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.Attorney General Ken Paxton announces a $2.9 million haul for his Senate campaign in the second quarter of the year. He launched on April 8, about a week into the fundraising period. #txsen

AG Ken Paxton raised $2.9 million in the first quarter of his Senate campaign. Sen. John Cornyn has yet to announce his haul, but is likely starting with a cash advantage: texastribune.org/2025/07/11/ken…

First word from Dan Patrick & Dustin Burrows on redistricting since Greg Abbott placed it on the special session agenda. News release says the chambers are "working in lockstep" on maps. #txlege

Trump defended the federal government’s response to Hill Country floods during Texas visit: texastribune.org/2025/07/11/tru…

As Wesley Hunt considers a Senate race, his campaign raised $1.1 M in Q2 with $3M cash on hand, per person familiar.

Spooky lightning off Pennsylvania Ave

New: State Rep. Steve Toth, a Conroe Republican aligned with the rightmost faction of the Texas Legislature, announced a primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Tuesday. bit.ly/4lT4hCF

Here is the state of play in the Texas redistricting race: w/ Gabby Birenbaum Texas Tribune: texastribune.org/2025/07/15/tex…

Newsom lays out a possible approach to retaliate against Texas redistricting.

Texas, which never expanded Medicaid, is insulated from much of the cuts that will hit other states. But the ACA is another story. Between the bill and the expiration of Biden-era tax credits, TX could see the largest jump in its uninsured rate in years. texastribune.org/2025/07/18/tex…

Latest political news out of South Texas: Rs are excited about Eric Flores, a former federal prosecutor, running in TX-34 (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez's district) TX-34 was a Trump +5 / Gonzalez +3 in '24...but of course, the boundary could change any day now texastribune.org/2025/07/21/tex…

NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott told members of Congress he was skeptical about calling a special session to redraw Texas’ congressional maps. Most Texas Republicans were not a fan, either. Then Trump called. How the redistricting effort came to be: Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2025/07/22/tex…

Some redistricting news: MISSOURI Republicans are discussing a new 7R-1D map that would crack Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district The WH, which pushed TX to redistrict, is on board, per sources familiar The current map is 6R-2D punchbowl.news/article/campai…

Pritzker on possible mid-decade redistricting to counteract Texas and other Republican states: "We have to see what they decide to do about Texas... I think we ought to play by the rules," but acknowledges "counterbalance" might be necessary. #twill

A few months ago I noticed something unusual: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is increasingly outsourcing big cases to private lawyers — even though his office has 700+ attorneys in-house, with several specialized divisions. So we dug in...

Scoop: Tejano singer Bobby Pulido is forming an exploratory committee as he mulls a congressional run in TX-15 texastribune.org/2025/07/24/bob…

John Cornyn called for a special counsel investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the Russia probe. He was previously part of a bipartisan Senate panel that concluded Russia posed a threat to the 2016 election. w/ Gabby Birenbaum texastribune.org/2025/07/25/cor…

Inbox: House Majority PAC is looking to raise $20 million for efforts in Texas, including recruitment + Hispanic voter outreach Their goal is to put as many seats as possible on the board for Democrats if/when Rs push through a new map thehousemajoritypac.com/news/house-maj…

NEW: Democrats are making fundraising calls to secure money needed to flee Texas in an effort to delay the redistricting plans. They’re confident they have the funds. Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2025/07/29/tex…

NEW: Seven House Democrats making day trip to New Mexico amid redistricting battle #txlege Texas House Democrats texastribune.org/2025/07/29/tex…