Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched her Senate campaign by highlighting her clashes with Trump, while state Rep. James Talarico has taken aim at a “broken, corrupt political system.”

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico face off in the state’s first blockbuster Democratic primary in decades. The race will likely conclude Tuesday, with the outside chance of a runoff.

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is quick to admit she’s not running a traditional Senate campaign, a strategy that will soon be put to the test in next month’s Democratic primary.

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Trump is expected to fly to Corpus Christi to visit the city’s port and tout his economic policies, like he did in stops in Georgia and Iowa earlier this year.

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Both candidates have progressive proposals that excite supporters but the primary contest has been fraught over questions of electability and race.

This process is important to us and, we hope, to you, because too many candidates nowadays do all they can to avoid meeting with anyone who might ask a tough question or have them sit down beside an opponent they have been lambasting in the false comfort of social media.

Both parties are contemplating the notion of Brandon Herrera, a gun-loving YouTuber with a history of provocative comments, as the GOP nominee. Herrera says he can win in November.

The fallout from allegations involving Rep. Tony Gonzales is reverberating across a pivotal congressional district with implications for power, accountability, and representation.

Donald Trump has visited Texas 19 times as the sitting President, and has had a significant impact on the state's politics, from his 2015 visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to his recent request for