#texas politics
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Elon Musk Donates $158m to Boost Ken Paxton in Texas Senate Race
Elon Musk's $158 million donation fuels Ken Paxton's Senate campaign in Texas after months of being outspent by Democrat James Talarico.
Texastribune · 2m
Who really controls Greg Abbott?
Texas governor Greg Abbott's education war is funded by Christian billionaires to create a theocratic state.
Salon · 1m
French Campaign Rises After Controversial Post
Republican Bo French raised $150K after a controversial X post, while his opponent raised $350K.
Straight Arrow · 1m
Texas governor's race tightens as Trump's popularity falls
Polls show Democrat Gina Hinojosa within striking distance of Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, a shift experts attribute to voter dissatisfaction with President Trump.
TIME · 2m
Cornyn's Final Chapter
Texas senator faces backlash after losing Senate race.
Dallas Express · 1m
Cornyn won't vote for Texas Republican over racist post
A candidate's controversial social media comments about UT students spark rare GOP infighting.
ABC News · 1m
The racist running for Texas oil regulator
Bo French's extreme bigotry has made him vulnerable in a race Republicans usually win easily, but his party's leaders still back him.
Mother Jones · 3m
Oil industry stays quiet on Bo French's racist posts
The Railroad Commission candidate's inflammatory comments draw GOP condemnation but silence from the industry he'd regulate.
The Texas Tribune · 2m
Cornyn won't vote for French after racist post
The senior Texas senator says the railroad commission candidate is an embarrassment to the Republican Party.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Padilla Stout's parental-rights appeal
A congressional candidate's court work is drawing attention after an abuse-linked parental-rights case.
Dallas Express · 1m
What Texas Railroad Commission voters are choosing
The 2026 race centers on who regulates Texas oil, gas, pipelines and new carbon storage projects.
The Texas Tribune · 2m
Crockett honors Chris Brown, backlash follows
A ceremonial congressional honor for Chris Brown at an Arlington concert turned into a five-day political mess.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
A pastor, a ballot, and his church as a polling place
Dallas Republicans want a church pulled from the vote-center list because its pastor is on the November ballot.
Dallas Express · 1m
A 24-year-old is running Texas' money office
Don Huffines put a recent college grad in the second-most powerful seat at a 3,000-person state agency, and veterans are streaming out the door.
The Texas Tribune · 3m
UT students hit back at Bo French's racist post
A Texas Railroad Commission candidate posted a graduation photo to claim white Americans are being displaced, and the students in it are speaking up.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Karl Rove says he'll vote for a Democrat
A racist post about UT students pushed Bush's old strategist to back a Houston Democrat for Railroad Commission.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Trump taps Wesley Hunt for Riyadh
A Houston Republican who lost a Senate race in March gets a diplomatic posting in a country he once served in uniform.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Bo French won't delete the post
A Railroad Commission candidate posted a photo of South Asian UT students, and his own party turned on him.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Dan Patrick's AI ad borrows college football's biggest brands
Three Texas schools guard their trademarks fiercely, but the man who controls their funding just put them in a campaign ad.
The Texas Tribune · 2m
Cornyn breaks ranks over French's post
A Texas Republican nominee mocked South Asian students at a UT game, and John Cornyn told his own party to say something.
The Texas Tribune · 1m
Dallas hosts the GOP's first midterm convention
Trump, Vance and $51 million in ad money turned one week in North Texas into a national fight.
Dallas Express · 1m
Texas GOP splits the economy into two stories
At a Dallas convention built around Trump, Republicans claimed the tax cuts and blamed Democrats for the prices.
The Texas Tribune · 2m
Kimmel says the FCC scared his Talarico interview off TV
A late-night host booked a Senate candidate, then moved the whole thing to YouTube rather than test the FCC.
The Texas Tribune · 2m
Trump closes a Dallas convention built around Ken Paxton
Two days in Dallas where Republicans roasted their own Senate nominee, called Democrats communists, and Democrats set up shop across the street.
The Texas Tribune · 3m
Patrick tells Democrats: you started a fight
At the first Republican midterm convention, Dan Patrick reached for the Alamo and framed November as darkness against light.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
Dallas mayor takes his party switch to the RNC stage
Eric Johnson won Dallas as a Democrat, then told a Republican convention crowd why he left.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m