Lone Star Politics

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.

Texans vote on 38 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Dallas and Tarrant counties each say more than 600,000 ballots have been cast as early voting wraps up on Friday.

NBC 5 will be live streaming coverage and returns of all national, statewide and local races on election night. See how Texans voted for president and on dozens of other state and local races and propositions.

Some voters may not know about a few of the most important races on the November ballot this election. Texans can decide whether to return justices to the highest Texas civil court.

A survey of NBC 5 viewers reveals emotional, key policy issues going into the Nov. 5 election.