Patrick has held the position of Lt. Govornor since 2015.

Two months after being sworn into U.S. Congress, Rep. Sylvester Turner’s House seat will now be vacant after he passed away Wednesday at 70.

The election is over and with it are those campaign commercials, phone calls and even the mailers that show up at your front door.

A look inside how you can ensure your vote was counted in Texas for the November 4th Election.

Ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, nearly 80 million Americans already cast their ballot in the 2024 General Election.

Voters will soon decide on HISD’s controversial $4.4 billion bond proposal.

In Union County, North Carolina, the political climate is stirring up anxiety among voters.

A polling center in Harris County has now been permanently cut off for the election cycle due to ongoing issues with water and power.

“I’ve got blue hair, tattoos. I don’t look like your average person that is on stage with Donald Trump,” the 27-year Latino-American mother said on Saturday afternoon.

The deadline to submit an application for a mail-in ballot in Texas is Friday, Oct. 25. If you haven’t submitted your application yet, you still have time, but make sure to act quickly.

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 5 election, giving registered voters a chance to cast their ballots before Election Day.

The University of Kansas has placed an instructor on administrative leave after he made violent comments surrounding sexism from election voters during a lecture.

The 90-minute debate starts at 9 p.m. ET, or 8 p.m. CT. The two candidates will square off in Manhattan, New York.

Priscila True, vice president of voter services, stops by Houston Life to share some of the commonly asked questions volunteers get about voter registration.

No matter how much you might not agree with a politician or a political party - don’t steal or damage their campaign signs.

Not even 12 hours have passed since President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 Presidential election just months before Election Day.

When President Joe Biden told America that he was pulling out of the 2024 Presidential election race, he also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the same breath.

Fort Bend ISD says they have been informed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) that they are under investigation.

Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg conceded to Sean Teare Tuesday night.

Jarvis Johnson, a member the Texas House of Representatives, was at Booker T. Washington High School at 7 a.m. to cast his ballot. However, there was a glitch in the computer’s system that placed him in the wrong precinct. The issue was fixed quickly, and Johnson and his family were able to vote.

Despite a growing economy and facing little opposition for his party’s nomination, President Joe Biden confronts a dissatisfied electorate and a challenging political climate nine months before he faces re-election, according to a new national NBC News poll.

As the clock struck midnight, Houston ushered in both a new year and a new mayor.

KPRC 2′s Mario Diaz interviewed State Sen. John Whitmire on Sunday, after he was elected to be Houston’s new mayor in a runoff against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth is having a news conference to tell Houstonians what they need to know as they vote in the runoff election on Saturday.

Voters cast their ballots for the Decision 2023 runoff election

Voters cast their ballots for the Decision 2023 runoff election

Voters cast their ballots for the Decision 2023 runoff election

In Fort Bend County, one item on the ballot will be Fort Bend ISD’s Proposition A/VATRE.

Texas voters signed off on a massive tax-cut package in the Nov. 7 constitutional amendment election.

Election Day is finally here.

Voters in Waller County voted on Proposition A in the Nov. 7, 2023 ballot.

Voters in Montgomery County will vote on several bonds and propositions in the Nov. 7, 2023 ballot.

Voters in Galveston County will vote on several bonds and propositions in the Nov. 7, 2023 ballot.

Voters in Chambers County will vote on several bonds and propositions in the Nov. 7, 2023 ballot.

Fort Bend County voters will vote on several bonds and propositions in the Nov. 7, 2023 ballot.

Voters who reside within several Greater Houston area school districts will make a decision to approve several trustee positions, bonds, and propositions on November 7, 2023.

Voters in Harris County cast their ballots on Nov. 7, 2023 to make a decision on several council member positions, propositions and school trustees.

Voters will decide who will be the next Houston mayor during the General and Special Election on Nov. 7, 2023. Registered voters within city limits will also decide the fate of several open city council member positions, propositions and Houston school trustees.

Texans will decide the fate of 14 constitutional amendments during the Nov. 7 election.

The 2023 General and Special Election will be held on Nov. 7, 2023. Voters who live within the city will cast their votes for Houston mayor candidates and for Houston City Council. Voters will also cast their votes for statewide and countywide propositions, county bond issues, school district props and trustees.

You know Election Day is Tuesday, but do you know where to vote?

In Fort Bend County, one item on the ballot will be Fort Bend ISD’s Proposition A/VATRE.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 7 and early voting is happening now through Friday, November 3. If you are planning on voting in person at any of the 701 polling locations across Harris County, we want to help you get prepared with everything you need to know.

Whitbeck admits the offer is no longer being offered but remained upbeat about it.

Several canvassing workers submitted a wage theft complaint against a city council candidate after they alleged they have not been paid for helping with his campaign, according to a news release from civil rights organization FIEL.

Early voting began Monday in Harris County.

Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday that he made "false" statements about two Georgia 2020 election workers in a filing related to their lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.

Recent surveys cite crime, economic concerns and infrastructure as top issues.

In 2001, Burgum sold his North Dakota-based software company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.

There weren't enough uncounted votes in Republican-leaning areas for Republican challenger Herschel Walker to make up his runoff election night gap with incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

A New York jury has convicted Donald Trump’s company of tax fraud.

The elections director in the largest county in one of the nation’s most important battleground states details the threats he and his co-workers have received since the 2020 presidential election and how he responded to protect his staff.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican revelation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia.

As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact.

The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington.

Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier with a special election victory in January 2021.

Former President Donald Trump is facing rebuke from both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

Florida’s top lawmakers are considering changes to a law to clear the path for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without giving up his post.

President Joe Biden made phone calls with fellow Democrats Friday for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff election, delivering hot coffee to volunteers, too, and thanking them for their work.

President Joe Biden says Democrats should give up “restrictive” caucuses and move to champion diversity in the order of their presidential primary calendar.

Voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat are casting ballots in crucial local elections.

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can't share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election.

Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she would take the Christmas holiday to mull a possible 2024 presidential bid.

A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, are criticizing Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Early in-person voting for the nation's last U.S. Senate seat is underway statewide in Georgia.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

Republican officials in a rural Arizona county have refused to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count.

The extended Senate campaign in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel Walker, has grown increasingly bitter ahead as their Dec. 6 runoff nears.

State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has again withstood challenges from a conservative faction within her party to win reelection.

Fears of aggressive poll watchers sowing chaos at polling stations or conservative groups trying to intimidate votes didn't materialize on Election Day as many election officials and voting rights experts had feared.

Anwar Ibrahim has won a hard-fought battle to become Malaysia’s new Prime Minister.

Republican Sarah Palin re-emerged in Alaska politics over a decade after resigning as governor with hopes of winning the state’s U.S. House seat.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating a fellow Republican who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

A second Republican-controlled Arizona county, Mohave, has delayed certifying results of this month's election.

Hundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy.

Former President Barack Obama will campaign again for Sen. Raphael Warnock as the Georgia Democrat tries to withstand a strong challenge from Republican Herschel Walker.

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

Malaysia’s next government appears to be leaning to the religious right as a coalition of Malay nationalists won support of an influential bloc after tightly fought general elections failed to produce a clear winner.

Fresh off his commanding re-election victory, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday is playing the role of dutiful Republican soldier campaigning for the first time alongside Senate hopeful Herschel Walker after spending months steering clear of his ticket-mate.

A hand count of random batches of votes in Georgia’s election for secretary of state has confirmed Republican Brad Raffensperger’s victory.

Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election lost bids for statewide offices that play key roles in overseeing voting in the six states that decided the last presidential election.

Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly and with little controversy across the country, save for one hiccup in a rural Arizona county.

The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots is refusing to certify the results of last week’s vote.

A judge has ruled that Georgia law allows counties to offer early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Democrat Adam Frisch has conceded his tight U.S. House race against Republican Lauren Boebert that is likely headed to a recount.

The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town has been settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie.