In San Antonio, voters approved Bexar County's plan to raise hotel and rental-car taxes and spend $503 million. The bond package will help finance a new San Antonio Spurs arena and upgrade San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo facilities. Progressive groups had campaigned against both, but Spurs fandom and the tax on out-of-towners carried the day.

The Texas Republican Party has replaced its executive director amid a reported shakeup in the state party. Micah Cavanaugh, who previously served as chief of staff to North Texas Congressman Ron Wright as well as to Texas House Rep. Tony Tinderholt, was listed on the Texas GOP website as the new executive director Wednesday.

With the GOP vote fractured between Wambsganss and another Republican, Rehmet led the three-person contest for the red-leaning district.

This article originally published at Texas GOP sounds alarm after NYC elects radical socialist Mayor Mamdani. The new Emerson College poll, released on Friday, showed Trump’s approval rating dropped 4 percentage points.

The contentious Republican primary between Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received a political jolt of its own after Representative Wesley Hunt ended months of speculation and entered the race. On Monday, Oct. 6, he announced his campaign and joined Cornyn, who is seeking a fifth term, and Paxton.

A new Republican Party lawsuit seeks to shut independents out Republican primaries. That would disenfranchise millions, says Jonathan Madison of the R Street Institute.

The Trump administration has aggressively investigated the president's adversaries for mortgage fraud. But it's unclear whether the federal housing agency will probe allegations against the Texas attorney general.

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more