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Gabby Birenbaum

An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Contractors have begun construction of the Trump administration’s 30-foot southern border wall through Big Bend National Park. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Cornered by Big Bend backlash, Texas Republicans tread carefully around Trump

Alejandro Serrano, Gabby Birenbaum
James Talarico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images )

Talarico floods Texas airwaves in U.S. Senate race as Paxton, GOP stay quiet

Gabby Birenbaum
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate race

Gabby Birenbaum
Mark Teixeira, a candidate for Congress in Texas, talks with members of the Republican team during the annual congressional baseball game on June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The annual game that began in 1901 pits Republican and Democratic congressional members, and raises money for charity. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Millionaires could dominate Texas’ crop of new Congress members

Gabby Birenbaum
In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Texas state Democratic Rep. James Talarico wants to "fundamentally change our politics." (Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

New poll: Democrat James Talarico leads both Republicans in Texas US Senate race

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

Republican meddling roils Texas Senate Democratic primary in final days

Patrick Svitek, Gabby Birenbaum
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference in Downey, California, on July 16, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas Republicans started a national redistricting arms race. They may be losing

Gabby Birenbaum
U.S. Rep. Jolanda Jones (D-TX) looks at a map during the Texas State Representatives redistricting committee meeting on August 01, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The House Select committee on Congressional Redistricting holds its first hearing since Texas Republicans redrew their congressional map. The redrawn congressional maps came on the heels of a push from President Donald Trump ahead of next year’s midterms. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Draft Texas congressional map pits Democratic incumbents against each other

Gabby Birenbaum
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference on July 08, 2025. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats

Eleanor Klibanoff, Gabby Birenbaum