Beto O'Rourke

Legislative activity continues to stall at the Capitol after more 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting plan.

The Texas attorney general accused the organization, Powered by People, of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democratic lawmakers to travel out-of-state, leaving the Legislature in limbo.

Beto O’Rourke is again finding big crowds across Texas with townhall meetings. The former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate says he wants to give Texans an opportunity to ask questions about state and federal issues and have conversations about America’s future. O’Rourke joins us to talk about protecting rural Texans and the future of the Democratic Party.

After defeating O’Rourke — Texas’ most promising Democrat in recent history — Abbott begins his third term in a strong position, with a rising national profile and a governing mandate in the eyes of fellow Republicans.

He has been the Texas Democratic Party’s great hope. But after failed runs for senator, president and governor, observers wonder if he has a political future.

Abbott's victory was expected — the Republican led in poll after poll and raised more money than O'Rourke. The last Democrat to win a Texas gubernatorial race was Ann Richards in 1990.

He vowed that he would ensure the will of the voters was honored, and, if elected, he would reunite a deeply divided state.

McCraw is expected to provide an update on the Uvalde investigation to DPS’ Public Safety Commission on Thursday morning.

Days after a former warden was arrested in connection with a migrant’s murder in Hudspeth County in West Texas, the Democratic challenger blamed “hateful rhetoric” for an increase in violence in the state.

The debate from the Rio Grande Valley took place as O’Rourke continues to trail in the polls.