Senate

Republicans have chosen Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leading the party in the Senate.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer from Dallas, repeatedly broke fundraising records in his campaign, raising more than $80 million by mid-October.

It’s a race to the finish line as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the incumbent Republican, and his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, make their final cases to voters.

Ted Cruz seeks his third term as the state’s junior senator from Texas, a title he’s held since riding a Tea Party wave into Washington in 2012. Allred was first elected to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District, which includes part of Dallas, in 2018.

Republican Ted Cruz, the state’s junior senator, is hoping Texans send him to Washington for another six-year term. While his Democratic challenger, Dallas-area Congressman Colin Allred, has closed the gap in recent weeks, he remains an underdog.

The constitutional reform is controversial because it completely remakes Mexico's judiciary. One side says it will end corruption, the other that it will end judicial independence.

Current fundraising figures show that the Senate candidates have fundraised a combined $81.2 million.

Congressman Colin Allred, D-Texas, has won the state's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and will now face Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election.

Sen. John Cornyn said in a statement that the upper chamber is broken but he intends to help fix it.

The bombshell request by retiring state Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, comes after Paxton decided to stop fighting a whistleblower lawsuit whose claims factored into his impeachment trial.