The only poll that matters is on Election Day, but polling and early voting returns point to four Texas House races in Harris County where Democrats stand a chance of flipping Republican seats.

Surveys suggest an increasingly difficult environment for Republicans before the elections.

State lawmakers passed strict restrictions in SB1 that criminalize paid workers helping voters with mail ballots.

Salience around AI data centers is growing this election cycle as the fight over the infrastructure’s costs and environmental impacts may be threatening Republicans in battleground states like Texas and Ohio. Grassroots movements in rural communities, particularly where President Trump won by double-digit margins in each of his presidential bids, are threatening the rural vote…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is trying to keep his communications with the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, under wraps five days from Election Day. Democratic nominee for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa is fighting in court to access them and joins The Weeknight to discuss.

Here we go. Early voting is underway. And Democrats appear to be showing up with their enthusiasm. But what do they suggest?

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to voters during a campaign stop in Beaumont. The Republican Senate nominee rallies grassroots support and outlines conservative policy priorities ahead of Texas' high-stakes U.