The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures.

Texas lawmakers will return to Austin July 21 for a 30-day special session. They will look into a wide range of policies, ...

A congressional seat in a heavily Democratic Houston-area district will remain vacant for another seven months under a proclamation by Gov. Greg Abbott ...

The election for the North Texas seat held by former state Sen. Kelly Hancock will be held Tuesday, Nov. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered on Friday. Hancock, a Republican from North Richland Hills, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has set Nov. 4 as the special election date to fill the congressional seat left vacant by former Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death — a timeline that leaves the solidly Democratic ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Friday that the special election to fill the vacant seat left by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will be held Nov. 5, the same day as the general election ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set the special election for the vacant 18th District seat for Nov. 4, drawing swift condemnation from Democrats.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday set a special election to fill former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ’s seat for the remainder of the term on Nov. 5, the same day as the general election. The special ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday set a special election for Nov. 4 to fill the Texas Senate seat vacated by Republican Kelly Hancock, who resigned from the Legislature earlier this month to become the ...