Voting Begins in a Month. Here’s What Is at Stake in Texas.
In an election that will chart the state’s political future for a generation, Democrats are waging an unprecedented offensive against embattled Republicans.
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Texas GOP Chair: Racism and Bigotry are an ‘Extreme Exception’ in the Party
James Dickey on white nationalists in the Texas GOP, xenophobia and “America First.”
Ken Paxton: ‘The More We Talk About Gun Regulation, the More People Are Gonna Die’
While delivering the conservative response to mass shootings, Paxton got his facts mixed up again, this time at the state GOP convention.
The Interview: Texas Republican Party Chair James Dickey
The new chair of the Texas Republican Party is a tea party favorite who won his election by a single vote.
State Leaders on Atrocious Child Welfare System: Don’t Blame Us!
It’s as if state lawmakers owned an amusement park with a roller coaster that chucks a few riders to their deaths every month: We should fix that, they say periodically.
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The Texas Miracle #8: The Death of the Texas GOP
With leadership in disarray — and an underwhelming state convention — is the Texas GOP gasping its last?
The Texas Miracle #7: The Sound of Secession
From the Texas GOP convention, we go to the floor for a debate over secession and seek answers to that mind-melding question: Why would anyone support Donald Trump?