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Republican Texas Senate race close, redistricting opinions split: Emerson College Polling survey

A new Emerson College Polling survey of the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Texas shows Republican voters are split between incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. The survey of ...
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Republican Party of Texas sets stage to censure members who stepped out of line in likely bid to block them from primary ballot

Republicans who are censured by their county party leaders may be blocked from the primary ballot under a new party rule ...
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Texas GOP Lawmakers Push to Maintain House Majority

Republican lawmakers in Texas are working to maintain their party’s narrow advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Forget gerrymandering — Texas could send 8 more Republicans to the Senate

When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, one of the unusual concessions was a condition that allows the state to split ...
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Poll finds Cornyn, Paxton in dead heat in Texas’ Senate GOP primary

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.

Obama applauds Texas Democrats for fighting back against gerrymandering

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” the former president said on a Zoom call with Texas ...

Texas Democratic state legislators are at it again | Andrew D. Hayes

Honestly, the Democratic Party does not occupy the moral high ground in this fight and should quit whining about unfair ...

Assessing Redistricting Claims from Texas, New York Governors

In the battle over Texas' redistricting plan to pick up Republican House seats, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Texas Gov.