Elections News Texas Gov Greg Abbott Sets November Special Election For Deep Blue House Seat

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launches 2026 re-election campaign

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his re-election bid for a fourth term in 2026, aiming to become the state's longest-serving governor while emphasizing continued economic growth and conservative ... Read More

Abbott sets special election in May for empty Texas Senate seat

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Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor

Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents in the ... Read More

Abbott set to launch historic reelection campaign for 4th term as Texas governor

Preparing to run for a historic fourth term, Gov. Greg Abbott has fortified his campaign staff, trained a legion of volunteers and amassed close to $100 million in his war chest, a figure that will ... Read More

Two Democrats advance to a special election runoff for a deep-blue Texas House seat

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff in a special congressional election in Texas, NBC News projects, as a crowded field vied to fill the late Rep. Read More

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launches new app to mobilize Republican voters ahead of 2026 election

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ... Read More

In Texas special election, Democrats try to beat opponents -- and voter confusion

WASHINGTON -- Next month's special election in a heavily Democratic House district in Houston includes more than a dozen candidates vying to succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner. Yet the crowded ... Read More

Abbott sets special election in May for empty Texas Senate seat

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced ... Read More

Abbott sets special election in May for Houston area’s empty Texas Senate seat

Members of the Texas Senate convene during the 89th regular session of the Texas Legislature in Austin on Feb. 5, 2025. Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a special election in May to fill the ... Read More