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Texas House shifts further right

Republicans flip three Texas House seats, tilting GOP-controlled chamber further right

Texas Republicans flipped two seats in the state House. In a disappointing night for Texas Democrats and a success for Gov. Greg Abbott, Republicans flipped two seats in the state House on Tuesday,

Houston Chronicle · 11h

Texas House shifts further right as Republicans dominate in tossup races

The outcome bolsters Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been pushing to stack the Legislature with Republicans supportive of his private school voucher plan.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 20h

Republicans reassert their dominance in Texas

Recent gains made by Democrats in past elections were wiped out, as Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other Republicans won by wide margins.

Three Republicans keep their seats on Texas Supreme Court

Hosted on MSN · 7h

Republican justices win reelection to all-GOP Texas Supreme Court after upholding abortion bans

Three Republican justices will retain their seats on the all-GOP Texas Supreme Court, according to unofficial election results. The Associated Press called the races for Justices Jimmy Blacklock and Jane Bland shortly after midnight while Devine's race was called Wednesday morning,

Indianapolis Star on MSN · 10h

Indiana Supreme Court justices on track to win their retention vote despite abortion case

Hoosiers voted overwhelmingly to allow the three Indiana Supreme Court justices up for retention to keep their seats for an additional 10-year term.

The Texas Tribune · 21h

Three Republicans keep their seats on Texas Supreme Court, despite efforts from pro-abortion groups

John Devine, Jane Bland and Jimmy Blacklock won their reelection bids over Democrat challengers backed by groups that support expanding abortion access.

Trump wins US presidency, GOP reclaims Senate majority

KERA News · 2h

Donald Trump helped Texas Republicans win big. Here’s how they’re going to return the favor

With the hopes of a blue or purple Texas dashed, what might Texas look like under a second Trump administration?

USA Today · 1d

Donald Trump wins Texas in 2024 US presidential election race against Kamala Harris

Donald Trump was defeating Harris in Texas with about 56% of the vote in unofficial returns, as the state remains red.

Las Vegas Sun · 17h

The Latest: Donald Trump wins US presidency, GOP reclaims Senate majority

Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.

Ted Cruz Defends Texas Senate Seat

The Associated Press on MSN · 23h

Republican Ted Cruz of Texas wins a third term to the US Senate

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won reelection Tuesday, defeating U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and Democrats’ latest try at ending decades of GOP dominance in the booming state that was thrust this election year to the center of battles over immigration and abortion.

Newsweek · 20h

Ted Cruz Wins Third Senate Term, Defeats Democrat Colin Allred in Texas

Ted Cruz has won his third Senate term, defeating Colin Allred in Texas, marking three decades out of office in this state for the Democrats.

Seattle Times · 1d

Colin Allred, Ted Cruz reach end of Senate race that again tests GOP dominance in Texas

A Democratic congressman from Dallas seeks to topple U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas' Senate race and break the party's 30-year drought in Lone Star politics.

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Texas GOP wins big: 5 things to know

In the end, it wasn’t close at all. On election night, Texans handed sweeping victories to the Republican Party that controls ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN3h

Republican sweep in Texas also extended to state’s appellate courts

Republican judges won in 25 out of 26 contested races throughout the state in a show of the party’s broader strength up and ...

ProPublica on MSN37m

Trump’s near sweep of Texas border counties shows a shift to the right for Latino voters

The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 ...

How Republican gains in South Texas helped fuel the Donald Trump-Ted Cruz statewide sweep

In his 2016 race against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump lost most of the counties along the Rio Grande by double digits. That ...

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East Texas professor ponders whether Texas should be considered battleground state

Trump is projected to win Texas by roughly 14 percent, more than double his 2020 margin. Between 2012 and 2020, Republican ...

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Indicted Democrat Henry Cuellar defeats GOP Navy veteran in Texas border district

The longtime Texas border lawmaker faces a federal corruption trial in March 2025 after he and his wife were indicted on ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN1h

Texas Democrats underperformed yet again. Now what?

Tuesday was another electoral blowout in which Democrats underperformed expectations, weakening their case that Texas is a battleground state worthy of investment and attention from the national party ...