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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas megadonor Alex Fairly will fund legal bid to keep GOP lawmakers on the primary ballot
The Amarillo businessman said he would tap into the $20 million political action committee he launched last year to preserve ballot access for censured Republicans.
New laws are due to take effect in Texas on September 1 on subjects including abortion, property tax and Christianity in public schools.
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Republican Texas Senate race close, redistricting opinions split: Emerson College Polling survey
A new Emerson College Polling survey of the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Texas shows Republican voters are split between incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken
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The Texas Tribune on MSNRepublican Party of Texas sets stage to censure members who stepped out of line in likely bid to block them from primary ballot
Republicans who are censured by their county party leaders may be blocked from the primary ballot under a new party rule passed last year, that is expected to be tested by the courts.
Honestly, the Democratic Party does not occupy the moral high ground in this fight and should quit whining about unfair Republican gerrymandering.
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNPoll finds Cornyn, Paxton in dead heat in Texas’ Senate GOP primary
Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.