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The GOP flipped only one of the three congressional seats it wanted this cycle. But the party made inroads down the ballot.

Texas Tribune photographers spread out all over the state to document a momentous midterm election.

De La Cruz defeated Democrat Michelle Vallejo, a political newcomer who ran on a platform of progressive social policy and close family ties to the region.

While the GOP focuses on the border and economy under President Joe Biden, Democrats are hoping to prove polls and political forecasters wrong by tapping into anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Uvalde school shooting.

First lady Jill Biden and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were in Texas Sunday to help members of their respective parties energize voters before Election Day.

Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel leads the pack

Democrats are spending big to stop Republicans from flipping two of the three key battleground seats that have historically gone blue.

McAllen (United States) (AFP) - When Mayra Flores made history this June as the first Mexican-born member of the US Congress, the Republican seized her south Texas seat from the Democrats by courting Latinos with strident calls to close the border.

McAllen (United States) (AFP) - When Mayra Flores made history this June as the first Mexican-born member of the US Congress, the Republican seized her south Texas seat from the Democrats by courting Latinos with strident calls to close the border.

Democrats are hoping to win a statewide election for the first time since 1994, but courting Latino votes will be more important than ever

HARLINGEN, Texas — After a Texas Young Republicans banquet last weekend, Albert Alaniz watched as Sen. Ted Cruz rallied the party faithful on behalf of three GOP Latina candidates running for Congress in the Rio Grande Valley, a Democratic stronghold through most of the state’s history.