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The Texas Tribune on MSNTribCast: Do Texas Democrats have any hope in 2026?In part one of our two-part look at the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder.
Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps exactly as the president wants them. They do, however, have a nuclear option.
President Donald Trump pitched a key group of Texas Republicans on his strategy for keeping his party in power in the midterms: redrawing those members’ districts to allow for even more GOP seats. Kendall Scudder,
State Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat based in Austin, continued his schedule of news media interviews, sitting down with popular podcast host Joe Rogan to discuss how his Christian views contradict those of the religiously conservative politicians leading Texas.
With an ambitious agenda before them, Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of what could be several special sessions.
Texas lawmakers are meeting for the first time to address the deadly July 4 floods that killed at least 135 people.
Some Texas Democrats are pressing for the release of records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation as the Trump administration scrambles to satisfy conservative voices demanding the same thing.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNGOP Army veteran announces challenge to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in South Texas congressional districtThe prospect of Eric Flores’ candidacy has excited Republicans in Texas and Washington, due in part to his military and law enforcement credentials.