Democrats are going to spend $20 million and deploy 30,000 volunteers to counter the Texas Legislature's effort to redraw the state's congressional districts. President Trump hopes the mid-decade redistricting will help Republicans gain five new seats in the House of Representatives during the 2026 midterm elections.

Martin is seeking to replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died on March 5, as the Texas’ 18th Congressional District representative.

The majority of House Republicans — 53 out of 87 members — occupy a middle ground between these two ideological poles, ranging from Brooks Landgraf of Odessa to Valoree Swanson of Spring.

Texas Republicans have been tasked by President Donald Trump to create five new Republican congressional seats in an off-cycle redistricting effort.

The meeting kicked off with Democratic House members and other attendees expressing their criticisms of the sudden move from the White House and the Governor’s Office, adding that no new proposed map was sent to representatives to discuss.

The Southlake Republican will serve the remainder of his seventh term. Keller Mayor Armin Mizani said on Wednesday he would run for the District 98 seat.

Texas lawmakers appear to have turned a new leaf on a previously failed effort to ban THC, with the Texas House now introducing legislation identical to a Senate proposal cracking down on THC in the state.

The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, officials said Wednesday.

Here’s a look at House members, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on votes cast during the 2025 regular session.

Keller Mayor Armin Mizani’s call for his city to partner with ICE drops a live-wire national issue into local politics. In a race for