Even as some top targets held on, lawmakers in both parties were pushed into runoffs by challengers in Texas, while some in the North Carolina state legislature lost.
Camp East Montana in Texas has been under growing scrutiny over its living conditions and has been grappling with a measles outbreak.
The man fired shots at law enforcement and civilian vehicles before he was killed during a pursuit along Interstate 10 in West Texas.
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James Talarico ganó las primarias demócratas del estado para el Senado, mientras que el senador John Cornyn se enfrenta a una segunda vuelta contra Ken Paxton, su contrincante de derecha.
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After the state representative won the Senate primary, he joined a list of other promising progressives who have captured the left’s fancy.
The state legislator’s apparent strength with Latino voters in the Democratic primary for Senate suggested that he might be able to make inroads with a crucial demographic that has shifted away from his party.
The president said on Truth Social that he will call for the candidate who does not receive his endorsement to drop out of the race, which is heading to a runoff.
Talarico’s victory got a lot of attention, but Cornyn’s showing may be the most consequential result.
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.
The primary fight between the newly elected Representative Christian Menefee and the 11-term Representative Al Green was engineered by Republican redistricting that collapsed Houston districts.
At a moment when many Democrats are campaigning on rage and resistance, James Talarico took a different tack in his campaign in the Texas Senate primary.
In Texas’ newly redrawn 32nd Congressional District, Democrats settled on a nominee. Republicans, facing a crowded field in a district reshaped to favor their party, awaited a final count.
State Representative James Talarico will face the winner of a Republican runoff between the incumbent, John Cornyn, and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
No Republican reached a majority on Tuesday, but Mr. Middleton funneled millions of his own cash to secure a spot with Representative Roy,in the May 26 runoff.
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The victory underscores the political power and campaign war chest Mr. Abbott has built over three decades in statewide office.
State Representative James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for the closely-watched Senate race in Texas, beating Representative Jasmine Crockett. Two Republicans will head to a run-off in May.
James Talarico won the state’s Democratic primary for Senate, while Senator John Cornyn faces a runoff against Ken Paxton, his right-wing challenger.
Hours after a district judge ordered the county to keep its polling places open, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the decision.
Mr. Pulido, a centrist and Latin Grammy Award-winning Tejano singer, defeated Ada Cuellar, an emergency room doctor who challenged his center-left views on abortion and connections to the Democratic establishment.
The signs are familiar: an unpopular Republican president, well-funded Democrats and anecdotes of disaffected G.O.P. and independent voters.
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A surge of voters who had previously participated only in general elections turned out in the Democratic primary, a shift that could make key Texas races harder to predict.
The judge extended voting until 9 p.m. Democrats had argued that a rule change spurred by Republicans confused voters who went to the wrong polling places.
Voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas kicked off the midterm contests on Tuesday.
The Texas attorney general rode into office on a Tea Party wave and has faced several high-profile scandals during his tenure.
A longtime fixture of Republican politics in Texas, he has occasionally criticized President Trump.
He entered the Republican Senate primary late and has been an underdog in the contest.
President Trump is backing numerous candidates running for re-election but has stayed quiet on a few key races.
Two people were left dangling from a communications tower near Longview, Texas, on Saturday until more than a dozen firefighters could scale the equivalent of a skyscraper to reach them.
Firefighters in Gregg County, Texas, pulled two people to safety from the wreckage of a hot air balloon as it dangled from a cell phone tower more than 900 feet above ground.
Representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican, is fighting to hold onto his job as he faces a primary challenge from the right and fresh allegations of personal indiscretions that have rocked his campaign.
Texas voters flocked to polling sites on Tuesday during the state’s first primaries of the 2026 midterms. This is the first election since Texas Republicans redrew congressional maps to add five more Republican-leaning seats.
A conservative member of the Texas Legislature is facing a tough challenge from an Air Force veteran who went to prison for breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The bruising contest between Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton reflects a broader struggle between establishment Republicans and the party’s ascendant right flank.
Family and friends on Tuesday paid tribute to Jorge Pederson, 30, and the two others who were killed in the attack outside a bar in Texas.
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James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, is embracing a compassionate campaign approach in a bare-knuckled political environment.
In a closely watched primary in Texas’ 15th District, Democrats are divided between a progressive challenger and a more moderate contender as they seek to reclaim ground with Latino voters in a redrawn district.
We’re following the first primaries of the midterm elections.
The Senate primary in Texas shows the direction the parties are taking.
Starting in North Carolina on Tuesday, older House Democrats face a test of their staying power and the appetite of voters to replace them.
Midterm season is kicking off with hard-fought Senate and House primary contests that include battles over political style and ideology, age and scandal.
The Texas Democratic Senate primary is more about persona than policy, and the same is true for many other races.
The Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton — and the Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico — are battling in bitter and expensive races.
James Talarico is talking up his beliefs and his status as a seminary student. Jasmine Crockett, his opponent, is the daughter of a pastor and is steeped in the Black church.
A suspect wearing a sweatshirt with the words “Property of Allah” opened fire outside of a bar in downtown Austin early Sunday morning, killing at least two and injuring 14 others. The F.B.I. is now investigating the incident as a potential act of terrorism.
The shooting happened about 26 hours after the United States and Israel attacked Iran. Officials identified the two who died in the shooting and said a third victim would be taken off life support.
As Hispanic voters in the state have moved toward Republicans, both parties are trying to figure out the best way to appeal to them.
The state’s congressional map looks much different, and so do those in other states across the country.
More than 1.3 million voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary during the early voting period that ended Friday. Many counties hadn’t yet reported their data.
With primaries on Tuesday, politicians quickly cited the attack in their campaign messaging. Some Republicans called for stopping immigration, while Democrats called for gun control.
Ryder Harrington, a student at Texas Tech University who was from Austin, was confirmed dead by his father on Monday. The shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.
Primary contests in Texas could help decide control of the House and Senate in November, and North Carolina and Arkansas are also holding elections on Tuesday.
The primaries in the race for a U.S. Senate seat will be closely watched on Tuesday.
The gunman was killed by police officers, and 14 others were hospitalized in the shooting early Sunday, officials said.
The first battle of the midterm elections will be the U.S. Senate primary in Texas. Our Texas bureau chief, David Goodman, explains why Democrats and Republicans across the U.S. are watching closely to see what happens in the state.
In “El Paso,” Jazmine Ulloa paints her hometown as a microcosm for all that is good and bad about the United States.
John Cornyn says his challenger doesn’t have the character to serve in the Senate. MAGA voters might not care.
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.
The round table convenes to discuss the upcoming Texas primaries and Trump’s State of the Union shortcomings.
Our readers in the state offer a window into the current center of the political universe.
The infections at the center in El Paso come amid growing worries by some lawmakers about the conditions at immigration detention centers across the country.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a Texas law banning some performances in front of children can go into effect in March as a legal battle continues.
In mapping out Elon Musk’s wealth, our investigation found that Mr. Musk is behind more than 90 companies in Texas. Kirsten Grind, a New York Times Investigations reporter, explains what her team found.
The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a Times examination.
After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.
Republican-led states had accused financial firms of colluding against coal producers. Vanguard also agreed not to push for action to fight climate change.
Times Opinion convened a panel of state experts to weigh in on the Senate Republican primary.
Republicans have embraced vouchers, while Democrats have criticized them. But as thousands of preschool parents vie for the funds, the state program may help a progressive goal.
Prosecutors said that Asif Merchant traveled to the United States in 2024, under the guise of a businessman, to coordinate plots to kill leaders, including President Trump.
Gov. Greg Abbott hopes the ads featuring the Democrat will galvanize Republican voter turnout in November.
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But the case against the California attorney general, prompted by his lawsuit over Exxon’s plastic recycling program, can proceed in Texas federal court.
18 bishops and archbishops from border areas issued a strongly worded statement hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address.
Camp Mystic has been the foundation of an invisible network of status and power in Texas. Now that social web is beginning to fray.
Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzales to step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her.
“The lack of the state-required evacuation plan created chaos that cost 27 young lives,” the suit asserts.
A passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez wrote that the men were trying to comply with authorities before Mr. Martinez was shot. The passenger, Joshua Orta, died in a car accident on Saturday.
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A Texas law passed last year was the first in the nation to explicitly ban clubs based on gender identity in K-12 schools. The judge blocked its enforcement in three school districts.
A 23-year-old American was shot last March in South Padre Island. ICE’s involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week.
Like many Democratic primaries, the fight for the right to challenge a Republican House member in the Rio Grande Valley comes down to a choice, shift left or choose the party’s favorite for November.
Unusually warm temperatures, dry air, parched vegetation and strong wind gusts have fueled wildfires, which have broken out across Oklahoma and Texas this week.
A combustible mix of weather ingredients has sparked worries about new fires in Oklahoma and Texas.
The co-worker, who no longer works for Representative Tony Gonzales, shared screenshots of the text exchange with The New York Times. Mr. Gonzales accused his Republican primary challenger of being behind the revelation.
Both parties’ Senate primary races are kicking into high gear.
Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.