The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Democrats that deny quorum for an emergency special session called by Governor Abbott, 'should be hunted down' ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.

President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party ...

Hemp-derived THC and criminal justice reforms are likely to be on the agenda for the special session. Redistricting should be kept off.

Federal judges are examining whether 2021 redistricting discriminated against minority voters by reshaping a Tarrant County Senate district.

Lawsuit filed against new Tarrant County redistricting map Less than a day after Tarrant County commissioners approved a controversial redistricting proposal, a group of citizens filed a lawsuit ...

A four-week trial over a redistricting challenge to the congressional maps Texas adopted in 2021 began on Wednesday, with plaintiffs alleging legislators shorted the state two Hispanic-majority ...

Four years and two elections have passed since Texas adopted new maps for the state House and Senate, congressional delegation and State Board of Education.

May elections are a time for local government bodies, like cities and school districts, to put issues on the ballot.