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Democrats Target Texas Elections for Federal Takeover

In a calculated bid to put Texas elections under federal control, congressional Democrats traveled to Brownsville Monday looking to create a case that the state is so riddled with racial discrimination it can’t be trusted to enact voting laws without approval from...

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Commentary: Polling on the Democrats

The Emerson College Polling Institute and Monmouth University just released two presidential polls, the former of Iowa voters, the latter, a national study. The Emerson poll (1/30-2/2; 831 IA registered voters; 260 IA likely Democratic caucus attenders) finds former...

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Commentary: The Underlying Numbers

In the last couple of days, the new Morning Consult American electorate tracking poll (1/18-22; 1,996 US registered voters; 35% self-identified Democrats; 33% Independent; 32% Republican) captured media attention because it released a national Democratic presidential...

Democrats Plan To Target Six Texas GOP Congressional Seats

On Monday the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee listed six Texas congressional seats held by Republicans as part of their “aggressive effort” to expand their party’s majority in the U.S. House. The overall plan has the DCCC challenging 33 GOP...

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Commentary: Trump Is Right, Congress Needs to Do Its Job

As the partial government shutdown enters its third week with little hope of an end in sight, President Trump continues to demand funding for a southern border wall. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) flat out refuses to pass any funding at all. In the Senate,...

Paxton Fights to Protect Second Amendment

Over a decade ago the U.S. Supreme Court formally acknowledged the individual right to bear arms in Heller v. District of Columbia, but little ground has been gained by gun rights activists since the landmark decision. Lacking further guidance from the Supreme Court,...

Hurd Again Joins With Democrats to Oppose President

Democrats yet again offered legislation to end the partial shutdown of the federal government without providing the border security money requested by the president. And, yet again, Texas’ Will Hurd was one of a handful of Republicans to stand with Democrat Speaker...

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Commentary: Potential Candidates Making Moves

January promised to be an active month on the budding presidential campaign front, and we are already seeing movement in that regard. Below is a synopsis of the latest activities from major and not-so-major potential national candidates. Today, billionaire Tom Steyer...