Huffines, who has criticized Abbott as being too slow to fully reopen the state, served in the Senate from 2015-2019.

Ahead of the start of early voting for the June 5 runoff, the Fort Worth Report and KERA will offer a virtual debate between mayoral runoff candidates Deborah Peoples and Mattie Parker.

After Saturday's election, the field of eight City Council candidates has been narrowed to two who are well-known to the district.

The event this week is attracting a who's who of big-name Republicans who could run for the White House in a few years.

Republican Susan Wright, widow of the first member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19, secured a place in a U.S. House runoff for her late husband’s seat Saturday night.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg won a third term Saturday. In Fort Worth's mayoral race, Mattie Parker and Deborah Peoples appear to be headed to a runoff.

Susan Wright, the widow of the late Rep. Ron Wright, will advance to a runoff in the 6th Congressional District special election. Incumbents dominated Dallas City Council races. In the Fort Worth mayor's race, Mattie Parker and Deborah Peoples will head to a runoff.

Nearly two dozen candidates are vying to fill the late congressman's seat, and former president Donald Trump is backing Wright's widow, Susan Wright.

North Texans will head to the voting booth this Saturday, May 1. Dozens of races are on the ballot for local elections in cities across the region, including Fort Worth mayor, Fort Worth City Council, Dallas City Council, Arlington mayor and some Arlington City Council seats.

Several Dallas City Council candidates are activists who want to make an impact not just through protests, but by shaping policy inside city hall.

The city's major political leadership has been the same since 2017. This year, the mayor's and three other city council races have no incumbents running.

Texas will have 38 congressional seats as a result of the latest U.S. census. The state’s political heft has been growing steadily for decades, gaining at least two seats after every census since 1980.