Greatly outnumbered by Republicans, Democrats in the Texas Legislature have little chance to pass major bills and are on ...

A procedural rule gave Senate Democrats a window to block a slate of Texas GOP bills, a rarity in the Republican-controlled ...

Texas Democrats are starting to sound like the ... chamber to protect their majority — which they lost on Tuesday. The minority party also lost ground in the Legislature where Republicans ...

But walkouts have been used almost like the filibuster in the U.S. Senate — as a way for a minority to grind things to a halt. Ironically, the Texas Democrats will be agitating for Democrats in ...

Allred and Texas Democrats are focused on flipping women and minority voters in the suburbs and exurbs around Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio – places where the party is competitive but ...

“The political ramifications are excellent for the Texas Democratic Party.” In 2004 the news that we were now a majority-minority state kicked these prophecies into overdrive. The University ...

"Usually, the minority only employs the tactic when ... More: 'It's a game of chicken': Texas Democrats' walkout has precedent, but will it work? And the 2003 walkout that was the subject of ...

"Texas Democrats have nominated a slate of socialist ... s district as one that was once majority-white but is now majority-minority and is "ready to tip." "The urban core of the major cities ...

This week was not the first time Texas legislators in the minority party fled in an attempt to block passage of controversial legislation. In May 2003, more than 50 House Democrats escaped to ...

The minority party also lost ground in the Legislature ... Matt Angle, a veteran Texas Democratic operative and director of the Lone Star Project, expressed frustration that the party focused ...

But walkouts have been used almost like the filibuster in the U.S. Senate — as a way for a minority to grind things to a halt. Ironically, the Texas Democrats will be agitating for Democrats in ...