Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it.

FOX 7 Austin chief political reporter Rudy Koski and his panel of experts discuss what happened in This Week in Texas Politics.

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Three Republican incumbents are being targeted for their role in recent abortion rulings by a new Democratic political action committee.

Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, has emerged recently as a key player in national politics.

Texas’s 26th congressional district, which covers parts of Denton, Wise, Cooke and Tarrant counties, will have a new representative for the first time in two decades. U.S. Rep. Dr. Michael Burgess announced he was calling in a career in November 2023 joining fellow North Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger in retiring from congress.

Jonathan Mitchell enabled private parties to sue anyone who facilitates an abortion. But his test case might have collapsed when an appeals court blocked his subpoena to the woman whose abortion was at issue.

On Election Day, Texas voters will have their say on who represents them, from the White House to the state House. The Texas Tribune will host Previewing the 2024 Election 9 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Tribune's Studio 919 in downtown Austin or online for a discussion on the important races to watch and what it could all mean for Texas.

FOX 26 took a look at the results of each presidential election in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties since 1992 to see how some things have changed and others have stayed the same.

Republican Brandon Hall and Democrat Rayna Glasser will face off Nov. 5 in a race for the Texas State Board of Education ’s District 11 seat. Early voting begins Oct. 21. The winner will represent parts of northeast Tarrant County and all of Parker, Somervell and Hood counties.