Texas Republicans are using this month’s special session to attempt to lock in the party’s majority in Congress by means of weakening or eliminating Democratic districts in the state. As

Texas Republicans want to redraw the state's congressional districts to gain an advantage in next year's election. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., says Democrats must counter or become complicit.

Republican Eric Flores launched a campaign on Monday to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and flip Texas’s 34th Congressional District red. Flores, an Army veteran and lawyer from Mission, announced his bid to challenge Gonzalez as Republicans in the state’s GOP-controlled state legislature eye redistricting efforts,

Why is this about the Texas Republicans' redistricting gambit a story with importance far beyond the Lone Star State? Several reasons, actually.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its rating of the 2026 Texas Senate race from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican” this week as the contentious GOP primary between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton rages on.

Texas lawmakers are set to consider a new congressional map that would give Republicans more seats in the House of Representatives. J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for the New York Times, joins to discuss.