Posted on · Sen. Ted Cruz delivered his speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night and while he endorsed much of the platform on which Donald Trump campaigned for the party’s presidential nomination, Cruz did not actually endorse Trump.
Posted on · News 88.7 Reporter Andrew Schneider is covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Follow him on Twitter: @ASchneider_HPM.
Posted on · News 88.7 Reporter Andrew Schneider is covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Follow him on Twitter: @ASchneider_HPM.
Posted on · Anti-Trump delegates bet their remaining chips on getting the Republican National Convention to adopt a rule freeing them from having to support the presumptive nominee. State and national party officials dealt them a humiliating defeat.
Posted on · The odds favor Donald Trump clinching the Republican nomination for president on the first ballot. But some delegates, including members of the Texas delegation, are hoping to force a floor fight.
Posted on · Texas Democrats haven't elected a candidate to statewide office since 1994. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Texas was Jimmy Carter in 1976. But at last week's state convention, the party's leadership seemed optimistic that Texas Democrats are nearing the end of their years in the wilderness. News 88.7's politics and government reporter Andrew […]
Posted on · Younger followers of the Vermont senator are still lukewarm, at best, on the former secretary of state. But the mood at the Texas Democratic Convention suggests the bitterness of the primary season is fading.
Posted on · At the Texas Democratic Convention, rising stars HUD Secretary Julián Castro and his twin brother Congressman Joaquin Castro mapped out a strategy they hope will both boost their own party’s turnout and hobble state and local GOP candidates.
Posted on · A strong police presence ensured protesters didn’t clash with supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Posted on · Scroll through the blog and view the photos of the visit to Greater Houston by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Posted on · The call comes on the eve of the Texas Democratic Convention in San Antonio.
Posted on · Party leaders are hoping to capitalize on anti-Donald Trump fervor to make inroads with Republican voters this fall and beyond. They’ll get to test the strength of their message next week. While they meet in the Alamodome next week, the presumptive Republican nominee will swing through Dallas and Houston.
Posted on · Many are saying they’ll sit out the rest of 2016 presidential campaign, contributing only to down-ballot races.
Posted on · “And it’s sad that we didn’t get to go all the way to the convention in Cleveland and support him but, you know, most everybody has come to the realization that Trump will be the nominee for the Republican Party, and it’s a lot better choice than the alternative,” said Stephen W. Stanley, a city councilman from Garland.
Posted on · Donald Trump’s clear path to the Republican presidential nomination has many would-be Texas delegates dropping efforts to get to the party’s national convention in Cleveland.