In the race for the District 80 state house seat, Tracy King’s decision not to run left it open for a contest between ...

Former Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. claimed victory Tuesday night in the race for a battleground state House district in ...

Republican candidate and former Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. is projected to win the Texas House District 80 race, ...

The state seat has flipped red after decades of being blue. The Republican candidate defeated Democrat Cecilia Castellano.

SAN ANTONIO - Don McLaughlin has declared victory, becoming the first Republican to represent House District 80 in over 20 ...

McLaughlin, who led the city through the aftermath of the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, defeated ...

A red wave swept through south Texas on Tuesday, with nearly all border counties voting for President-elect Donald Trump.

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Republican candidate Don McLaughlin Jr. won the District 80 race despite Democratic candidate Cecilia Castellano carrying ...

If those results hold, the GOP will control 88 of 150 seats in the lower chamber when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

As of early Wednesday, the Republican was leading election returns in Brownsville’s Cameron County, McAllen’s Hidalgo County ...

Republicans flipped a blue border district in Tuesday’s election, as former Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin won ... belongs to the people of South Texas,” McLaughlin said in a statement, adding ...