Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz who is seeking reelection to a third six-year term.
A district court judge in San Antonio ruled against the Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop one of the state’s biggest counties from mailing voter registration applications to a large number of unregistered voters.
The vast majority of races on November’s Texas ballots are highly predictable, offer little to no competition and won’t change the state’s political dynamic.
The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 7. The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and Votebeat want to hear from people removed from voter rolls.
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), indicated the party is not yet committed to devoting financial resources to Texas or Florida despite its claims that it is in striking distance to flip the two GOP-held seats.
A Texas district court judge on Monday denied a request by Attorney General Ken Paxton to block a Bexar County plan to mail voter registration forms to county residents ahead of the November election, saying the request was moot.
DALLAS—Shortly after 4 a.m. ET on September 14, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Chris LaCivita, took to X to warn that Sen. Ted Cruz is in danger of losing a winnable race.
The first-term Republican defending her seat said a private school voucher program will help her community, especially students from low-income families.
Voters surveyed in the Texas Public Opinion Research poll saw Allred as fairly liberal, giving him a 6.8 out of 10, compared to Vice President Kamala Harris, who got an 8.3. In contrast, Cruz was rated 1.6 by a base group that identified as 43 percent conservative.
The Austin American-Statesman is hosting a Reddit AMA at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 17, on the r/TexasPolitics subreddit.