When Republicans created this decade’s new redistricting maps, perhaps the biggest beneficiary was Collin County Congressman Van Taylor (TX-3). His newly redrawn district shifted from purple to red and he seemed poised to cruise to reelection. Flash forward a few...
A group of Democratic members of Congress from Texas has sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting that it closely monitor the ongoing election audit in four Texas counties. Last September, Texas Republicans began an audit in Harris, Tarrant, Dallas, and...
Donald Trump recently penned a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott calling on him to audit the results of the 2020 election. The governor quickly obeyed and is now auditing the results in four major counties. But the former president (or whoever was plainly ghostwriting...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Houston) is considered by many to be a rising star within the GOP. As a well-spoken and social media-savvy former Navy SEAL, it’s not hard to see why he was quickly embraced by the Right after being elected to Congress in 2018. However, a heated...
The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Candace Valenzuela, a mother, educator, and a former congressional candidate from TX-24. Candace gives us some insight about what it’s like campaigning as a progressive, and the...
The Rio Grande Valley was the subject of breathless reporting after the 2020 election with dozens of think pieces dissecting the performance of Donald Trump, who improved his electoral numbers dramatically over his showing in 2016, and speculating about a...
This week, Texas Democrats released a detailed analysis of their performance in 2020, a post-mortem report of sorts requested by party officials after suffering losses in November that saw Democrats gain few statehouse seats and no congressional districts. The 29-page...
The congressional electoral certification of the presidential results is normally a staid proceeding, the last formality before the president-elect is officially inaugurated. This year, however, the event will be far more dramatic as a number of Texas Republicans have...
Steve Hotze’s website will tell you he is a “Physician, Radio Host, and Best Selling Author” leading a “wellness revolution”. But politicos know him as a controversial QAnon conservative from Houston who wields considerable influence with top Republicans including...