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Texas GOP

Judgment Day Comes for John Cornyn

And a sordid dawn breaks for a Texas GOP whose 2026 ticket is now officially led by Warren Kenneth Paxton.

by Justin Miller

Keep Reading

‘McCarthyism with a Texas Accent’

by Gus Bova

Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape

by Justin Miller

Right-wing Reps Promote Racist Conspiracy Theories In ‘Border Crisis’ Hearing

by Steven Monacelli

Jack Finger May 13, 2016

Proposed GOP Platform Calls for Trans Bathroom Ban, Constitutional Convention

A secession plank didn't make it into the document, but could make a reappearance on the floor Friday.

by John Wright

A Donald Trump supporter with a photo of the man May 12, 2016

Can the Even-Further-Right Stage a Trump-Style Takeover of the Texas GOP Leadership?

by Christopher Hooks

Greg Abbott May 12, 2016

Guns, ‘Bortions and Bathrooms: 2016 GOP Convention Check-In

by Andrea Grimes

May 12, 2016

Dan Patrick Karaoke, Cruz’s Return and Everything Else You Missed at #RPT16

Three days of mourning Ted Cruz's presidential bid and hollering about bathrooms.

by Andrea Grimes

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick walks past pro-LGBT protesters Tuesday inside the Fort Worth ISD Administration Building. He hosted a press conference where he spoke against the district’s new guidelines protecting transgender students, which he said could be used as a springboard to further advance his conservative "school choice" plan. May 11, 2016

Amid Trans Bathroom Battle, Patrick Promotes School Choice (Updated)

by John Wright

George Clayton, the GOP official who flipped parties to run for the Texas Legislature, now the Dem who joined the Trump campaign. May 06, 2016

From GOP Moderate to Democratic Lege Hopeful to Trump Campaigner

by Patrick Michels

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Apr 28, 2016

Sid Miller, Shotgazi and the End of the Texas GOP

by Christopher Hooks

Mar 01, 2016

High on the Hog

Texas' Republican ag commissioner spent $55,000 outfitting his office with taxidermy and other bits of Wild West ephemera.

by Patrick Michels

Texas Supreme Court candidate Rick Green, who was once arrested for punching a Texas House member. He's hoping to take Place 5 incumbent Justice Paul Green's seat on the court. Feb 29, 2016

Supreme Court Candidate Rick Green Struggling to Repay Government Loan

by Naveena Sadasivam

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