John Cornyn faces high-profile primary challenges from Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt, while Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico compete for their party's nomination in the tightening 2026 Texas U.

Lawmakers worked this year to address Texas' property taxes by increasing the tax break homeowners get on their property — and new proposals have already been made for the 2027 legislative session.

Political hopefuls from across Texas start their races for the 2026 election season in earnest on Monday, as the window for filing their candidacies

The candidate filing deadline is Monday for the March 3 Republican and Democratic primaries. We're tracking the major candidates.

This weekend on Inside Valley Politics, we look at candidates who entered races in the 2026 election at the state level and locally. This includes a list of

Texas has been taking us all on a wild ride for the midterm elections. There’s obviously the gerrymandering wars that were touched off in Austin by the GOP’s mid-decade land grab. We’re a long way from done with that one as court challenges and statehouse fights across the country have yet to be concluded.

Texas state election officials did not initially check state records before telling counties to investigate the citizenship of 2,724 registered voters.

The chairman and founder of Texans for Lawsuit Reform points out that trial lawyers are spending millions to shape right-wing politics and abandon tort reform.