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Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a May 26 run-off to determine the Lone Star State's GOP Senate nominee (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Danielle Villasana / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary shows MAGA loves a villain

Amanda Marcotte
Democratic candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, who are competing for their party’s nomination in the Texas U.S. Senate primary ahead of the 2026 general election. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Medina / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary could rewrite Dem playbook

Russell Payne
A law enforcement unit sits at the entrance to Buford's bar in downtown Austin. Three people are dead and 14 others hospitalized following a possible terrorist shooting. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

TX bar shooting raises terrorism fears

CK Smith
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Voter roll tool keeps making mistakes

Jen Fifield, Zach Despart - ProPublica
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Election signs decorate the sidewalk at the Ben Hur Shrine polling place in Austin as early voting begins for the March primary elections in Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. Voters can cast their ballots to decide who represents Republicans and Democrats in the November midterm elections. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Dem turnout breaking records in Texas

Paul Cobler - The Texas Tribune
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gonzales asked for explicit photos

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Spate of deaths in Texas ICE facilities

Lomi Kriel, Colleen DeGuzman, Apurva Mahajan - The Texas Tribune
Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
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The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

How a MAGA district flipped in Texas

Alejandro Serrano - The Texas Tribune
Special elections across the country continue to show strong turnout for Democratic candidate, leaving many concerned for the 2026 midterms. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)

Democrats build momentum in key races

CK Smith
Immigrations, Customs, and Enforcement officers question a man's status on Lake Street near a Somali mall called the Karmel Mall in Minnesota, United States on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Juhn/Getty Images)

ICE accused of abuses in Texas facility

Garrett Owen
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Jasmine Crockett and authenticity

Maya Rupert
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Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang pose backstage at the new play "Messy White Gays" at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater on November 20, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Yang, Rogers apologize for Crockett dig

Alex Galbraith
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, takes the stage during a rally featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Houston on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP will regret hyping Jasmine Crockett

Amanda Marcotte
In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Florida, Texas sue over abortion pill

Blaise Malley
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Kagan rages at SCOTUS' Texas decision

Alex Galbraith
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Crockett roasts MTG over retirement

Alex Galbraith
ANSON, TEXAS - MAY 12: In an aerial view, inmates are seen in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Center on May 12, 2025 in Anson, Texas. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has begun transferring illegal immigrant detainees to the Bluebonnet Detention Center after U.S. District Judge Wesley Hendrix readily offered the facility to the Trump administration under the Alien Enemies Act. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Judge orders removal of Dallas leader

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during the NRA ILA Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 18, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Abbott's Musk emails are still a mystery

Lauren McGaughy - ProPublica
(Photos courtesy of Noor Wadi / Illustration by Salon / Getty Images)

ICE upends Dallas Muslim community

Tatyana Tandanpolie
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and (then-former) President Donald Trump speak in Pharr, Texas, on June 30, 2021. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas tags SCOTUS in to midterm map row

Blaise Malley
A protest against Texas gerrymandering at the state Capitol on Aug. 1, 2025. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Dems have the last laugh at MAGA

Heather Digby Parton
Salt Lake City may be a blue dot in a deep-red state, but GOP efforts to redistrict even further failed as a Utah judge halts their gerrymandering efforts. (dk_photos / Getty Images)

Gerrymandering fails in a red state

CK Smith
U.S. flag hangs over a church in Plano, Texas. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)

The Texas church training GOP candidates

Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen - ProPublica
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