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Patrick Svitek

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
Ken Paxton (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Ken Paxton vows revenge after impeachment aquital: “I’m highly motivated”

Patrick Svitek
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

Texas Republicans expose GOP AG Ken Paxton in impeachment push

Patrick Svitek, Zach Despart
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“I’m gonna call the governor”: Video shows GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson berate police as he’s handcuffed

Patrick Svitek
Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson. (Photo by Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson “briefly detained” by cops at rodeo but spox insists he “was not drinking”

Patrick Svitek
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Facing probe, Texas AG calls on GOP House speaker to resign over alleged “debilitating intoxication”

Patrick Svitek
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Cruz only cares about himself”: Democrat Colin Allred announces 2024 challenge against Ted Cruz

Patrick Svitek, Matthew Choi
Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Far-right Texas lawmaker hit with complaint alleging “inappropriate relationship” with an intern

Zach Despart, James Barragán, Patrick Svitek
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

Greg Abbott accused of “patronage system” as mega-donors score access — and cushy appointments

Patrick Svitek, Carla Astudillo, Zach Despart, Kate McGee
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Tom Fox-Pool/Getty Images)

How the end of Roe and the Uvalde school shooting could reshape the race for Texas governor

Patrick Svitek
Texas Capitol (Cotorreando/Getty Images)

Trump-backed Texas GOP candidate arrested for impersonating public official — then blames opponent

Patrick Svitek
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Greg Abbott attended campaign fundraiser hours after Uvalde school shooting

Patrick Svitek
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

“Constitutional invasion”: Texas GOP plots legally dubious border scheme to take over deportations

Patrick Svitek
Members of the Texas delegation at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

National GOP proxy war breaks out in crowded primary to succeed Texas congressman

Patrick Svitek
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Tom Fox-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll use crowdfunding for his plan to build a border wall

Patrick Svitek
Greg Abbott, Donald Trump and the snowstorm in Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will boycott baseball after MLB pulls All-Star Game from Georgia

Patrick Svitek
Matthew McConaughey at "The Gentlemen" screening and Q&A at Hogg Memorial Auditorium at The University of Texas at Austin (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Matthew McConaughey is flirting with a run for governor. But his politics remain a mystery

Patrick Svitek
Ted Cruz holds his Texas mask over his face (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Texas politicians united in pleading for calm as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol

Patrick Svitek, Alex Samuels
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas Republicans lost their supermajority in the state Senate. Will it matter?

Patrick Svitek
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas Republicans eye 2022 — and beyond — after romping in November election

Patrick Svitek
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (Tom Fox-Pool/Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Coronavirus cases are soaring again. But this time, some GOP governors say, no lockdown is coming

Patrick Svitek, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
An election worker accepts mail in ballot from a voter at drive-through mail ballot drop off site at NRG Stadium on October 7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Gov. Gregg Abbott issued an executive order limiting each Texan county to one mail ballot drop-off site due to the pandemic. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

Five things to learn from Election Day 2020 in Texas

Alex Samuels, Patrick Svitek
Donald Trump and Joe Biden | Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?

Patrick Svitek, Alex Samuels
Donald Trump and Joe Biden | Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Polls, late campaign activity from Biden and Bloomberg suggests GOP rule over Texas could be at risk

Alex Samuels, Patrick Svitek
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