If anyone from the Gina Hinojosa campaign is seeing this, Abbott’s campaign is killing you with lies about her voting record on taxes. For God’s sake, please PLEASE cut an ad pointing out that a state income tax was made unconstitutional in the 1990s when Ds were in the majority. And while you’re at it, PLEASE mention how the state budget has ballooned while Abbott has been governor. C’mon, this is low-hanging fruit.

I'm writing down who I want to vote for the upcoming election and try to be objective but man its not even close... this is the worst set of candidates I've seen put out by the GOP so far and I've voted in many Texas elections. Complete total garbage. I don't even have to name names. You exactly who I am talking about. I have to vote blue on every partisan race, not because I necessarily like the Democratic candidates, but because they have like no serious competition. The Dems are going to sweep the state because the GOP can't field decent candidates.

What's going on? Maybe the rot from Trumpism has festered with his primary challenge endorsements going to morons and this is the result. GOP come on! Step up your game! choose better candidates.

Every interview i see of ken paxton is so bad. He is the most uncharasmatic person i have ever seen and he sucks up to trump even when he calls him ugly or wierd. Trump has even said he doesnt like him. I feel like this is why he is dodging the debate.

Hey y'all! I really really want to discuss this Town Hall with my fellow Texans and since I am using an article worth reading I hope this will be allowed. My last two posts with direct links to the video were removed for apparently breaking a rule...

This is the most important election of most Texans lifetime, so I hope the mods will allow discussion on the specific topic of Talarico's policy platform.

Talarico touched on important topics, and I actually disagreed with some points (that Biden failed border security), but I loved most of what he said. I think he is zoning in on what it truly means to be Texan, and trying to take us back to the successful, booming Texas I grew up.

What are y'alls thoughts on the article and James' town hall?

Today I received more Republican advertising in mail, this time it was all about gender comments by Talarico. This is in addition to endless TV ads, YouTube ads, Radio ads, social media ads. There are a very few related to taxes, drowned out about gender related ones.

Especially when it comes to Talarico, I have not seen any Republican ads criticism him on

• jobs
• inflation
• fuel prices
• electricity prices
• data-centers
• immigrant treatment
• war
• weather
• SNAP benefits
• farmers and ranchers in distress

And anything else that impacts the overwhelming majority of Texans.

This is the TX-10 district that was redrawn in August 2025 - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/TX/10

Nothing says fiscal responsibility like spending millions of taxpayer dollars renovating something that didn’t need renovating.

Katy Padilla Stout initially started her congressional campaign alone. National Democrats are now funneling her millions as she runs against GOP nominee Brandon Herrera, a gun rights YouTuber known as the “AK Guy.”

I just finished The Myth of a Red Texas By David Griscom and hadn’t seen much discussion about it. I thought it was an interesting book that gave some context to the history of politics in the state. It covered some of the collectivism of the farmers in the post civil war, socialism and Eugene Deb and some post WWII union. I definitely learned quite a bit from this quick read and would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of progressivism in the state.

The Houston Chronicle editorial board issued its endorsements for Texas Supreme Court, retreating from its usual position of supporting incumbent judges. Here's why:

Texans elect our Supreme Court justices. But when one jurist steps down midterm, instead of holding an open election, the governor gets to pick someone to serve the rest of the term. Gov. Greg Abbott, himself a former justice, has managed to appoint seven out of the nine justices on the Texas Supreme Court. Once he’s appointed a nominee to the court, they typically sail through the Republican primary. And in a state where Republicans have won every statewide election for decades, it’s no surprise that Abbott’s picks then win the general election.

That ability of one man to shape the courts is concerning — especially since the governor has often chosen to appoint lawyers from his own office, men who spent most of their careers advocating for the state. The Founders designed a government with three independent branches for a reason. Now the independence of the Texas judiciary is in question. That's why, for the Texas Supreme Court, the judicial incumbency that typically earns our praise and endorsement merits some healthy skepticism.