Texas Politics

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said a commander on the scene at the elementary school in Uvalde chose not to engage the shooter because it was believed children were no longer at risk.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, will travel to South Texas after a gunman killed 19 children and two schoolteachers on Tuesday. The tragedy is the country’s second-deadliest school shooting.

The governor said the 18-year-old gunman shared each step of his rampage on Facebook, but the social media giant says they were private text messages — not public posts.

In response, Abbott said this was the time for Texans to come together and heal. O'Rourke is seeking to unseat the governor in the November election.

The shooting in Uvalde came just days before the NRA holds its annual meeting in Houston.

Paxton will face Brownsville native Rochelle Garza in November.

Polls closed at 7pm, here are the latest updates on all the races in the North Texas 2022 primary runoff.

Tuesday is Election Day in Texas, and the election administrator’s office has already had difficulty with counting ballots and releasing election results. The office is anticipating more challenges amid push back from the county’s Republican party.

Tuesday’s elections will solidify the major parties’ statewide tickets and have national political implications.

The May 24 runoff features several high-profile contests for statewide offices, including Republican and Democratic runoffs for attorney general and the state’s land commissioner.

Fourteen GOP legislators warned Lyft that they’d seek to ban companies that pay for abortions from doing business in Texas. The extent of support for the idea is unclear.

The Democratic runoff for Congressional District 30 is one of the most closely watched races this election cycle. The candidates are seeking to fill a seat held for three decades by veteran Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.