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TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION


Texas Republicans tapped to chair four committees in new GOP-led U.S. House

The Texans are poised to chair some of the most important committees, including the appropriations and budget panels.

โ€œIt takes time to get stuff doneโ€: Texasโ€™ newest member of Congress promises results, not rhetoric

Nathaniel Moran, the former Smith County judge, has promised to be a staunch conservative who will pass legislation. That worries some of his constituents.

New Congress will feature few leadership roles for the many Texans in the U.S. House

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

Meet the seven new Texans in Congress

Texasโ€™ seven freshly elected members of Congress run the ideological gamut, from impassioned conservatives to some of the most progressive members ever sent from Texas.

Monica De La Cruz is the first Republican to represent Texasโ€™ 15th Congressional District. What will she do with it?

After finally flipping the Democratic district, Monica De La Cruz vowed to โ€œrepresent all of South Texasโ€ and likely will be influential on border issues.

Republicans outraise Democrats in battle for South Texas congressional seats

The three GOP candidates raked in a combined $4.3 million over the past three months, and their Democratic competitors got $2.4 million together, according to new campaign finance filings.

A Texas congresswoman wants to make cancer care easier for the growing number of female veterans

U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, hopes the pilot program will help female veterans get better access to cancer care.

Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own partyโ€™s โ€œwoke rightโ€ for stoking division

In an interview at The Texas Tribune Festival, Crenshaw harshly criticized extremists at both ends of the political spectrum.

District director for U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores resigns amid sexual harassment allegations

Floresโ€™ district director, Aron Peรฑa, was accused of touching and kissing an intern without her consent. He denies any wrongdoing.

U.S. Senate approves bill containing Texasโ€™ โ€œIke Dikeโ€ coastal protection project

The U.S. Senate voted to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning for a massive coastal barrier project in Galveston Bay meant to protect against hurricanesโ€™ storm surge. Funding is not yet secured.

To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.

TribCast: San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy, the end of Roe v. Wade and the Jan. 6 hearings

For this weekโ€™s episode, Patrick speaks with Tribune reporters about the latest Texas headlines on immigration, abortion and the Jan. 6 investigation.

Biden signs bipartisan gun measure negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn after Uvalde shooting

The new law contains modest provisions but is the most significant gun measure passed by Congress in nearly three decades.

Republicans flood South Texas special election as national Democrats keep distance

The GOP is spending big to capture an open congressional seat in South Texas โ€” if only for a few months โ€” as they try to create momentum toward a November election where they are newly targeting the region.

Two Democrats, two Republicans will compete in special election for South Texas congressional seat that GOP wants to flip

The winner of the special election will replace former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, who resigned last month to work for Akin Gump.

How a Plano toy inventor helped push U.S. Rep. Van Taylor out of office

Josh Malone funded a super PAC that spent over $400,000 working to defeat the Plano congressman, who got forced into a primary runoff and then admitted to an affair and ended his campaign.

Hereโ€™s your ballot for the May 24 Texas primary runoff election

See the full list of candidates in the Democratic and Republican primary runoffs, and find out whoโ€™s on your ballot based on where you live.

Watch: U.S. House candidate Greg Casar pushes progressive policies but stresses cooperation among Democrats

Casar won the Democratic primary for Texasโ€™ 35th Congressional District in a landslide victory last month and is expected to win the general election in November.

Ted Cruz clashes with Democrats during heated confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson

Cruz argued with the committeeโ€™s chair over procedure, leading to an accusation that he was performing for the television cameras.

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair

Taylor made the stunning announcement hours after he finished his five-way primary with 49% of the vote. Former Collin County Judge Keith Self, who finished second, is now likely to become the next congressman for the 3rd District.

Will an FBI raid boost Laredo progressive Jessica Cisnerosโ€™ bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar?

Cisneros came within 4 percentage points of unseating the moderate Cuellar in 2020. He seemed better prepared to fend her off in 2022 โ€” until the FBI raided his office.

Analysis: The road from the Texas Legislature to statewide office isnโ€™t Easy Street

The statewide races on the March primary ballots are sprinkled with the names of state and federal legislators from Texas. You might think they have the upper hand in those contests. Maybe, and maybe not.

Ken Paxton targets Louie Gohmert in hotly contested primary for attorney general

Paxtonโ€™s attack ads suggest that he sees Gohmert as a bigger threat than the other two Republicans in the race โ€” Land Commissioner George P. Bush and former state Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman.

Frontrunners for Texasโ€™ new congressional seats look to send message with decisive primary wins

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, is the favorite to return to Congress via Texasโ€™ 37th District, while Republican Wesley Hunt is the leading contender in the 38th District.

Texas may get a coastal storm barrier, but will it be too late?

The federal infrastructure billโ€™s passage renewed hopes that Texas would finally get a coastal storm barrier. But Galveston and Houston could still get hit by a hurricane before it is built.

Hereโ€™s your Texas 2022 March primary ballot

The Texas 2022 primary will take place March 1. See the full list of candidates statewide and find out who's on your ballot based on where you live.

U.S. Department of Justice sues Texas over new political maps

Texas lawmakers illegally discriminated against voters of color by drawing new political districts that give white voters more political power despite rapid growth of Hispanic and Black populations, the department claims in its lawsuit.

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson announces retirement after almost 3 decades in Congress

Johnson, one of the longest serving members in Congress, had previously indicated that her current term would be her last.

Among El Pasoans, Beto Oโ€™Rourkeโ€™s gubernatorial run excites loyal fans and revives longtime grudges

El Pasoans who have followed Oโ€™Rourkeโ€™s political career are excited about his run for governor. But his critics still remember his support of a development plan that could have displaced Mexican American residents from one of the cityโ€™s oldest barrios.

In fast-growing Central Texas, redistricting sparks political reshuffling in upcoming statehouse and congressional races

The fast-growing region likely will see a considerable number of new state and federal lawmakers after the 2022 election. And in many cases, they will be representing districts whose boundaries have significantly shifted.

First lawsuit filed challenging new Texas political maps as intentionally discriminatory

Before theyโ€™re even signed into law, the stateโ€™s new maps for congressional and statehouse districts have been challenged in federal court by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Longtime U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett will run in the Austin area's new congressional district

The Austin Democrat, who has served in Congress since 1995, currently represents the 35th District, which stretches down to San Antonio. He will run in the newly created 37th District located in Travis County.

Proposed new congressional seat in Houston gets prominent GOP candidate

Wesley Hunt, an Army combat veteran who ran a close congressional contest last year in the Houston area, announced Tuesday he plans to run for the state's new 38th Congressional District in the same region.

8 candidates file for special election to replace former state Rep. Jake Ellzey

Five Republicans and one Democrat are vying to fill Ellzey's seat after he won a promotion to Congress last month. The filing deadline was 5 p.m. Thursday.

Jessica Cisneros will again challenge U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in Democratic primary for congressional seat

Cuellarโ€™s campaign confirmed that the congressman, who has served since 2005, will seek another term in 2022.

How Republican Jake Ellzey's bipartisan appeal, positive campaign helped him upset Trump's pick for Congress

Wrightโ€™s coveted endorsement from Trump โ€” which appeared so powerful in propelling her to the top in the initial election โ€” may have contributed to her undoing in the runoff where state Rep. Jake Ellzey benefited from a more bipartisan appeal, coupled with a more positive, energetic campaign.

Without Trumpโ€™s endorsement, Jake Ellzey pushes for upset in TX-6 special election runoff against Susan Wright

Ellzey and Wright are vying to succeed her late husband, U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, in the 6th District in North Texas. Early voting for the runoff started Monday and ends Friday.

Texas House Democrat Michelle Beckley announces run against Republican U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne

Beckley unveiled her plans in a video filmed inside a hotel room in the nationโ€™s capital, where state House Democrats fled earlier this month to break quorum in protest of Republicansโ€™ priority elections bill.

U.S. House calls for Russia to free Texan who's been imprisoned since 2019

Trevor Reed, a 29-year-old resident of Granbury, was arrested in August 2019 on specious grounds, according to news reports and American diplomats, and his supporters say heโ€™s being held on trumped-up charges because heโ€™s a retired Marine.

In first trip to U.S.-Mexico border as vice president, Kamala Harris focuses on causes of immigration

Harris toured Border Patrol facilities in El Paso and met with local groups that aid migrants, but Republicans continued to attack her for not visiting the Rio Grande Valley, where a large number of border apprehensions are happening.

Bipartisan group of Texans in the U.S. House support ending presidentโ€™s authority to use military force in Iraq

All Texas Democratic members backed the bill, along with five Republicans: U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess of Lewisville, Michael Cloud of Victoria, Lance Gooden of Terrell, Louie Gohmert of Tyler and Chip Roy of Austin.

After 2020 disappointments, Democrats look to prioritize year-round organizing

Two former congressional candidates, Julie Oliver and Mike Siegel, are hoping to help Democrats learn the lessons of 2020 with a new group called Ground Game Texas.

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