The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local GOP offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Republican for president in a century.
Now, that the primary election has ended, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said her office will conduct an audit, performing partial manual counts for the Nov. 5 election. “Texas leads the way in election integrity measures with checks before ...
The longtime leader of the Texas Democratic Party is stepping down. Gilberto Hinojosa's announcement Friday comes after another election cycle of lopsided defeats for Texas Democrats.