Lone Star Politics

A thorough legal process comes after the unofficial results are released by the counties running the elections.

North Texas voters will decide on 48 races in the Texas House on Tuesday while voters across the state will decide on another 102. See the results here on Tuesday night.

Texans will decide on 10 state senate races on Tuesday. Five other races are being run unopposed.

The Texas race drawing the most national attention is the race for U.S. Senate between U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and incumbent Ted Cruz.

A Democrat and a Republican split two open seats on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.

Two of the four Denton County Commissioners Court seats are up for reelection on Tuesday, but only one is contested.

Two of the four Dallas County Commissioners Court seats are up for reelection on Tuesday, but only one is contested.

Two of the four seats on the Collin County Commissioners Court are up for reelection on Tuesday, but only one is contested.

Republican Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn has faced intense backlash over high-profile deaths at his jail. His opponent, Democrat Patrick Moses, says it shows a failure in leadership.

Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree is facing a longtime Dallas police officer in his reelection bid for a third term.

As we near Election Day, here’s what we know so far from early voting and what may happen Tuesday. Plus, new developments in the death row case of an East Texas man convicted of killing his young daughter roughly 20 years ago. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers with The Dallas Morning News bring you the latest in Texas...

Eight seats on the Texas State Board of Education, including three in North Texas, are up for reelection on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Christi Craddick, the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, is facing three challengers as she seeks a third term Tuesday as a commissioner in the state’s oldest regulatory agency.