Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa predicted her political success in her Homer Hanna High School yearbook in 1992.

Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa said on the campaign trail that she would direct the state legislature to pass a bill issuing one-time $1,500 refund checks to every household - what she called a Corruption Tax Refund.

Gina Hinojosa signaled a possible shift on the Boca Chica State Park land deal, saying Texas can have a strong working relationship with Elon Musk.

It's been 33 years since the late New Braunfels politician Bob Krueger briefly represented Texas in the U.S. Senate. Now his wife says the "torch has been passed."

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa​ made public education​ a centerpiece of her agenda.

Texas resident Maggie Elizabeth Hill stayed up late on election night to watch the midterm results trickle in. But she was up early again the next morning, already thinking about how she could work with the state’s newly elected Democratic leaders to slow the development of AI data centers.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he would do all he could to help Sen.-elect James Talarico during the transition after the incumbent and his successor met on Capitol Hill for the first time post-election. “I told him I’ll be happy to help him all I can during the transition,” Cornyn told TMZ. “It’s normal. It…

Texas Democratic Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa plans to freeze electricity rates on Day One, but experts warn the move could trigger energy shortages.

Texas Republicans were processing a staggering defeat. They expressed fear, but said they’ll pray for the winners of the 2026 election.

Democrats swept statewide elections in Texas, winning the state's first Democratic United States Senate seat since 1988 and its first Democratic governorship in more than three decades. James Talarico won 28 counties that backed Donald Trump in 2024. Among them were Bastrop and Williamson counties in the Austin area. In Bastrop County, Talarico received 54 percent of the vote, compared with Kamala Harris's 40 percent in 2024. In Williamson County, he received 59 percent, up from Harris's 48 percent. Both counties stood out for their wealth among those that flipped. Williamson ranked fourth and Bastrop sixth in median household income. They were among just nine flipped counties with median household incomes above $80,000. Their demographics also stood out. Williamson had the highest percentage of white residents among the counties that flipped, while Bastrop ranked sixth. But many flipped counties had large Hispanic populations: 19 had Hispanic populations above 41 percent, the statewide share of Hispanic residents in Texas.