House Democrats now have 214 members to Republicans’ 218 after a former Texas attorney won a special election in a blue-leaning district over the weekend.
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House GOP’s already fragile majority to further shrink after Democrats’ ballot box victory
Democratic runoff decides Texas special election for vacant congressional seat, shrinking Republican House majority to razor-thin margin of control.
House GOP majority on the brink as all-Democrat Texas special congressional election underway
Republicans’ razor-thin House majority shrinks further as Democrats set to win Texas special election, giving GOP leadership new headaches in Congress.
Texas race to replace deceased Democrat advances to runoff
The race to replace the late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner in Texas’ 18th Congressional District advanced to a runoff election between Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards.
Permission Structures For Violence: The New York Times And The Assassination Of Charlie Kirk.
Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I have been discussing the idea that the Left has created permission structures for violence. Their argument goes like Read More
Liberals blame Big Beautiful Bill loss on dying Dems: Imagine if they ‘retired instead of died in office’
Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly’s death was blamed by some for the narrow failure of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” while Republicans indicated they had the votes either way.
Texas Democrat Dies Shortly After Attending Trump’s Speech To Congress
Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) died Tuesday night after he was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Turner was 70 years old Read More
Texas Democrat Sylvester Turner dies
Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats. The first-term Texas Democrat had been elected in 2024 to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Read More
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Dead At 74
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s family announced on Friday that the Texas Congresswoman had died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Lee’s family released a Read More