The largest county in Texas settled a lawsuit with a watchdog group after refusing to release records dealing with noncitizens on its voter rolls. 
Despite the support of the Democratic establishment, millions of dollars in outside spending, and a significant fundraising advantage, Texas progressive M.J. Hegar failed to secure the party's Senate nomination Tuesday and now faces a runoff that could dampen Democratic hopes of turning Texas blue in November. 
In a race viewed as a bellwether for the Democratic Party's future, eight-term incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar (D., Texas) defeated Jessica Cisneros despite an influx of out-of-state cash and high-profile endorsements for the progressive challenger. 
Democrat Eliz Markowitz suffered a lopsided loss in Tuesday's special runoff election for Texas House District 28, in spite of a flood of support from liberal groups and top Democrats like Beto O'Rourke. 
Fresh off a bruising end to his 2020 presidential campaign, Beto O'Rourke (D.) has poured his efforts and fundraising into a Texas State House race viewed as a bellwether for whether Democrats can take control of the chamber. 
The chairman of the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats alleged racial bias played a part in the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee's (DSCC) recent endorsement of Texas Senate candidate MJ Hegar. 
Texas Democratic state representative Alfonso "Poncho" Nevárez turned himself in Thursday after a video surveillance camera captured him dropping a cocaine-filled bag at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Texas Democratic state representative Alfonso "Poncho" Nevárez was caught on video surveillance dropping an envelope containing cocaine at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 
The Texas Tribune corrected an article Thursday that took a Texas sheriff's words out of context to smear him. 
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D., Texas) blistered President Donald Trump at Thursday night's Democratic debate as a "white supremacist" who posed a threat to the safety of people of color in the United States. 