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February 23, 2026 2:51 PM
And it could spark a speaker’s race: If we get a Paxton vs Talarico matchup at the top of the ticket, national money is sure to pour in, potentially growing a Texas House Democratic Caucus already angry with the speaker who betrayed them after winning the gavel with their votes
So far
there have only been three consequential midterm elections in Texas in this
century.
In 2008, Obama
coattails produced a virtually tied Texas house – 76 Republicans to 74
Democrats. The next session members deposed then-Speaker Tom Craddick
and replaced him with Speaker Joe Straus.
Just two
years later, the anti-Obama backlash wiped out 36 Democratic incumbents (there
were some retirements). Ironically some Democrats were so persuaded that they
would gain the 3 seats necessary to win the majority there were speaker “War
rooms” to try and collect pledges on election night for Democratic speaker
candidates.
In 2018,
forces converged yet again.
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February 19, 2026 4:39 PM
“Administrative agencies must operate within the four corners of the statute enacted by the Legislature, not beyond it,” the Senate Democrats said
Pointing
to the fact that Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock was one of the senators
who voted for a school voucher program with “no provision authorizing the
exclusion of schools based on religious identity, ethnicity or political
association,” Texas Senate Democrats on Thursday said his move to
do so now is illegal.
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February 18, 2026 6:46 PM
A total of
56,302 people voted in the Republican primary and 42,450 people voted in the
Democratic primary on the first day of early voting ahead of the March 3
primary. Let’s go through the numbers from some of the significant parts of the
state while we await further info from the Secretary of State’s Office.
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February 17, 2026 7:31 PM
Reporters Bayliss
Wagner and Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson got
the scoop in the San Antonio Express News:
U.S. Rep.
Tony Gonzales engaged in a romantic relationship with an aide who died last
year by setting herself on fire outside her Uvalde home, according to a text
message and people close to the aide and her family.
A former
staffer in Gonzales' district office who worked closely with the aide, Regina
Ann "Regi" Santos-Aviles, said she told him they had an affair in
2024, and that she spiraled into a depression after her husband discovered the
relationship and Gonzales abruptly cut her off. He also shared with the San
Antonio Express-News a screenshot of a text message from Santos-Aviles in which
she acknowledged having an “affair with our boss.”
The
staffer, who asked not to be named, citing a fear of retaliation, faulted
Gonzales' office for failing to intervene, saying he warned the congressman's
district director months before Santos-Aviles' death that he was concerned
about her well-being. He described her as his “best friend” and said their
families knew each other.
Gonzales,
a Republican representing Texas' 23rd Congressional District, is currently
seeking reelection in a contested primary. He and his staff did not respond to
a list of detailed questions submitted by the Express-News.
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February 17, 2026 3:48 PM
It's a good reminder that former Speaker Phelan benefitted greatly from one of the elder statesmen of the Texas GOP in his primary one year ago
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