Texas’ strict abortion bans made it “ground zero” for Democrats hoping to rile up their base, but voters prioritized economic issues.

Texas Democrats’ election losses last week are prompting serious self-reflection among some strategists over the decision to focus so much of the campaign cycle on the state’s new abortion restrictions.

A Texas woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday after being charged with threatening to kill individuals including the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion criminal case against Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

As a candidate for president, Donald Trump promised sweeping changes to economic policy which would, in his telling, lead to greater growth and prosperity across the nation, and in Texas. The once and future president promised to slash taxes and spending,

Trump won Texas convincingly with 56.2 percent of the vote, 13.8 percentage points ahead of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris who secured 42.4 percent. Notably this was an improvement on 2020, when Trump beat Joe Biden in Texas by 5.6 points, and 2016 when he bested Hillary Clinton by 9 points.

Trina Solar built a Texas factory to receive almost $2 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act. It changed course the day after Donald Trump’s election victory.

Ratcliffe represented Texas’ 4th Congressional District until Trump picked him to serve as director of national intelligence in 2020.

In a Sept. 5 speech, Trump pitched the idea of a government efficiency commission to the Economic Club of New York.

At Shell Energy Stadium, Harris addressed a crowd of 30,000, advocating for reproductive freedom alongside Texas Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred. In Austin, Trump, joined by Sen. Ted Cruz, focused on border security and crimes committed by migrants, reiterating his party's core messages.

In the end, it wasn’t close at all. On election night, Texans handed sweeping victories to the Republican Party that controls the state, and in particular its ascendant MAGA faction. As Vice

Democrat Colin Allred leads incumbent Republican Ted Cruz in the race for U.S. Senate. Allred, a U.S. representative from Dallas, has 49.9% of the vote to Cruz’s 48.1% with 48% of the vote counted, according to The Associated Press.

After the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump, many are wondering if a recount will take place. Here's what state law says.