As part of the blue wave that transformed Texas politics in last week's midterm elections, the state attorney general's office flipped from Republican to Democratic. State Sen. Nathan Johnson defeated state Sen.

After trying for 12 years to turn Texas blue, Democrats have cracked the code. A blue wave swept the Lone Star State, crushing more than 30 years of Republican dominance in one night.

Rep. Pete Sessions, who won his race in Texas' 17th district, discusses the midterm election results and outline his priorities.

James Talarico made history Tuesday night, defeating Ken Paxton to become the first Democrat from Texas to win a U.S. Senate race since 1988.

The 20-year-old Texan spent Election Day canvassing the UT Austin campus, handing out “Longhorns for Talarico” stickers to her fellow college students. She stayed up with friends to watch the results roll in — their nervous optimism growing into unmitigated jubilance that spread as people paraded around campus with “Talarico” and “Hinojosa” signs.

To win his U.S. Senate race in Texas last week, Democrat James Talarico, who’s white, had to mend some fences with Black voters after he defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who’s Black, in the Democratic primary for U.

As Republicans faced a nationwide drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections, supporters streamed out of a Dallas ballroom where they’d hoped to toast a win for US Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a favorite of President Donald Trump.

Mayor John Whitmire will direct the Houston Police Department to limit when its officers' contact federal immigration agents after Democrats swept Texas' statewide offices Tuesday.

Once reliably a red state, Texas will turn deep blue following this week's midterms. One of the most notable shifts was along the Texas-Mexico border, where Hispanic voters had a big influence.

The 87-year-old Houston Democrat, known as Ms. T, has served in the Legislature since 1973. On Tuesday, her party won control of the Texas House for the first time since 2003.