Texas’ next governor and former AISD trustee has vowed to replace the state’s education commissioner, but a replacement would be bound by law that requires intervention.

Overshadowed and outspent, newcomers will fill statewide offices from lieutenant governor to agriculture commissioner.

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The attorney general ran for Senate as a grudge match, and in the process helped give Democrats their first win in decades.

The governor-elect has called for a data center moratorium to last until the Texas Legislature meets in January to pass “real protections so Texans can have a seat at the table.” ...

Counties along the U.S.-Mexico border saw the largest surge in voter turnout compared to any other region in the state.

As it stands, Democrats have clinched seven seats on the 15-member board while Republicans occupy six. The final two seats will depend on the outcomes of two races involving GOP incumbents.

With votes still being counted, the GOP advantage is poised to fall to 5-4 on the Texas Supreme Court and 6-3 on the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Texas’ governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and every other statewide candidate fell, upending the state’s political power structure in one night.

Republicans were heading toward losses in two U.S. House seats they already controlled and appeared on track to flip no more than one of their gerrymander targets.

State Rep. Denise Villalobos of Corpus Christi conceded in an early Texas House pickup for Democrats. Several key races have yet to be called.

If elected, Tucker will usher in a new era for the agriculture department as the agency’s first Democratic commissioner since Jim Hightower in 1990.