As primary season ramps up across the Houston area, campaign ads are flying — but many voters are still asking a basic question: “Who on the ballot actually has the power to impact what I pay every month?”
A federal class action lawsuit filed this month accuses Harris County and County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth of violating the rights of voters with disabilities by failing to provide accessible mail-in voting options.
Texas’ 18th Congressional District officially has representation again after Christian Menefee was sworn in to Congress, ending a vacancy that lasted more than 330 days.
Voters in Cy-Fair ISD sent a clear message this week: change is coming to one of the state’s largest school districts. Political experts believe neighboring districts might do the same.
A Houston native is making headlines far from the Bayou City after her husband, Zohran Mamdani, was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday’s Election Day.
The crowded race for Houston’s City Council At-Large Position 4 is heading to a runoff. After a packed field of 15 candidates, Alejandro Salinas and Dwight Boykins have emerged as the top two vote-getters, setting up a decisive showdown set for Saturday, December 13th.
According to preliminary results, Christian Menefee leads with 32% of the vote. Amanda Edwards, former Houston City Council member, follows at 25%. Since no one candidate received 50% of the vote a runoff election with the two top performing candidates is likely.
With Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo stepping down, the question now is who will take the lead in the 2026 election. Several prominent candidates have already entered the race, setting the stage for a high-profile contest.
With several candidates lined up to represent the district, which has remained unseated since March, the results from the survey further demonstrate how heated the race has become.
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.
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.
Priscila True, vice president of voter services, stops by Houston Life to share some of the commonly asked questions volunteers get about voter registration.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
