James Talarico beats Jasmine Crockett in widely watched Democratic Senate primary

Crockett conceded the race early Wednesday morning after initially pledging to litigate the results in court.

Sarah GonzalesMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026

AUSTIN — State Rep. James Talarico has won Texas’ bitterly fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate after his opponent, U.S. Rep. Jamine Crockett, called him Wednesday morning to concede. Both candidates are rising political stars who offer a glimmer of hope to Texas Democrats, who haven’t won a statewide seat in Texas since 1994. Their contest […]

Latino voters cast ballots in a recent election.

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Voter confusion reigns in Dallas and Williamson counties after both did away with countywide voting

‘That’s not an accident. That’s voter suppression,’ the Texas Democratic Party said in a statement.

by Stephanie Koithan March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

Texas turned over sensitive data on 18.4 million voters to the Trump White House.

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DNC warns Texas could face lawsuit for turning over voter rolls to Trump administration

Last week, Texas officials confirmed they’d turned over state voters’ birth dates, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers to the White House.

by Sanford Nowlin January 13, 2026January 13, 2026

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson presides over the Texas House during the opening ceremony of the 89th Texas legislative session at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 14, 2025.

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Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration

The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

by Natalia Contreras and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas TribuneJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 2026

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs Texas’ redrawn congressional maps into law

Abbott says redrawn maps will hold up in court and go into effect before midterms.

by Michael Karlis August 29, 2025September 1, 2025

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Bill giving attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes heads to Abbott’s desk

The measure comes four years after the state’s highest criminal court ruled the agency could not bring election cases without an invitation from local prosecutors.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune August 26, 2025August 28, 2025

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A Texas House committee just killed off a bill that would have allowed online voter registration

Texas is one of just eight states that don’t allow online voter registration — and they’re all under Republican control.

by Stephanie Koithan May 15, 2025May 27, 2025

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This Trump supporter was labeled a noncitizen and kicked off Texas’ voter rolls

Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.

by Lexi Churchill and Vianna Davila, the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, James James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat October 29, 2024April 10, 2025

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GOP bid to remove polling sites from Tarrant County college campuses fails

County Judge Tim O’Hare said he proposed the cuts to save costs. Critics accused Republican leaders of suppressing the vote of young people who back Democrats.

by Juan Salinas II, The Texas Tribune September 13, 2024October 17, 2024

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Bad Takes: Taking voting rights from people convicted of felonies is a form of ballot suppression

Disenfranchisement laws date back to the Jim Crow era, and they primarily targeted Black people, according to experts.

by Kevin Sanchez June 11, 2024June 13, 2025

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Analysis: It took me three tries to register to vote in Texas — and I’m an elections reporter

Moments after I became a naturalized citizen in 2023, I registered to vote. Here’s what happened next.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune February 13, 2024August 3, 2024

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San Antonio judge hearing challenge to Texas voting law passed in 2021

Groups including the League of Women Voters of Texas and Southwest Voter Education Project argue the law makes it harder for people of color to cast ballots.

by Sanford Nowlin September 11, 2023February 13, 2024

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Assclown Alert: Suppressing students’ votes with Texas Rep. Carrie Isaac

The freshman Republican filed a bill that would ban polling places from college campuses and used the absurd justification that she’s concerned about safety.

by Sanford Nowlin March 7, 2023September 13, 2024

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These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica November 5, 2022November 2, 2024

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College voters held back by Texas election law, lack of on-campus polling sites

Many Texas universities don’t have early-voting locations on campus. And state laws regarding voter ID and registration make it hard to turn out younger voters, advocates say.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune October 28, 2022September 13, 2024

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New study ranks Texas 46th in the nation for voting access, a decline from the prior year

The Lone Star State’s drop was largely due to the passage of a Republican-championed bill that further restricted poll access.

by Sanford Nowlin October 27, 2022November 21, 2023

A voter leaves the Bexar County Elections Department office.

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Voters of color had mail-in ballots rejected at higher rates than white voters in Texas’ March primary

Asian voters were most disproportionately affected by the new ID requirements included in voting restrictions passed by the 2021 Legislature, a Brennan Center for Justice analysis found.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune October 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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Texas court confirms the attorney general can’t unilaterally prosecute election cases

Texas’ highest criminal court once again said the attorney general needs permission from local prosecutors to pursue election cases. Attorney General Ken Paxton had fought that decision.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune September 28, 2022August 17, 2023