Texas voter turnout is the highest in a midterm election precisely because O’Rourke stayed left.
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The GOP enjoyed the strong support of young Texans in the 2000s, but that appears to be changing.
The fastest-growing minority group in the country had once been loyal to Republicans, but began showing an interest in Democrats.
Midland oilman Tim Dunn is best known for financing Empower Texans, but now he is putting $2.5 million into defeating Montana Democratic U.S. Senator John Tester.
Texas Monthly has been following the key races in the state all year; bookmark this page for the latest coverage, from Eric Benson’s ‘Underdog’ podcast to in-depth analysis by R.G. Ratcliffe and Carlos Sanchez as well as informative updates from Texas Monthly’s best writers.
One in five voters on the first day have no voting history and are wild cards in the Senate race.
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming documentary explores how aggressive voter ID laws can inhibit voter turnout.
The Republican rally for Ted Cruz was a display of us-against-ourselves politics.
The president's rallies for Republican candidates are more often about him than about the candidates he’s endorsing.
A slew of inventive—and humorous—political videos are emerging in the closing days of this year's election.
