Reps. Cuellar and Gonzalez are moderate Democrats who represent border districts that increasingly vote Republican.

A vacancy in a statewide elective office means the governor selects the replacement. And it could set off a scramble across ...

The Biden administration had challenged a Republican-led redistricting plan that diluted the political power of minorities.

Christian Menefee, the outspoken Harris County attorney, jumped into the race for a U.S. House seat representing a heavily ...

Texas Congressional Democrats are calling on the federal government to release the funds it has withheld from the ...

The legislation would insulate all corporate directors and officers from most shareholder claims brought in the state’s new ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) died early Wednesday after serving just two months and two days in Congress, party officials said Wednesday. He was 70. Linda Brown, a ...

LAREDO, Texas — Tano Tijerina spent a decade as the Democratic chief executive of Webb County here in South Texas. But when he was honored recently by the local chapter of the country’s oldest ...

This would help provide more information about maternal deaths and instances where women also died in pregnancy and ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, according to top Democrats. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced Turner's passing at a House Homeland Security hearing on ...

In Texas, lawmakers only have the first 60 days of each regular legislative session to propose new laws, leading to a mad ...