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The Texas House Democratic Caucus has been busy blasting Texas voter bills and pushing Congress to get its act together.

Day 5 in Exile: Phelan Hires a Jet to Haul AWOL Dems Back From D.C. But Has No Takers

By Schaefer Edwards

Jul 16, 2021

The saga of Texas House Democrats in exile got even more entertaining on Day 5 with Willie Nelson in fund-raising mode for the AWOL Dems and Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announcing Thursday afternoon he had a private plane standing by in Washington, D.C. ready to whisk the AWOL group...

From Washington, D.C., state Rep. Senfronia Thompson and fellow Democrats attacked Republican-backed voting laws.

Defiant Texas Dems In D.C. Tell Abbott To Quit Holding Lege Hostage, Demand Congress Act on Voting Bills

By Schaefer Edwards

Jul 13, 2021

To begin their first full-day of self-imposed exile in Washington, D.C., the Texas House Democrats who fled the state Monday afternoon spoke in front of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to explain why they felt they had no choice but to skip town to prevent Texas Republicans from forcing through new...

House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner spoke alongside fellow Dems in May after their previous walkout effort.

Texas Dems Plan To Flee Texas For D.C. Monday To Block GOP Election Bills A Second Time [UPDATED]

By Schaefer Edwards

Jul 12, 2021

Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives are planning to fly to Washington, D.C. Monday in an attempt to halt the state Legislature from advancing controversial Republican-backed election bills during the ongoing special legislative session, sources close to state Democrats told to NBC News and The New York Times...

Dallas Democrat Sen. Royce West admitted Friday he didn't think Republicans would allow debate on Dems' election bill.

Texas GOP Jumps Into Round Two Of Election Reform Fight As Special Session Kicks Off

By Schaefer Edwards

Jul 12, 2021

The special session of the Texas Legislature ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott is well underway, and lawmakers worked through the weekend filing and debating new laws that fit within Abbott’s narrowly-tailored list of conservative priority items, the only topics lawmakers are allowed to legislate on in the weeks ahead. Seeing...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ushered through the Senate a controversial slate of Republican-backed election reforms late Saturday night.

Right-Wing Voting Limits Killed By Texas House Democrats

By Schaefer Edwards

May 31, 2021

Instead of enjoying Memorial Day weekend, Texas lawmakers have been working through the night in a sprint to push forward several big-ticket bills before the legally-mandated closing time of the 2021 legislative session at 11:59 p.m. Monday. Most notably, the Republican-majority Legislature is still on track to send a sweeping...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (left) might face an easier road to reelection than Gov. Greg Abbott (right) with Donald Trump's vocal support.

Abbott Gets First Real Right-Wing Challenge As Patrick Secures Trump's Vote of Confidence

By Schaefer Edwards

May 11, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott took a blow from his party’s right wing Monday when conservative millionaire and former state Sen. Don Huffines announced he’ll be challenging Abbott in the 2022 governor’s race. Just a few hours later, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick received the coveted endorsement of former President Donald Trump, in...

State Rep. Briscoe Cain (middle) was all smiles ahead of the Texas House's vote in favor of controversial voting laws.

Texas House Approves Republican-Backed Voting Bill Over Democratic Cries Of Voter Suppression

By Schaefer Edwards

May 7, 2021

In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives voted to pass a slate of election reforms Republicans argue would secure “election integrity” but that Democrats and other critics call voter suppression. The vote put Texas one step closer to joining other Republican-led states — Georgia, Iowa...

Lately, Fort Bend County Judge KP George seems more in-tune with his Harris County neighbors than his own Commissioners Court.

KP George Snubs Greater Houston Partnership and Blasts Fort Bend County Commissioners

By Schaefer Edwards

May 7, 2021

Fort Bend County Judge KP George spent this past week aligning himself with his Democratic allies Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in their public battle with the Greater Houston Partnership over proposed changes to state voting laws, and lambasting his colleagues on the Fort Bend...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won't speak before the Greater Houston Partnership this year.

Hidalgo and Turner Cancel Events With Houston's Biggest Business Group Over Silence On Texas Voter Bills

By Schaefer Edwards

May 5, 2021

After weeks of pressuring the Greater Houston Partnership to get off the sidelines and speak out against controversial state voting bills, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that they were fed-up with the organization’s silence and officially cancelled their annual State of the City...

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner called Republican-backed voting restrictions "Jim Crow 2.0."

Houston Democrats And Civic Leaders Lash Out Against Texas GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions

By Schaefer Edwards

Apr 5, 2021

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo teamed-up Monday with numerous Democratic elected officials and other community leaders to decry sweeping statewide voting restrictions proposed by Texas Republicans, and to persuade state businesses to use their clout to speak out against new voting limits that critics claim...

State Rep. Briscoe Cain (left), Gov. Greg Abbott (center) and state Sen. Paul Bettencourt (right) think it was too easy to vote in 2020.

Abbott Swears Texas Election Laws Need Reform, But Hidalgo Calls BS

By Schaefer Edwards

Mar 15, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott visited Houston on Monday to tout new legislation proposed by his Republican allies that he claimed would protect the integrity of Texas elections. But his Democratic rival Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo contends that the slate of electoral reforms state conservatives are clamoring about is nothing more...

Nancy Pelosi's House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time.

U.S. House Impeaches Trump For Inciting D.C. Mob Riots

By Schaefer Edwards

Jan 13, 2021

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting the violent mob that breached the U.S. Capitol last week. With less than a week left in his term, Trump now holds the ignoble honor of being the first president to ever be impeached twice...

Police had guns drawn on the floor of Congress as they fended off a violent mob of Trump supporters Wednesday.

Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Halt Electoral College Vote Count in Terrifying Scene

By Schaefer Edwards

Jan 6, 2021

Washington, D.C. exploded into chaos on Wednesday afternoon when a violent mob of President Donald Trump's supporters fought through police barricades and stormed their way into the U.S. Capitol building to halt Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Wednesday’s terrifying series of events followed months of unconscionable conspiracy mongering...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against four battleground states was thrown out the by U.S. Supreme Court Friday night.

U.S. Supreme Court Throws Out Texas AG Paxton's Last-Ditch Election Challenge

By Schaefer Edwards

Dec 11, 2020

On Friday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that sought to overturn the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. All four of those battleground states went to President-elect Joe Biden, but Paxton hoped the Supreme Court would...

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced that three local Democrats had been indicted on election fraud charges tied to two Texas House races.

Three Local Democrats Indicted For Election Fraud In Texas House Races

By Schaefer Edwards

Dec 11, 2020

In a surprise Friday press conference, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced the Grand Jury indictments of three local Democrats — Richard Bonton, Natasha Demming and Damien Jones — connected to two election fraud schemes tied to the local Texas House of Representatives races in House Districts 142 and 132...

On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued four battleground states in a bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to throw the election to Trump.

Texas AG Paxton Sues Battleground States in Another Attempt To Keep Trump In Office

By Schaefer Edwards

Dec 8, 2020

Ladies and gentleman, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is at it again. Early Tuesday morning, the Lone Star State’s top law enforcement officer sued the presidential battleground states of Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the state of Texas for making allegedly unconstitutional...

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw is about to dive into Georgia in a snippet of his latest action movie-style ad supporting Republicans in the upcoming Senate runoff races.

U.S. Rep. Crenshaw Injects His Action Hero Antics Into the Georgia Senate Runoffs

By Schaefer Edwards

Dec 3, 2020

In an email to his supporters earlier this week, Houston area U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw announced he’ll be heading to Georgia “very soon” to help stump for his fellow Republicans Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, whose January 5 runoff races will determine the balance of power in the...

Isabel Longoria, Harris County's first Elections Administrator, is getting ready for her new gig at NRG Arena, the county's election HQ.

New Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria Isn't Here For The Drama

By Schaefer Edwards

Nov 12, 2020

Every presidential election is obviously A Very Big Deal, but this year’s contest in Harris County made way more headlines than usual, due in large part to outgoing County Clerk Chris Hollins’s tireless efforts to make it easier and safer to vote during the pandemic and the deluge of Republican...

President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation Saturday night after all major news organizations projected his victory over Donald Trump.

Biden Win Leaves Texas Dems Giddy As Key State Republicans Call Foul or Keep Quiet

By Schaefer Edwards

Nov 9, 2020

After Joe Biden was declared President-elect on Saturday morning by every major news organization in the country, Texas’s political leaders reacted in predictably partisan fashion, with Democrats celebrating a decisive victory while most Texan Republicans either parroted Trump’s baseless fraud accusations or tried to change the subject entirely. In his...

This anti-Trump Election Day protester can finally celebrate, as Joe Biden has been projected to win the presidency.

GAME OVER: Biden Beats Trump, Even Fox News Agrees

By Schaefer Edwards

Nov 7, 2020

On Saturday, former Vice President Joe Biden was finally projected by the Associated Press and all major media outlets as the winner of the 2020 presidential election following over three long days of vote counting, beating out President Donald Trump after a contentious, bruising campaign during one of the most...

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