Democrat Rep. Colin Allred will run for Ted Cruz’s Senate seat
The NFL veteran and Obama administration alum will seek to be the first Democrat elected statewide in Texas since 1994.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2023The NFL veteran and Obama administration alum will seek to be the first Democrat elected statewide in Texas since 1994.
By Associated Press - May 03, 202313 states so far have enacted “trigger” laws that outlaw most or any abortions, while North Dakota and several other states continue to try enacting similar policies.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2022A bus carrying asylum-seekers from Texas arrived Wednesday outside Fox News headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By Emily Singer - April 13, 2022GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for scapegoats as millions of his constituents suffer.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Colorado Rep. Ken Buck also threatened former Congressman Beto O’Rourke.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2020For the first time since the House announced an impeachment inquiry, 12 candidates will meet on the debate stage Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 15, 2019The pollster who conservatives love to cite just shocked them with a poll disproving Trump’s argument against action on gun violence.
By Josh Israel - September 19, 2019Mitch McConnell says he won’t consider gun violence legislation until Trump takes a real position, while Trump is resorting to insult comedy to excuse his own inaction.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019O’Rourke’s campaign said it would report the threat from Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain to the FBI.
By Oliver Willis - September 13, 2019The former congressman wasted no time pinning white nationalist violence on Trump.
By Josh Israel - September 12, 2019Trump went to El Paso to console a grieving city but instead made it all about him and his grievances.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 08, 2019Ten Democrats take the stage in Detroit to discuss their plans to create a better America.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2019The race to kick Trump out of the White House is officially under way.
By Kaili Joy Gray - June 26, 2019El Paso residents are furious Trump is having a rally in their city and are speaking out about his border wall.
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2019Ted Cruz called for his opponent Beto O’Rourke to be jailed, ignoring concerns about the violence being incited against top Democratic officials.
By Oliver Willis - October 24, 2018Ted Cruz’s terrible campaign has backfired and made him one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election this year.
By Tommy Christopher - October 04, 2018Chants of ‘We believe survivors!’ echoed as Cruz exited.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2018Ted Cruz’s re-election bid is going very badly for him — and his increasingly desperate attempts to stay ahead aren’t helping.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 07, 2018Republicans wound up hurting Ted Cruz more than they hurt his opponent.
By Tommy Christopher - August 30, 2018Self-styled ‘anti-establishment’ politician Ted Cruz is now asking establishment Republicans for money to help him in his race against Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who is out-raising him and coming on strong.
By Oliver Willis - August 28, 2018Ted Cruz is panicking about his re-election campaign — and he’s only making things worse for himself.
By Bernie Dennler III - August 14, 2018Ted Cruz is struggling to keep his Senate seat in Texas against a strong challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
By Oliver Willis - August 08, 2018Denial has given way to a frightening realization for Sen. Ted Cruz — he’s in trouble in Texas.
By Tommy Christopher - April 25, 2018As the Texas Senate race tightens, Ted Cruz refuses to acknowledge the very real danger he’s in.
By Matthew Chapman - April 18, 2018Beto O’Rourke brought in the largest quarterly haul of any Democratic Senate candidate in the country — and he’s prepared to give Ted Cruz the fight of his life.
By Matthew Chapman - April 03, 2018Ted Cruz’s campaign schedule lays out a leisurely path that allows him to fly from town to town on private airplanes. His opponent Beto O’Rourke has been driving from town to town.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2018Democratic primary voters are surging way ahead of Republicans, and creating a disaster for Sen. Ted Cruz.
By Oliver Willis - March 03, 2018Cruz has been doing the NRA’s bidding, and it’s coming back to haunt him.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2018Rep. Beto ORourke, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, took Sarah Huckabee Sanders to school on crime rates in El Paso.
By Matthew Chapman - January 16, 2018