Texas GOP finds fringe candidates unaffordable in tough midterm year

Kelly Hancock is a very specific kind of Texas Republican. He’d fit in at any moment in the past 50 years of state GOP ...

Texas Republican has a stunning reason for Democrat’s surprise win in deep-red state

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Republican state Senate district in Texas on Saturday, delivering a major blow to President ...

Republican redistricting under scrutiny after Texas defeat

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a historically Republican district of Texas in a Saturday special election.

A Democrat just flipped a very Republican state Senate seat in Texas. Does that mean a 'blue wave' is coming in the 2026 midterms?

Trump won the district by more than 17 percentage points. But on Saturday, the GOP candidate lost by more than 14.

GOP’s midterm worries surge after Texas ‘wake-up call’

Republicans are stepping up their warnings about the midterms after a stunning Democratic upset in Texas over the weekend. The Republican Party was already grappling with growing backlash to a pair of ...

Texas bruising sends Republicans a message they’d better take to heart

Just how badly did Republicans do in two Texas special elections over the weekend? Not as badly as apocalyptic headlines in ...

Democratic victory in deep-red Texas district casts a pall over GOP plans to keep the House

DALLAS — Democrat Taylor Rehmet may never get the chance to cast a vote from his new seat in the Texas state Senate.
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After vicious 2024 cycle, Texas House GOP primaries see quieter landscape defined by tort battle

With Texas’ hardline conservative megadonors largely staying on the sidelines, a handful of House primaries have become ...