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Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has an unconventional strategy: he is skipping the early caucuses and primaries to focus on Super Tuesday states, like Texas.

Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has an unconventional strategy: he is skipping the early caucuses and primaries to focus on Super Tuesday states, like Texas.

Former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions’ climb back into Congress was already off to a rough start, with some in his own party suggesting he was carpetbagging by leaving the Dallas district he lost last fall to try to get elected in a far more rural and politically safe one.

Former Texas Rep. Pete Sessions is ‘Congressman-1’ in the indictment Thursday of two Soviet-born businessmen who are also subjects of the House impeachment inquiry, NBC News reported.

Plano businessman Mark Yancey will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the 2020 Republican primary.

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner. He made his announcement via a video message in which he blasted Washington lawmakers over soaring prescription drug prices, the failure to act on climate change...

Speaker Dennis Bonnen issued an about face Tuesday, apologizing to House members for making crude and offensive statements about them to a GOP activist who secretly recorded the conversation.

Brian Curtis joins the discussion with Julie Fine and Gromer Jeffers on Beto O’Rourke’s decision to run for President and the affect his campaign will have on the other Texan on the ballot … former San Antonio Mayor and HUD Secretary, Julian Castro.

One on One interview with Beto O’Rourke, who joins Texan Julian Castro in the race for the White House plus a closer look at the role Texas will play in Decision 2020. NBC 5 Anchor Brian Curtis joins the discussion with Julie Fine and Gromer Jeffers, Sunday morning on Lone Star Politics.

It appears that the New Jersey Senate race between incumbent Sen. Bob Menendez and his opponent Bob Hugin is a toss up, according to a recent The Cook Political Report analysis.

Republican incumbent Senator Don Huffines and Democratic challenger Nathan Johnson face-off over property tax, education, the so called bathroom bill and more. Plus NBC 5 anchor Brian Curtis joins the discussion on the Race for Texas Governor and U.S. Senate Race.

An 11-year-old North Texan talked his dad into taking him on the road, after watching the presidential debates. He now has a website and interviews politicians and Americans.

A former WWE wrestler known as Kane has won a “no-holds-barred, last-man-standing” round, this time in the political ring. Glenn Jacobs went by Kane in the WWE. Now the 6-foot-8, 300-pound Republican has the title of Knox County Mayor. Jacobs runs an insurance and real estate company and was leading Democrat Linda Haney by a large margin with most of...

With Republicans outvoting Democrats in the primaries, and recent polls showing Republicans ahead in major statewide races, is a blue wave questionable?

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings believes the number of elections affects turnout, and wants to move city elections to November.

In a one-on-one interview, gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez (D) acknowledges her campaign has taken a little time to get going but says there is “excitement and energy” everywhere she goes.

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez acknowledges her campaign has taken a little time to get going but says there is “excitement and energy” everywhere she goes.

Democrats are hoping to take back Senate District 10 in Tarrant County. It is a swing district that was held by a Democrat from 2009-2015.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) are officially the candidates for the seat Cruz currently holds. NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine takes a look at the race.