Texas appoints new secretary of state ahead of 2026 midterm elections
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed a new secretary of state just three months before midterm elections featuring multiple high-stakes congressional races.
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Meet the Christian nationalist Trump ally and election denier who could run Texas elections
The top choice being floated is Nate Schatzline, a young Christian nationalist pastor and former member of the state House who allies with President Donald Trump and has claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Texas anti-voting law in loss for voters with disabilities
The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits voters from receiving help with filling out or submitting their ballot from a person who is compensated for that service.
At Turning Point USA conference, women offer away their right to vote
At the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit, conservative women speak freely about willingly giving up their right to vote.
ICE agents accessed voter files in Texas and North Carolina
ICE agents were reportedly given access to personal voter files in Forsyth County, North Carolina and Webb County, Texas.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s mail-voting crackdown advances — but there are setbacks for his gerrymandering push
We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections.
Texas Senate race: Paxton’s lawsuit challenging 2020 could have led to ‘the end of democracy’
Ken Paxton played a leading role in an outrageous legal effort on behalf of President Donald Trump to undo the results of the 2020 presidential contest.
Texas runoff: SAVE Act author Chip Roy loses AG primary to election denier Mayes Middleton
Rep. Chip Roy’s loss emphasizes Trump’s continued sway over the GOP and his willingness to exact revenge against Republicans who defy him.
Texas runoff: Election denier Ken Paxton wins GOP nod for U.S. Senate
Texas AG Ken Paxton has been a vocal and early supporter of a plan to sideline the filibuster to allow the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act.
Texas primary: Election deniers favored in GOP’s Senate, AG races
Texans are returning to the polls Tuesday to vote in several key statewide and congressional primary runoffs that will have major implications for voting rights and elections both in the state and nationally.
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