2022 Elections

In the months ahead, trustees will decide whether to send a bond package to voters in November. One effort the bond could help fund is creating affordable housing on district-owned property to try to retain teachers getting priced out of the city.

Drama, energy and Trump. Those words sum up this year’s Texas GOP convention, which wrapped up Saturday in Houston.

The Republican Party of Texas has been engulfed in controversy over its stance on LGBTQ+ issues, including excluding Log Cabin Republicans of Texas — an organization that works “to make the Republican Party more inclusive, particularly on LGBT issues” — from the convention.

Many speakers focused on beating Democrats in the November midterm elections — and pushed for less negotiation and collaboration across party lines.

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Gov. Greg Abbott’s 15% lead has shrunk to 5% over Beto O’Rourke as more Texas voters now say gun policies are a top priority.

In winning the GOP primary runoff election, Christian fended off a surprise challenge from West Texas-based attorney Sarah Stogner.

The Republican nominees will seek re-election against their Democratic opponents in November.

Several races from the March primary in Texas went to a runoff, meaning no candidate seeking their party’s nomination got more than 50% of the vote. So now, the top two candidates in those races are facing off.

The Republican primary contest between challenger Sarah Stogner and incumbent Wayne Christian has been characterized by twists and turns, accusations of corruption and some light nudity.

Sarah Stogner says she took the money from a rich friend because she thinks she has a chance of winning the Republican nomination. She initially ran just to make a statement.