Texas Senate seat

Dan Cogdell, who represented Paxton for nearly a decade in two high-profile cases, said his former client "has lost sight of his core mission."

James Talarico says he's not vegan — but rising price of beef may force more Texans to give up meat.

Paxton’s blowout win on Tuesday compelled an alliance by necessity, if not natural synergy, between the attorney general and the Washington groups that spent months trying to elect John Cornyn.

Texas voters decided party nominees for U.S. Senate, attorney general, and lieutenant governor, along with several congressional and local races.

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, has wrapped in Grapevine, Texas. The event included speeches from Texas officials — including Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. Mayes Middleton — all current candidates for statewide office.

While she didn't win the Texas Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett dominated the Black vote in the party's primary. Now, political experts say James Talarico must win over Crockett's voters to have a chance in November.

Joseph Locke, author of "One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas," discusses how politics and religion have long been intertwined in the Lone Star state, why Talarico's messaging was so effective in the primary, and how it could impact the general Election in November.

Neither John Cornyn nor Ken Paxton cleared the 50% threshold in the Texas GOP Senate primary, forcing a costly runoff while Democratic nominee James Talarico gains additional time to campaign ahead of November.

From the governorship to the U.S. Senate race to attorney general, here's who we know will face off for statewide offices in November — and who's heading to a runoff in May.

The survey findings released Monday come just eight days before the start of early voting.