While the GOP will still hold 218 seats in the House to the Democrats' 214, it means they can't afford to lose even two of their members on a big vote. That is big trouble for Speaker Mike Johnson.

Abbott entered 2026 with a staggering $105,737,180 cash on hand. The latest total contributions to the campaign sit at $45,343,474, with $44,067,462 in expenditures, according to data compiled by Transparency USA, a nonpartisan website that tracks public donations to candidates.

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Will U.S. Senator John Cornyn win a fifth term?

Texas primary elections are set for March and Democrats and Republicans will have a chance to decide which candidates they want on the November general election ballot.

The deadline for mail-in ballots to be returned to the county is Election Day, March 3. If a ballot is postmarked by 7 p.m. locally on election day, it’ll be counted if the county receives it by 5 p.m. on March 4. The U.S. Postal Service recommends mailing your ballot at least one week before the deadline, if not sooner.

Incumbent John Cornyn is seeing record fundraising for the Republican side, while Democrats Crockett and Talarico maintain positive campaigns.

Here's a breakdown of Texas Speaker Burrows' biannual campaign finance report that boasts a $4.4M war chest ahead of the 2026 primaries. Here's what to know.

About 4,000 out of 400,000 registered voters in the Houston district, or 1%, had cast ballots after the first day of early voting Wednesday.

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Crockett's campaign says she is best candidate to bring Democrats to the polls in the general election.