Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · In Texas, where a voter registration database was targeted by Russian hackers, the question of election security looms large as the 2018 midterm elections approach.
Posted on · Texas Republicans in top races, led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott, are running ahead of their Democratic challengers, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Posted on · The court on Monday, in twin partisan gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin and Maryland, said either that challengers didn't have standing or didn't weigh in on the merits of the case.
Posted on · Republicans and Democrats are heading in totally different directions, highlighted by Georgia's primaries for governor. And the progressive vs. establishment fight fizzled on the Democratic side.
Posted on · Democrat Lupe Valdez will face off against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the fall. Two incumbents in the Texas House lost their runoffs. And Democrats had their worst runoff turnout in almost a century.
Posted on · Texas' primary runoff will test whether the national Democratic Party's establishment can overcome an insurgent wing more openly hostile to President Donald Trump
Posted on · Texas voters will decide major-party nominees Tuesday in 33 primaries that went to an overtime round after the March elections.
Posted on · Fox News and the Associated Press are upending a quarter century of how elections are measured — and races called — launching a new approach for this fall's midterm elections.
Posted on · Rice University Political Scientist Bob Stein says most voters made up their minds on the Second Amendment and gun control legislation well before last week’s shootings at Santa Fe High School
Posted on · The Houston Matters experts discuss the latest global, national, state, and local political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.
Posted on · More than 15.3 million people are registered to vote in Texas
Posted on · Republicans dodged a big bullet with a convicted coal executive's loss of the GOP Senate primary. But they continue to be the party facing more division
Posted on · Officials have their eyes open to the threats in a way they didn't in 2016, but a lack of time and resources means the American elections remain vulnerable.
Posted on · The May Uniform Election includes the Special Election to fill the seat of Houston City Council Member Larry Green