This week, the Senate unveiled revamped bipartisan housing legislation that it billed as a compromise between competing housing legislation in the House and the Senate. Here are the highlights of the measures included in the bill. The legislation is meant to boost the housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation. It would be the most significant […]

State Sen. James Talarico (D-TX) has won the Democratic primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in Texas’s Senate race. With 90% of the vote counted, Talarico got 53% of the vote, compared to Crockett’s 45.7%, as of 5 a.m. Wednesday. Talarico, a former public school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, led throughout election night. During a […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic Rep. James Talarico declared early Wednesday morning that “every vote must be counted” in Texas’s Democratic Senate primary after confusion over voting hours in Dallas County delayed results. Talarico, who was leading the race as of 1:26 a.m. with 53.2% of votes to primary opponent Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)’s 45.5%, […]

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is heading to a runoff election against Republican opponent Brandon Herrera after neither candidate received the 50% required to win the race on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race as a run-off as Gonzales and Herrera had 42.5% of the vote as of 1:15 a.m. With 77% of the […]