The boundaries of the 35th Congressional District in South Central Texas were redrawn in 2025 to favor GOP candidates as requested by President Trump. Read: Read More
KTSM News – 1 person hurt after motorcycle crash in El Paso’s Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person is seriously hurt after a crash involving a motorcycle in El Paso’s Lower Valley on Tuesday, May 26, according to the El Paso Police Department….
Texas Monthly – Mayes Middleton defeats Chip Roy for Texas attorney general GOP nomination
Middleton, a conservative state senator and oil and gas executive, put more than $16 million of his own money into the race. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Vikki Goodwin defeats Houston union leader in lieutenant governor Democratic runoff
The Austin lawmaker now faces an uphill battle against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the state’s second-highest executive, in November. Read: Read More
KTSM News – El Paso City Council votes to stop recruiting data center projects
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso City Council unanimously approved a measure on Tuesday, May 26, directing the City to stop actively recruiting or incentivizing future hyperscale data center projects. The…
El Paso Matters – Maldonado, Cruz win Democratic judicial nominations in El Paso runoff election
Frances Maldonado and Bernardo Cruz won Democratic nominations for judicial seats in Tuesday’s runoff election, the last two countywide seats left unsettled in the March primaries. Maldonado defeated Christina Montes for El…
Texas Monthly – Tom Sell, Jon Bonck win open GOP primary runoffs for solidly red congressional seats
With their Republican nominations in hand, the two are favored to win their GOP-leaning seats in November to replace outgoing Reps. Jodey Arrington and Wesley Hunt. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Alex Mealer wins GOP nomination for new Houston congressional district, defeating state Rep. Briscoe Cain
The Army veteran was endorsed by President Donald Trump and saw millions in outside spending on her behalf. Cain, meanwhile, was backed by Gov. Greg Abbott. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso GOP runoff results: Bauman easily defeats Barraza for congressional bid; Paxton ousts Cornyn for Senate nomination
Former Border Patrol agent Adam Bauman easily defeated Manuel Barraza, a former judge convicted of fraud, in the Republican runoff for Congressional District 16, according to early voting returns Tuesday. Bauman received…
Texas Monthly – “The last of the gentlemen Republicans”: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising
A former state Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general and a four-term U.S. senator, Cornyn had held on in the Republican Party as it transformed from the party of Bush, to the…