Democratic Blue Wave Surged But Did Not Look Like a Tsunami
Texas Democrats had their best off-year primary turnout since 2002 and still had fewer voters than the Republicans.
Articles by R.G. Ratcliffe
Contested Races and Potential Upsets: What to Watch in the 2018 Primaries
Are Texas Democrats headed for a comeback, or is it business as usual for Republicans?
New Media Buys the ‘Austin American-Statesman’
A company with a reputation for downsizing newspapers takes over Texas's capital city publication.
Pro-Gun Voters Dominate the Texas Republican Party
With more than 1.5 million firearm owners in Texas, don’t count on political support for limiting military-style weapons.
Can the Bernie Sanders ‘Our Revolution’ Put Progressive Populism Back Into the Texas Democratic Party?
From Laura Moser in Houston to a kung fu practitioner in Fort Worth, Bernie Sanders supporters are infiltrating the Texas Democratic Party. And Nancy Pelosi is not happy.
Millennials Are Casting Fewer Than 11 Out of Every 100 Early Votes in the Primaries
Voting in Texas still appears to be a habit of an older generation.
In Early Voting, Democrats See Surge While Moderate Republicans Falter
An analysis of the first four days of early voting in the March 6 primaries indicates that the fabled rebellion against the Republican social conservative leadership may not be materializing.
Disagreement Pits Texas Anti-Abortion Advocates Against One Another
A bruising primary season is now splitting incrementalists from absolutists.
Can One of Texas’s Last Purple Republicans Survive?
This test of will and political strength has become symbolic of the larger struggle in the Texas Republican Party this year.
Will State Senator Carlos Uresti Step Down?
The jury convicted state Senator Carlos Uresti and co-defendant Gary Cain on federal fraud charges. Uresti immediately said he would appeal and declined to step down from office.
