Texas Democrats have struggled to mount competitive statewide campaigns since 2018, when Democrat Beto O’Rourke fell just short of unseating U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in what would have been the party ...

But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and Democrats get an equal vote.

Texas Democrats have talked up potential bids by state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic seminarian and frequently viral member who helped prosecute Paxton during his impeachment.

Texas has for decades reliably gone for the Republican presidential nominee, but Democrats have been heartened that for the past several election cycles, the margin had been steadily narrowing.

As Texas Democrats gather for their state convention in El Paso, the party finds itself in a familiar position: Out of power and rebuilding. Texas Democrats haven’t won a statewide election ...

The surge of enthusiasm that lifted up Texas Democrats in 2018 did not resurface. At the same time, the party avoided a complete wipeout in South Texas. By J. David Goodman HOUSTON — The ...

Texas Democrats, meanwhile, flew in on chartered planes to upset the status quo and have set up shop as they wait out a special session and run out the clock on the voting bill. Stalling tactic.

Texas Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during a watch party on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Dallas.

Not often. In 2003, Texas’ then-Republican governor, Rick Perry, called a special session. Democrats fled again, this time to New Mexico, but eventually came back and the redistricting plan passed ...

In May 2003, more than 50 House Democrats escaped to Ardmore, Okla., 30 miles north of the Texas border, to block Republicans from redrawing congressional districts.

Texas Democrats are starting to sound like the little boy who cried “battleground state,” after yet another election cycle where they shouted from the rooftops that Texas should be viewed as ...

But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and Democrats get an equal vote.

The governor and attorney general have asked the court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left ...