As GOP rivals battle for the nomination, Democratic favorite Colin Allred still trails them both according to a new poll.

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close battle in the state’s bitterly contested Senate primary, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Friday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session Friday after gaveling out the first 30-day session, hamstrung by fleeing Democrats who left the state.

Former President Barack Obama is praising Texas House Democrats over their efforts to thwart Republican redistricting in the state. During a virtual call, he slammed the GOP plan as an "assault on democracy.

A federal judge in Illinois has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to enforce arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the Lone Star State earlier this month to block Republican redistricting plans.

An Illinois judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against 33 House Democrats who absconded from the state to stop legislative proceedings. The lawsuit was filed in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Adams County,