In Dallas County, Republican gerrymandering backfired in 2018
Downtown Dallas in January 2018. Brandon Formby / The Texas Tribune At the end of the 2011 legislative session, state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a Dallas Democrat, sat down to dinner…
Downtown Dallas in January 2018. Brandon Formby / The Texas Tribune At the end of the 2011 legislative session, state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a Dallas Democrat, sat down to dinner…
TribCast 110718 Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune (Audio unavailable. Click here to listen on texastribune.org.) On this week’s TribCast, taped in front of a live studio audience the…
Left: U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, speaks at a town hall in Alpine on Sept. 16, 2018. He stopped in the city as part of his annual end-of-summer swing through…
The U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2017. Abby Livingston This year, amid an uprising of anti-Trump sentiment and a surge of unprecedented early voter turnout for an off-year election, Democrats…
Voters cast their ballots in midterm elections in of Houston, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Beto O’Rourke came close — but no cigar. In one…
Beto O’Rourke speaks to his supporters after losing to Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm elections, in El Paso on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas…
Former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar and state Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston. Raymond Thompson: Escobar/Bob Daemmrich: Garcia A pair of veteran Democratic Texas lawmakers made congressional history Tuesday night…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott smiles before a gubernatorial debate against his Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez at the LBJ Library in Austin on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. NICK WAGNER/AMERICAN-STATESMAN Three Republican…
U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, his challenger in TX-7. Michael Stravato: Culberson/Pu Ying Huang: Fletcher Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher leads Republican incumbent Rep. John Culberson in…
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke after voting on Election Day morning, and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz supporters at the Election night watch party in Houston on Nov. 6, 2018. Ivan Pierre…