With new leadership set to take command, the oldest statewide office in Texas plays a variety of important roles in state government.
This week — Gov. Greg Abbott makes three appointments to a maligned state agency, a conservative PAC prefaces the 2024 primary fights, and Sen. Dawn Buckingham begins her move into the General Land Office.
Officials, doctors, and Texas residents testified before the Health & Human Services Committee about the government’s pandemic response.
At the Texas GOP convention, reporters for The Texan talked with candidates across the Lone Star State.
This week — a list of each general election matchup in Texas’ six statewide races.
Buckingham marshaled a broad array of support from political figures across the Republican spectrum, including her former opponents.
While there's room for surprises on May 24, powerful Democrats and Republicans have largely rallied behind their respective choices.
This week — Beto O’Rourke dodges a question about explicit books in schools, Texas Republicans zero in on a vendor supplying a controversial book, and Dawn Buckingham is backed by most of her primary opponents for her runoff.
So far, Pete Flores is the only Senate candidate endorsed by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to head to a runoff and not win outright.
Despite clear fundraising leaders in both parties, the Democratic and Republican races for land commissioner will go to runoff elections.
In a race for a statewide seat that will likely stay red, Republican primary candidates diverge on natural resource leases and the border.
The former president emphasized his backing of Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton, among others.
