Austin voters shot down a city charter amendment that would have mandated independent efficiency audits and included an ...

Twenty-six-year-old Democrat Julio Salinas solidly defeated Republican Gary Groves with 68% of the vote in HD 41. The ...

On Wednesday Morris granted a new trial to Aaron Wright, who had been convicted by a jury for aggravated assault of a family member with a weapon in May. The jury found Wright guilty of shooting his ...

The last time Democrats made up a majority of the Texas House was in 2003. The current makeup of the Texas House is 62 ...

State Rep. Vikki Goodwin (D-Austin) defeated incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday night. Goodwin received ...

Democratic candidate Johnny Garcia has defeated Republican Carlos De La Cruz, denying Republicans a seat they hoped to flip ...

Democratic environmental activist Leticia Gutierrez has been declared the winner of a Houston-area congressional seat, ...

The “blue tsunami” that washed over Texas on the coattails of state Rep. James Talarico’s (D-Austin) 12-point win over Texas ...

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) has won re-election, defeating Republican Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina and holding a ...

NBC News currently projects that Democrats will win 258 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, compared to just 177 for ...

Historically Republican state Senate District 9 will remain in the hands of the Democrats as state Sen. Taylor Rehmet (D-Fort ...

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) won re-election on Tuesday, easily dispatching a challenge from Republican ...