Ken Paxton asked a judge to order Mr. Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against Donald J. Trump, to preserve his records and avoid “obstruction of accountability.”

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead his border security and deportation efforts is an ally of Gov. Greg Abbott and a self-described "fan" of the Republican governor who regularly praised Texas' border crackdown on Fox News.

The Texas Secretary of State's Office has several guidelines for how voted ballots should be stored after an election to ensure they are secured.

No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas since 1994. But the margin between Republicans and Democrats in recent years has been narrowing.

Cruz beat his challenger by 9 points, while Trump prevailed over his by 14 points. Still, Cruz performed better this year than he did in 2018

FOX 7 Austin’s Chief Political Reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of political analysts take a look at some of the big stories this week.

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

View live results of the Texas presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Texas voters react to the results in the U.S. presidential and Senate races, or if the results are taking forever, the lack of results.

Polling before the election showed Cruz 1 point ahead of Allred, indicating it could be one of the closest races in the country.

The last time a Republican president won by this much in Texas was in 2004, when George W. Bush won reelection.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz locked in a third term in Congress Tuesday by defeating Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.