Patrick Svitek

Whitmire held the Senate seat for four decades. Six Democrats are now competing for the seat in the upper chamber.

While polls once showed Trump and DeSantis tied in Texas, they now suggest the primary is all but over here. Trump leads Nikki Haley by a landslide.

Facing heat for presiding over the impeachment of the attorney general, Phelan is addressing the issue head-on and citing an alleged Paxton extramarital affair.

Money fell short in the runoff for House District 2, despite winning the support of a who’s who of Texas Republican leaders.

As promised, the governor is going after members of his own party after some of them tanked his top legislative priority.

The ruling by the all-Republican court came after former President Donald Trump told justices to leave Paxton alone.

The contest has served as a bellwether in the Texas GOP’s warring factions.

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has talked openly about targeting states like Texas that have open primaries to get a boost over Trump.

During potentially their only primary debate, Gutierrez suggested Allred was pandering to Republicans, while Allred defended his bipartisanship as necessary to winning in GOP-dominated Texas.

Dana Myers has been critical of the party’s ties to Defend Texas Liberty PAC, a hard-right group that’s been tied to white supremacists.