Texas' Ken Paxton and James Talarico focus their energies — and attack ads — on each other as the fight for U.S. Senate narrows to two.

Paxton’s blowout win on Tuesday compelled an alliance by necessity, if not natural synergy, between the attorney general and the Washington groups that spent months trying to elect John Cornyn.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court's ruling the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn. Here’s a look at how people across the Lone Star State voted.

President Donald Trump has been showcasing his influence in Republican primaries, recently endorsing Ken Paxton in Texas.

Win or lose, billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer will leave a mark in the history books in his bid to become California’s next governor.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn tried for more than a year to show Donald Trump and Texas Republicans that he and the president were on the same team.

The boundaries of the 35th Congressional District in South Central Texas were redrawn in 2025 to favor GOP candidates as requested by President Trump.

The Austin lawmaker now faces an uphill battle against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the state’s second-highest executive, in November.

With their Republican nominations in hand, the two are favored to win their GOP-leaning seats in November to replace outgoing Reps. Jodey Arrington and Wesley Hunt.

Find race results for the Republican U.S. Senate showdown between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the Congressional District 35 contests and the Bexar County district attorney race.

Find race results for the Republican U.S. Senate showdown between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the Congressional District 35 contests and the Bexar County district attorney race.

Bexar County voters will resolve unfinished business in the primary runoff election on Tuesday, May 26.

Live updates for Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala County races.

Some statewide races are on the ballot in the Democratic and Republican runoffs, including attorney general for both parties.

Ken Paxton secured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night.

Luz Elena Chapa (50.8% of the vote) earned the win over Jane Davis (49.2%) in a tight race. Elena Chapa advances to the November election when she will face Ashley Foster, the lone Republican in the race.

The results are in for nominations for Texas’ Congressional District 35.

Voters in Texas made some big decisions in some closely watched races in the May 26 runoff election, deciding who will be the Republican nominee to face Democrat James Talarico for the United States Senate. They also determined who the nominees are in both parties, battling it out for a newly drawn United States congressional district.

Democratic candidates will challenge a retiring state representative’s seat in November, while Republican candidates will vie for a spot on the ballot against a longtime Democratic state senator.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.

Maine's secretary of state says an initiative intended to limit transgender students’ ability to participate in sports has been removed from the ballot because of invalid signatures.

Federal judges have temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use new congressional districts that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the midterm elections.

John Cornyn is trying to fend off Ken Paxton. Both parties are picking attorney general nominees. And an oil and gas regulatory race has become uncharacteristically costly.

Texas 2026 primary runoff election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

KSAT will be live on election night, covering key primary races, including for U.S. Senate, Texas Congressional District 35, Bexar County Judge and District Attorney.

Bexar County voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the Texas primary runoff election, with several high-profile races on the ballot — including the Republican showdown for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Texas voters will pick a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday.

Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel's goals and is criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input.

Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton had no public campaign events on the last day before Tuesday's runoff.

Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou says he’ll hold onto his European Parliament seat despite winning one in Cyprus’ House of Representatives.

Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections.

Police have stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party, using tear gas and rubber bullets.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is facing new calls to resign from within his own party.

Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer.

With one day left in early voting for the runoff election, the Democratic primary race for Bexar County district attorney is drawing sharp contrasts between longtime prosecutor Jane Davis and former Fourth Court of Appeals Appellate Judge Luz Elena Chapa.

President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry Republican senators finally said no, even if temporarily.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is touting President Donald Trump's endorsement as he heads into the final days of his Republican primary runoff against Sen. John Cornyn.

The clash embodies the tension for Democrats who rely on large fundraising hauls to remain competitive, even as they denounce the outsized political influence of corporate cash.

Middleton helped fund the Legislature’s swing to the right, and an internecine challenge to Ken Paxton. But that’s nothing next to the money he’s spent on himself.

Serbia’s university students are gearing up for a major rally this weekend, pushing for political changes under President Aleksandar Vucic.

President Donald Trump has begun testing his midterm message, focusing on the economy.

The Democratic National Committee has released a controversial autopsy report on the 2024 election.

Colorado Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to censure the state's governor for commuting the prison sentence of an election conspiracy theorist.

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign.

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he is suspending his campaign for Michigan governor, citing an increasingly “toxic” political climate due to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and skyrocketing gas prices.

Senate Republicans have departed Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

President Donald Trump's repeated false claims about his 2020 election loss is almost certain to play a role in Georgia's four-week runoff campaign as Republican voters choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and the U.S. Senate.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government.

A small but growing group of Republican lawmakers is showing independence from President Donald Trump.

Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, has lost his primary bid for reelection.

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week.

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

Primary elections have been held in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Pennsylvania.

The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff.

The development, coming partway through early voting, is a searing blow for John Cornyn, who finished first in the March runoff but was unable to convince Trump to endorse him.

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright.

More than 10,000 people cast a ballot on day one of the early voting period for the May 26 runoff election.

Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is visiting Poland, a traditional ally that can offer plenty of lessons on political transformation and restoring democratic norms.

President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill.

Oregon voters have rejected a gas tax increase passed last year by Democratic lawmakers.

Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has lost his Republican House primary after a concerted effort by President Donald Trump to oust him through challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein.

Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state’s four swing districts and, ultimately, capture a U.S. House majority.

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Our series of explainers and guides will help you get ready to vote in the upcoming runoffs. Early voting begins May 18.

Early voting for the 2026 Texas primary runoff election begins Monday in Bexar County, giving voters another chance to weigh in on key races before the May 26 runoff election.

It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear.

The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died.

Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics.

Sarah Dietz has been elected to Schertz City Council after a runoff election Saturday for the Place 6 seat.

The shutdown of North America’s largest commuter rail system has continued into a second day with no end in sight after unionized workers went on strike.

Britain’s government is in turmoil, and some see Andy Burnham as the one to save it.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming have advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump.

Texas voters will settle unfinished business from the March Primary on May 26, when they decide either who will be on the ballot for the November general election or who will take office next year. Here are the races on the runoff election ballot.

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection.

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state.

Louisiana voters will participate in a revamped and stripped-down state primary Saturday and decide the political fate of an embattled Republican U.S. senator targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump.

Britain's government faces uncertainty as the Labour Party grapples with internal turmoil.

Voting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting because he doesn’t have the authority to do so.

A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary.

PACs have accounted for 89% of ad spending in Texas’ congressional runoffs as crypto, AI and mystery groups flood the contests.

State senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

Vice President JD Vance is highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

The incumbent senator and his allies have massively outspent the pro-Paxton side, though polling points to a tight finish in the May 26 election.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight.

Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have erupted into open rebellion within his party.

The Democratic runoff race for Texas’ 35th Congressional District has turned into a public fight over antisemitism allegations and who best represents Jewish voters.

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections.

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party's political machine barely a year into his term.

Texas voters have listed immigration and border security among their top issues for years, but recent polling found they are less of a priority than at any point in recent history.

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction.

From U.S. Senate to Railroad Commission, the TribCast dives into the most contentious races we'll be watching on May 26

After the City of New Braunfels went from declaring a mayoral victory to announcing a runoff, council members voted to terminate the city attorney.

The two contests are among the most closely watched U.S. House runoffs in Texas. Menefee, newly elected to Congress, faces longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green in a matchup spawned by GOP redistricting.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival after a disastrous set of results in local elections for his Labour Party last week.