Governor Greg Abbott backed former State Senator Kelly Hancock, R - North Richland Hills, to become the state's next ...

State Senator Kelly Hancock of Tarrant County has been officially named the acting state comptroller, following the selection ...

Hancock has served in the Senate as a representative from the 9th district — based in Tarrant County — since 2013.

"Ma" Ferguson grew up in a time when women almost never attended college, almost never spoke out on the issues, and certainly never ...

Beto O’Rourke has been hosting rallies across Texas to recruit people to run for office, which he said would improve the ...

Democrats will need to sort through a pileup of potential candidates who see an opportunity to harness backlash to the Trump administration in next year’s midterms.

Greg Abbott signed legislation on Monday which he said makes it "crystal clear" that only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in elections ... allowed to vote in Texas," the governor said in a ...

Texas state law appears to give the governor wide latitude to choose when to set special elections. Joshua Blank, the research director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas ...

UPDATE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) wins re-election, projects ABC News. EL PASO, Texas -- Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas Beto O'Rourke will end his Election Day in El Paso Tuesday.

Texas gubernatorial candidates Abbott, a conservative first elected in 2014, has been in the political arena since running for a district court judge post in 1992 and was later appointed to the ...

It seemed some prominent Republicans' endorsement of Democrat Mike Collier for lieutenant governor wasn't enough. Texas Republicans said they could also sweep three congressional seats in South ...

with Mr. Abbott seeking a third term and Mr. O’Rourke trying to become the first Democrat to lead Texas in more than 25 years. Winner Race called by The Associated Press. Governor race called.