In part one of our two-part look at the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder.

Some Texas Democrats are pressing for the release of records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation as the Trump administration scrambles to satisfy conservative voices demanding the same thing.

President Donald Trump pitched a key group of Texas Republicans on his strategy for keeping his party in power in the midterms: redrawing those members’ districts to allow for even more GOP seats. Kendall Scudder,

Beto O'Rourke said Democrats should be "ruthlessly focused on winning power" through their own redistricting in California as Texas Republicans began a special session.

Republican state lawmakers say considering redistricting is fulfilling their constitutional obligation because Gov. Greg Abbott included it on the session agenda.

With an ambitious agenda before them, Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of what could be several special sessions.

The prospect of Eric Flores’ candidacy has excited Republicans in Texas and Washington, due in part to his military and law enforcement credentials.