Texans must register to vote at least 30 days before an election — that means Feb. 2 for the primary, April 27 for the runoff and Oct. 5 for the general.

Representative Jasmine Crockett, Texas Democrat, holds a sizable lead over Texas state Representative James Talarico, also a Democrat, in the most recent poll of likely primary voters in the 2026 ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Monday filed paperwork to run for Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas, a source tells CBS News Texas, hours ahead of a planned news conference where she is set to ...

Pictured is a sign outside a Houston polling location that says “voting this way” in multiple languages. Midterm election season is already upon us as voters in the Houston area and across Texas will ...

Progressive insurgents are challenging establishment incumbents across the country, creating internal party conflict. Key primary battles are emerging in states like Texas, New York, and Maine, ...

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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett addresses a rally where she announced she is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by John Cornyn on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at the Frederick Douglass Human Services ...

Another vehicle will be needed for Indiana to increase Republican representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2026 issue. Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate race in Texas for more than 35 years. In 2018, Beto O’Rourke came the closest when he lost to Ted ...

Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps are the main candidates, though several independents are also running. The race has drawn national attention, with millions in outside spending and ...