Posted on · Republicans are seeking fresh elections in nearly two dozen contests, alleging Election Day woes cost them thousands of votes, but a surge in Democratic registration and long-term demographic trends provide simpler explanations for GOP losses.
Posted on · Houston-area Republicans Mike May and Erin Lunceford, who both lost their races on Nov. 8, are asking for the results to be invalidated and for new elections to be held.
Posted on · Ogg reportedly asked state authorities for assistance in an email Monday, the same day the governor called for an investigation and the Harris County Republican Party sued the county's elections administrator.
Posted on · A University of Houston law professor said comments made by Rev. Ed Young, who criticized "left-wing progressives" and encouraged congregants to "throw those bums out of office," are unlikely to put the church at risk of losing its tax-exempt status with the IRS.
Posted on · Harris County Democrats are criticizing their Republican counterparts for what they say is a lack of transparency in some election decisions.
Posted on · The suit comes after massive delays in the unofficial vote count and the revelation that about 10,000 mail-in ballots still have not been included in the count.
Posted on · The county missed about 6,000 Democratic and 4,000 Republican votes.
Posted on · John Robert Behrman questioned whether party members of Nigerian descent are loyal to the United States.
Posted on · Earlier this month, 19 African-American women took the oath of office as Harris County judges, setting a new record for diversity on the bench.
Posted on · Democrats and Republicans voted in roughly equal numbers over the first six days of early polling. But for the GOP, that amounted to only an 11 percent increase over four years ago
Posted on · Three years ago, opposition to President Barack Obama boosted Republican voter turnout. GOP officeholders elected then are up for reelection with Donald Trump in the White House.
Posted on · Pundits long predicted Donald Trump’s position as the GOP nominee would hurt Republican candidates down the ballot. Houston was one of the few places where that forecast came true.
Posted on · State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has won the Democratic nomination for a vacant seat on the Harris County commissioner's court, putting the 26-year Texas Senate veteran on a path to leave the Legislature by next year.
Posted on · Sunday’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando has cast a long shadow over the Texas Democratic Convention in San Antonio.