From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

Longtime Illinois Democrats Dick Durbin and Jan Schakowsky are retiring, paving the way for younger lawmakers to step in and ...

Amanda K. Edwards says the stakes are high as she campaigns to represent Texas District-18, with a special election set for November 4th following the deaths of the last two leaders.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Thursday won the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the ...

The power to schedule special elections is a gift to governors intent on doing political mischief.

Whitmire rallied support from progressive and conservative voters in his battle to sit at the city's helm, handily defeating the late congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Houston's mayor is nonpartisan; ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that Nov. 4 will be the date of the special election for the ...

Gov. Abbott cited Harris County election officials’ failures as the reason why he pushed back the election to fill the late ...

Some of the party’s most revered members are octogenarians facing primary challenges from a younger generation.

You have our deepest sympathies. That’s because Scudder is the newly elected chair of the Texas Democratic Party. He inherits ...