/tags/texas-republican-party Texas Republican Party en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:40:49 GMT /politics/2025-01-15/meet-dustin-burrows-texas-new-house-speaker-and-one-of-the-most-powerful-people-in-the-state Here’s everything you need to know about the Lubbock Republican. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:40:49 GMT /politics/2025-01-15/meet-dustin-burrows-texas-new-house-speaker-and-one-of-the-most-powerful-people-in-the-state Brad Burt, Blaise Gainey /2024-11-06/donald-trump-texas-election-future-gop-republican-party With the hopes of a blue or purple Texas dashed, what might Texas look like under a second Trump administration? Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:35:59 GMT /2024-11-06/donald-trump-texas-election-future-gop-republican-party Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-05-23/infighting-threatens-to-overshadow-texas-republican-party-at-state-convention The Texas Republican Party will kick off its biennial convention Thursday in San Antonio against the backdrop of intraparty animus and early voting in runoff elections that could usher in a new balance of power in the Texas House. Thu, 23 May 2024 15:00:35 GMT /politics/2024-05-23/infighting-threatens-to-overshadow-texas-republican-party-at-state-convention Julián Aguilar /politics/2024-02-13/the-republican-party-of-texas-has-moved-further-to-the-right-how-did-that-happen More recently, the party has been engulfed in controversy and infighting � from spats over Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment to ties to white supremacists. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:58:00 GMT /politics/2024-02-13/the-republican-party-of-texas-has-moved-further-to-the-right-how-did-that-happen Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /politics/2022-11-09/despite-outrage-over-school-shooting-uvalde-residents-voted-to-keep-the-states-gop-in-power Families of the victims pleaded with voters to consider candidates who supported gun control. But the area has long supported Republicans. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:31:31 GMT /politics/2022-11-09/despite-outrage-over-school-shooting-uvalde-residents-voted-to-keep-the-states-gop-in-power Julián Aguilar /politics/2022-11-08/texas-gop-continues-statewide-election-sweep-as-abbott-patrick-and-paxton-win-reelection The offices of governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor will remain in conservative hands as Texas Democrats continue their near-three-decade losing streak in statewide contests. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:15:57 GMT /politics/2022-11-08/texas-gop-continues-statewide-election-sweep-as-abbott-patrick-and-paxton-win-reelection Julián Aguilar /politics/2022-10-28/so-far-voter-turnout-in-texas-lags-behind-2018 The state’s most populous counties are seeing a significant drop off from four years ago. That’s despite Texas having more registered voters this time around. Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:01:13 GMT /politics/2022-10-28/so-far-voter-turnout-in-texas-lags-behind-2018 Julián Aguilar /politics/2022-10-21/abortion-ban-texas-republicans-rape-exception State Sen. Robert Nichols became the first GOP lawmaker to publicly say he wants to change the law. But he’s not even willing to craft a bill. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2022-10-21/abortion-ban-texas-republicans-rape-exception Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /politics/2022-09-07/texas-judge-rules-coverage-of-anti-hiv-medicine-violates-religious-freedom Last year, the federal government required most insurance companies to cover the drug known as PrEP. But a group of Christian business owners claimed the mandate pushes them to “facilitate homosexual behavior.� Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:57:51 GMT /politics/2022-09-07/texas-judge-rules-coverage-of-anti-hiv-medicine-violates-religious-freedom Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /politics/2022-06-19/three-takeaways-from-this-years-republican-party-of-texas-convention Drama, energy and Trump. Those words sum up this year’s Texas GOP convention, which wrapped up Saturday in Houston. Sun, 19 Jun 2022 19:01:46 GMT /politics/2022-06-19/three-takeaways-from-this-years-republican-party-of-texas-convention Sergio Martínez-Beltrán