Lauren McGaughy

Julie Johnson, a lawyer and state lawmaker, made history on Election Night by being elected the first openly LGBTQ member of Congress from a Southern state, according to national LGBTQ rights groups.

Donald Trump points to the crowd during a rally at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin in 2016. Trump, who just won back the White House, could tap several Texans and take cues from state policies to help him shape his second administration.

All doubt that Texas is deep red was put to bed last night, as Republicans up and down the ballot won big.

Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. Many lawyers and voting rights advocates were unaware of the rule.

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa speaks at the 2018 Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. Hinojosa apologized on Nov. 6, 2024 after he said immigration and transgender rights hurt Democrats on election night. Julia Reihs/KUT

Democratic chairman Gilberto Hinojosa speaks to a growing crowd of Planned Parenthood supporters on the south steps of the Texas Capitol on the first day of the second special session of the 2013 Texas Legislative Session. Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon/KUT News

El líder demócrata Gilberto Hinojosa habla a una multitud de partidarios de Planned Parenthood fuera del Capitolio de Texas en el primer día de la segunda sesión especial de la Sesión Legislativa de Texas 2013.

The longtime chairman of the Texas Democrats will resign after the party's bruising election losses.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, shown here, may have to disclose more information about his recent real estate buying spree after state ethics regulators passed new transparency rules for elected officials.

Billionaire Elon Musk is expected to take a prominent, unofficial role in the second President-elect Donald Trump administration.