The new proposed lines would also prevent few, if any, opportunities for Democrats hoping that an aggressive gerrymander could backfire on Republicans.

As Republicans in Texas move full steam ahead with a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts, Democrats are privately mulling their options, including an expensive and legally dicey quorum break.

The governor eventually agreed to include redistricting on his special session agenda after discussing the matter with the president on a phone call.

The bill would provide a tax credit to match an amount donated to organizations that provide K-12 scholarships.

After a dozen years as a rising state legislator from southwest Tarrant County, incoming Congressman Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, makes his debut in the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 3 with his top priority already in sight.

The senator’s bill to protect in vitro fertilization would have withheld Medicaid funding from states that ban the procedure. Democrats say IVF should be a federal right.

The Laredo Democrat faces federal charges of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government.

Congressman Colin Allred, D-Texas, has won the state's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and will now face Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election.

Kay Granger’s plans to leave Congress created an open race and rare moment for Texas’ 12th Congressional District, one that five Republicans hope to seize.

Rep. Craig Goldman faces off against Dan O’Shea, backed by Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the crowded primary for congressional district 12.

House Democrats are combining several gun policy bills into one large package known as the Protecting our Kids Act. Among the measures in the bill: raising the age to purchase semi-automatic weapons to 21; outlawing the sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of a large-capacity magazine; and creating tax breaks for purchasing proper gun storage equipment.

Democratic candidate Candace Valenzuela called Van Duyne's victory declaration "premature and irresponsible."