Analysis: Texas lawmakers listen to the voters who show upPoliticians are always listening to voters โ but the ones who actually select the stateโs elected officials have a lot more clout than those who stay home. You can see it in the way lawmakers govern.
Texas Democratic Party leadership election roiled by accusation that a candidate shoved a stafferWitnesses say Kim Olson pushed the partyโs top staffer during a bus tour in 2018. Olson denies the allegation.
Gerrymandering backfired for Texas Republicans in Dallas County in 2018Republicans hoped to keep a majority Texas House seats from Dallas County when they redrew district boundaries in 2011. Seven years later, they've only held onto two of 14.