NORTH TEXAS – Hundreds of AFL-CIO members in Dallas welcomed North Texas Congressman and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Colin Allred to their Labor Day breakfast. It marked the first of three labor-focused stops for Allred, with additional visits planned in Fort Worth and Waco.

Here in Texas, the focus is on a tight U.S. Senate race. However, some are wondering whether the presidential race could also be close in Texas.

A Travis County official is sharing concerns about the state's exit from the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC.

Voting rights organizers say they are stepping up efforts to counter what they call voter intimidation and attempts to criminalize their members and volunteers.

Texans have voted in 38 presidential elections since the state was readmitted to the Union in 1870, following the Civil War. Since 1872, the state has been landslide victories and nail-bitingly close races.

No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas since 1994. But the margin between Republicans and Democrats in recent years has been narrowing.

A Latino voting organization is calling on the DOJ to investigate a series of raids held across Texas last week as part an ongoing election fraud investigation.

A district judge has ruled that the Austin City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when it placed 13 city charter amendments on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.According to a report from KVUE's media partners at the Austin American-Statesman,

Among Texas women and Texas Black voters, Harris leads by 50% and 77%, respectively. Meanwhile, likely Latino voters in Texas are almost evenly split: 47% say they’d vote for Trump, while 46% favored Harris. Trump solidly holds his lead with white voters (57%) and men (56%), according to the survey.

The oldest and largest Latino civil rights group has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for the home searches connected his voter fraud probe. In a letter sent Monday to the DOJ’s civil rights division,

According to the state, Harris County's 2021-2022 election cycle was impacted by insufficient training, ballot paper shortages and equipment failures.

The Director of Elections for the Texas Secretary of State’s Office was invited to testify Monday during the Texas House Elections Committee hearing.