After Democrats’ victory, the 87-year-old Houston lawmaker says she has the votes to lead the House, vows to work across ...

The Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi are too early to call, as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January ...

Democrats won control of the House on Tuesday by flipping more than two dozen Republican-held seats, picking up perennial ...

The 87-year-old Houston Democrat, known as Ms. T, has served in the Legislature since 1973. On Tuesday, her party won control ...

Candidates have until 12 p.m. to declare their intentions, with House Republicans scheduled to vote next week.

Democrats flipped five governor seats (and counting). They also grabbed huge control in state legislatures.

On Friday, Dean of the Texas House Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, held a news conference about her bid to become Speaker of ...

Texas House Dean Senfronia Thompson is holding a Friday afternoon news conference after becoming the sole declared candidate ...

House Republicans are divided over how to move forward after the party’s devastating election losses, with some calling for an overhaul of the current leadership team and others arguing that President ...

Bacon beat out state Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, D-Fort Collins, for the job and replaces outgoing House Speaker Julie McCluskie ...

Democrats flipped more seats than they were hoping for — and more than they even thought possible — to achieve supermajorities in the state House and Senate ...

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black legislator in Texas history, said she has the votes to become Texas House speaker when the legislature convenes in January.