Voters in two major Texas counties have been turned away at polling locations and directed to different precincts after a recent change in how the primary is conducted created confusion and frustration.

Dallas and Williamson counties closed centralized voting centers, which had become a common practice, at the request of local Republicans.

The midterm elections officially begin with primaries in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas.

The 2026 midterm season begins in earnest on Tuesday with two of the nation’s most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas.

This Tuesday, Tribune reporters are watching two blockbuster Senate primaries, an open attorney general seat, and more high-stakes, competitive races up and down the Texas ballot.

The 2026 midterm season begins in earnest on Tuesday with two of the nation’s most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas.

Texas voters are settling the first U.S. Senate primaries of the midterm election year.

A super PAC supporting James Talarico is running ads online warning that the GOP is “boosting” Jasmine Crockett. Her spokesperson said Republicans “who underestimate her do so at their own peril.”

A heated U.S. Senate race in Texas is entering its final stretch before voters decide Tuesday who will be their party's nominee in November.

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico face off in the state’s first blockbuster Democratic primary in decades. The race will likely conclude Tuesday, with the outside chance of a runoff.

Democrats are banking on Tejano music star Bobby Pulido to help them win back Hispanic voters in a South Texas congressional district that favors Republicans.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Democratic Senate primary, giving Crockett a big boost as she faces concerns about electability.

The call gives Crockett a jolt of support from one of her party’s biggest stars in the home stretch of her Senate Democratic primary against state Rep. James Talarico.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took a dig at Grammy-winning rapper and songwriter Cardi B after she announced her endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

President Donald Trump says he's “pretty much” made his decision on whom to endorse in Texas’ heated Republican Senate primary, but he still refuses to name his pick publicly.

Before she was a firebrand congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett was a public defender — and local Democratic party chair — in Texarkana.

On the Republican side, Ken Paxton and John Cornyn were neck-and-neck and in position for a runoff, according to the poll from the University of Texas’ Texas Politics Project.

Turnout during the first week of early voting for the Texas midterm election exceeded the same period for the previous two presidential elections, years that typically see higher voter engagement.

The latest campaign finance reports show big-money interests are heavily invested in the Texas primaries — but unwilling to reveal their identities at a critical juncture of the race.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas is urging supporters to look at experience in a heated U.S. Senate primary with state Rep. James Talarico as he rides on wider attention thanks to late-night host Stephen Colbert.

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air.

Stephen Colbert says his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico was pulled from Monday's broadcast over fears it would violate “equal time” guidance from the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin for the March 3 GOP primary.

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The survey findings released Monday come just eight days before the start of early voting.

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers.

The near-constant stream of takes from content creators has come to frame the primary between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico as a referendum on identity politics in the Democratic Party.

Allred also urged Democrats to vote for Talarico’s opponent, Jasmine Crockett. The former Dallas congressman was Talarico’s main rival in the Senate primary before dropping out the day Crockett entered the race.

Crockett raised about $2 million between her Dec. 8 campaign launch and year’s end, about one-third of Talarico’s haul over the first three weeks of his Senate bid.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.

After coming under fire for some earlier comments about Latinos, Crockett is working to narrow Democratic rival James Talarico’s lead among the key voting bloc.

The survey of likely Democratic voters suggests the March 3 primary is a toss-up less than three weeks out from early voting.

State troopers deployed pepper spray at protesters at the family detention center near Dilley where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian’s detention has drawn nationwide attention.

Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

In a story published Jan. 24, 2026, about a debate for the U.S. Senate in Texas, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date that a man was fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal officers.

Saturday’s debate, hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO, gives voters their first side-by-side glimpse of the candidates’ contrasting styles and proposals ahead of the March 3 primary.

The spot, which describes the Austin Democrat’s work on education issues in the Legislature, will air this week in nearly a dozen of the state’s largest media markets.

Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.

Texas’ Senate Republican primary, meanwhile, looks headed for a runoff. The survey found U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a dead heat against Attorney General Ken Paxton, with neither eclipsing 30%.

Haynes staked out several progressive policy positions at his recent campaign launch event, including support for Medicare for All and dismantling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife have been made public following a judge's order.

The primary between predecessor and successor arose from a combination of redistricting and the entry of Rep. Jasmine Crockett into the U.S. Senate race, which prompted Allred to drop out.

Crockett had higher name recognition and an overwhelming edge among Black voters, while Talarico kept her margin to single digits through greater support among white and Latino voters.

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico have kicked off their Texas Senate campaigns with contrasting strategies.

Some Democrats dismissed the Dallas congresswoman as too polarizing to capture the swing voters needed to win. Others said her turnout-over-persuasion approach is the recipe to break through.

With the candidate filing deadline behind us, TribCast digs into the musical chairs that awaits voters in 2026

The Fort Worth congressman’s district was upended under the new GOP-friendly map approved this summer. He was expected to run for the district being vacated by Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

Crockett, a second-term congresswoman, has skyrocketed to fame through viral spats with Republicans, becoming one of her party’s most prolific fundraisers.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.

Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.

Texans will vote on a large menu of constitutional amendments Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a leading Democratic critic of President Donald Trump, says he'll consider running for the White House in 2028 after the midterm elections next year.

Kamala Harris sounds like a party elder and a future candidate at the same time.

In a story published Sept. 16, 2025, about the House voting on bills on the Washington criminal justice system, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a bill would replace the members of the Judicial Nomination Commission with presidential appointees.

The survey found many Texas voters are either undecided or would support candidates who haven’t actually entered the race. It also showed GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.

A top aide to former President Joe Biden is denouncing a Republican investigation of his former boss.

The money could be used to cover the $500-a-day fines lawmakers would incur under House rules set to discourage members from absconding after Democrats fled the state in 2021.

A former senior aide to first lady Jill Biden has declined to answer questions as part of a House Republican probe into former President Joe Biden's mental state.

The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the country.

President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

House Democrats are searching for a new leader on the powerful House Oversight Committee after the untimely passing of their previous ranking member.

Will Texas be able to keep the lights on and water flowing til the next legislative session?

In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk with politics reporter Jasper Scherer about education funding, a THC ban and the success of conservative priorities this year.

Kentucky Democrats are trying to address the party's steep deficits in overwhelmingly white, conservative pockets of rural America.

In this week’s episode, we discuss Texas’ rising home prices and the steps the Legislature is taking to reduce them.

The biggest bill is already signed, but there are plenty of wars left to wage in the last month of the session.

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Travis Kelce, Simone Biles and Gracie Abrams all won honors at the Webby Awards, which recognize the best internet content and creators.

Crowds have protested billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe.

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state’s governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.

The Texas Democrat made fun of the governor during a speech over the weekend in Los Angeles to an LGBTQ rights group.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is working to broaden her appeal beyond her progressive, anti-establishment roots.

Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.

Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk.

California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is unsure if he’s welcome to join President Donald Trump’s wildfire tour.

President Donald Trump has publicly promised a shock-and-awe campaign to deliver major policy victories, and less than 36 hours after Trump’s inauguration, Democrats are struggling to confront it.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas led a letter calling for a briefing on why the state won’t review 2022 and 2023 deaths.

The Dallas freshman congresswoman took to the national convention stage to ridicule former President Donald Trump and extol Vice President Kamala Harris.

U.S. Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Veronica Escobar are expected to speak on the mainstage in Chicago.

The hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas Democrat who previously served in the Texas House with Thierry, spoke at a campaign event where she condemned her former colleague.

Allred is the delegation’s most prolific user of the app. He said he voted for the legislation because of national security concerns.

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett introduced House Bill 7412 to fix administrative issues that have created hurdles for some in rural communities.

The must-pass package of legislation known as the farm bill, which is renewed every five years, funds critical crop insurance and loans to farmers and food to low-income families.

The legislation comes after a bill to decriminalize the test strips passed the Texas House but died in the Senate despite support from Gov. Greg Abbott.

In the days since President Joe Biden formally launched his 2024 campaign, key members of the sprawling political coalition that lifted him over former President Donald Trump in 2020 are far from excited about the prospect of four more years.

O’Rourke’s campaign said they gave the money back before the company’s scandals became widely public, because they were taken aback by such a large unsolicited donation.

Texas’ seven freshly elected members of Congress run the ideological gamut, from impassioned conservatives to some of the most progressive members ever sent from Texas.

Progressive Democrats are facing a test of their power in November's midterm elections.

The state representative beat Jane Hope Hamilton in the primary runoff for the congressional seat based in southern Dallas.

Crockett is running on her experience as a legislator, a civil rights attorney and as the incumbent’s hand-picked successor. Hamilton is running on her more than 20 years as a behind-the-scenes congressional staffer and campaign adviser.

Redistricting has empowered activists of both parties to push platforms further right or left. Progressives view three key Democrats’ advancements in the Texas primary election as a potential turning point for their movement.

The support comes with less than three weeks left in the crowded primary race to success retiring U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson in her securely Democratic district in Dallas.

Johnson did not make her retirement official until November, setting off an abridged scramble to set up campaigns ahead of the December filing deadline but attracting a packed lineup of experienced candidates who are either well connected, well known or well funded.

Crockett is running for the seat vacated by Johnson, who announced Saturday that she would not seek reelection in the 30th Congressional District after serving nearly three decades in Congress. The seat is solidly Democratic.

For House Democrats, the story of the second special session is much different from that of the first one. The excitement of leaving the state had worn off, the media spotlight had dimmed and the pressures to return home were mounting.

Texas Democrats are starting a second week of holing up in Washington to block new voting laws back home.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett pushed bills to reform policing, expand voting options and loosen drug laws in the state. But she made waves for her passionate dissent.