Today, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis will attempt to spend 13 hours filibustering a generally senseless state law that would, effectively, ban abortion within the state of Texas. As of this writing, ...

Three candidates are running in the heavily conservative district: Republicans Leigh Wambsganss and John Huffman, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet.

People traveling on a Joe Biden campaign bus that was harassed by a caravan of Trump supporters north of San Antonio last fall have sued alleged participants in that so-called “Trump Train,” the Texas ...

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There were differences as well as similarities between the 21 hour, 19 minute U.S. Senate speech concluded Wednesday on Capitol Hill by GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Houston, and the nearly 13 hour legislative ...

As the countdown to the 2026 primary elections begins, Texas finds itself at the forefront of a heated Democratic Senate race. With only four months until early voting kicks off, candidates are ...

Wendy Davis, the filibustering Democratic Texas State Senator, cruised to a primary victory on Tuesday night, making her the party nominee and leaving only one opponent between her and the ...

Yesterday, Texas Senator and Goddamn Hero Wendy Davis intended to stand for 13 hours, filibustering before her fellow state senators to block abortion-restricting legislation known as Senate Bill 5 ...

Last week, Greg Abbott sent out an email to his supporters claiming that "Sen. Wendy Davis has raised $8.7 million from liberals in New York, California and Washington." Try as I might, I could not ...

Wendy Davis went back to Washington D.C. on Monday, where the abortion rights filibusterer and Texas State congresswoman hinted again that she might run for governor in 2014. Davis, who has used her ...

Last night, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” launched its first episode in a series of Austin-based installments which have been sardonically dubbed “Democalypse 2014: South by South Mess.” The ...

Judith Warner is the author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School. A Wendy Davis run for Texas governor may be just what the Democratic party needs as it gears up for ...