Texas Politics

Have you voted yet? Thousands of Travis County voters already have, 234,000 to be exact.

Home Slice Pizza has decided to offer free pizza for those who vote.

Pending finalization of his hire, O'Rourke will join the Texas State faculty as an adjunct lecturer.

Travis County Clerk Dana Beauvoir joins Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about how early voting has been going.

Glenn Smith with Progress Texas and Travis County GOP chairman Matt Mackowiak join Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about a recent poll concerning a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

APD announced its safety measures for the next several weeks as voters cast their ballots across the city. 

Both long lines and COVID-19 weren’t enough to keep voters away.

Travis County GOP Executive Director Brian Ruddle and Glenn Smith from Progress Texas share their opinions on the large turnout for the first day of early voting.

Long lines were reported at several Texas polling places across the state as early voting got underway three weeks before election day.

Texas Democrats think this is the year that they will turn the Lone Star State back to blue.

Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir expects Tuesday to have the highest turnout with more than two weeks to vote early.

Supporters of Prop A have consistently said the tax increase for a typical homeowner on their annual tax bill is going to be around $300. But for small business owners, the increase is much more significant.

About 100 protesters gathered together to get Governor Abbott to rethink his recent COVID-19 mandates.

Counties in Texas are limited to only having one ballot drop-off location open again.

Last week Abbott issued a proclamation that his office said will enhance ballot security protocols for the in-person delivery of marked mail ballots for the November 3 election.

The latest UT and Texas Tribune poll shows U.S. Senator John Cornyn leads democratic challenger MJ Hegar by eight percentage points.