The latest 2016 elections news from The Texas Tribune.
The first-in-the-nation tally of regular voters intrudes on the fabulous speculation and fun we’ve all been having so far during the 2016 presidential campaign. The air guitar players on the political stage will soon be forced to sit down or move to the back. Full Story
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One year ago today, Spencer Golvach waited for the green light at a Houston intersection. An undocumented Mexican national pulled up next to him, pointed a pistol at Golvach’s head and pulled the trigger. The killing ignited a political firestorm. Full Story
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Staring down a close finish in the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz on Saturday downplayed a key poll showing him trailing Donald Trump in the state's Republican presidential race. Full Story
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Ted Cruz on Saturday drew the ire of the top elections official in Iowa over a mailer from his presidential campaign that seeks to pressure voters into turning out for the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses. Full Story
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Cruz campaign officials are increasingly eyeing a win based on a kind of sweet spot of turnout — high but not too high. Full Story
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Carlos Sanchez, most recently chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, is joining Hillary Clinton's efforts in Texas as press secretary, according to a campaign official. Full Story
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This week on The Ticket: Ben Philpott gives us a peak behind the curtain to see what life on the campaign trail is like, plus a breakdown of the final GOP debate before Monday's Iowa caucus. Full Story
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In the homestretch before the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign appears to be refocusing some of its attention on a Republican opponent not named Donald Trump: U.S. Senate colleague Marco Rubio. Full Story
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Ted Cruz's presidential campaign announced Friday it ended 2015 with $19 million in the bank. Full Story
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In the Roundup: The people behind the undercover videos of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston face criminal charges, a University of Texas at Austin professor says he won't follow the campus carry law and Ted Cruz is exhausting his energy in Iowa ahead of Monday’s caucuses. Full Story
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Former state Rep. Lance Gooden wants his seat in the Texas House back, setting up a rubber match in the Republican primary for House District 4 with the man who beat him in 2014, Stuart Spitzer. Full Story
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House Speaker Joe Straus finds himself in a familiar position, fending off Tea Party primary challenges to hold his San Antonio seat and, presumably, his grip on the gavel. Full Story
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For our recurring list of the most competitive races in Texas statewide, congressional and legislative elections, we lifted the color scheme from the inventors of the federal terror watch, ranking races by the threat to each incumbent, to the incumbent party, or just by the level of interest and heat generated. Full Story
Without the billionaire on the stage for the seventh Republican presidential debate, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz found himself reprising roles from previous meetings with his rivals: media critic, anti-Washington crusader and target of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he plans to "weigh in" on the 2016 presidential race ahead of the Texas primary, raising the possibility of an endorsement before March 1. Full Story
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In a race that has already seen its fair share of twists and turns, Ted Cruz is staring down an uncertainty unlike any other: whether his closest competition will show up for the last debate before the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Full Story
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Ted Cruz's challenge to debate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump one on one is evoking memories of Cruz's 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, when he applied similar pressure to then-Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Full Story
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Ted Cruz is upping the ante in his challenge to Donald Trump for a one-on-one debate, naming a time and place for the showdown at a rally in Iowa on Wednesday evening. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and some of his allies are increasingly signaling that they see more urgency than usual in prevailing in the Hawkeye State, where a win by Republican rival Donald Trump could snowball. Full Story
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Long accustomed to traversing Iowa with a cast of local Republicans, presidential candidate Ted Cruz received some new company Tuesday in the form of a fellow Texan: former Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
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