Bo French defeats incumbent in GOP railroad commissioner primary
The three-member Railroad Commission regulates the oil and natural gas industry in Texas. Despite its name, it no longer oversees the railroad industry.
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The three-member Railroad Commission regulates the oil and natural gas industry in Texas. Despite its name, it no longer oversees the railroad industry.
Texans cast their ballots in the 2026 primary runoff, choosing their parties' candidates for key federal, statewide and legislative races.
The winner will now have the chance to challenge Republican incumbent Dan Patrick in November.
This has been a contentious race with both Allred and Johnson criticizing each other's records on Capitol Hill.
While Ken Paxton was acquitted in the 2023 impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, the Attorney General's office will have to pay at least $6.7 million to four former top hand-picked officials.
The contentious battle between Roy and Middleton has split conservatives in Texas.
Voters in every precinct will have a distinct ballot, depending on what races are in play where they live.
The president's timing came as a surprise to some people because he made the announcement on the second day of early voting and one week before election day.
It's a clash of some of the Texas GOP's biggest titans, and only one of them will move on to run against Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in the general election in November.
The U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that blocked women from being able to get the pills in the mail after having a telehealth visit.
Former Democratic Congressman Colin Allred and Democratic Congresswoman Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch, are now in a battle for the primary runoff in the newly drawn 33rd District
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito or the entire Supreme Court could decide the next steps for the abortion drug mifepristone.
"The question is what do they get themselves into that requires a visit to the mayor's office? I don't know, but I would love to," said Mattie Parker in an interview with CBS News Texas.
Last month, some camps filed suit against the state to block the requirement for a fiber-optic connection to the internet.
Republican U.S. Representative Pat Fallon was one of the members of Congress who sat on a task force following the first two assassination attempts on President Trump in 2024.
The nation's highest court increased restrictions on the use of race when drawing congressional, state legislative and other districts.
It was the first time she revealed her future plans after she is set to leave Congress at the end of the year.
On the last day to register before the primary runoff election, a voting coalition in Oak Cliff helped young voters get on the rolls.
State Rep. Vikki Goodwin and labor leader Marcos Velez both spoke recently with Jack Fink.
Herring said that in the year before tariffs, used car sales were just under half of his business at his dealership in Irving; Now, they are nearly 75 percent.
Appeals court upholds Texas' Ten Commandments classroom law, but critics say the fight isn't over.
Voters in both parties will not be able to go to any voting center in the county on May 26.
Dallas County Elections said the issue stemmed from the Texas Secretary of State's voter registration database.
Democrats running for Texas attorney general are challenging two high-profile Republican-backed laws ahead of the May 26 runoff.
Patrick voiced his concerns last week before the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank in Austin.
