While Hinojosa has focused on mobilizing votes in reliably blue urban areas, Olson promised more attention to rural counties.
Next year, Texas Democrats hope to replicate their 2018 gains against a much less friendly national political environment.
Rodriguez is the sixth incumbent Texas House member opting to run for higher office in 2022.
In the coming weeks, the Facilities Commission is expected to finalize arrangements with the border wall program manager.
This week — a look at Texas politics during the last week of the second special session.
Only days remain in the state's second special session and the window of opportunity for Republicans to punish Democrats who broke quorum is closing.
This week — an attorney general opinion leaves abandoned House seats to the courts, 20 Democrats form a caucus to oppose “right-wing” legislation, and truant legislators owe three-quarters of a million dollars in repayments.
The proposal must pass through the House Administration Committee before members will be able to vote on the proposal.
The court's ruling comes after a back and forth in lower courts during which Texas Democrats received a preliminary stay of their arrests.
Some Texas Democrats received a temporary reprieve from the threat of arrest after Harris County judges issued prohibitive orders.
Immediately after its filing, various Democrats stated they did not authorize the lawsuit that named them as plaintiffs.
The special session call includes many of the same items from July — but the governor added a few new additions.
