Stacey Main

Campaign endorsements are coming in for two Democrats hoping to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Fort Worth Congressman Marc Veasey is endorsing former Congressman Colin Allred of Dallas in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat. Watch Jack Fink's interview with Colin Allred here: State Rep. James Talarico of Austin announced that more than 100 people have endorsed him, including Democratic Congresswoman Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch, who succeeded Allred in the House.

A North Texas union, the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1040, is among the nationwide organizations calling on Congress to immediately approve a clean continuing resolution — a bill to fund the government and reopen it. The Republican House majority passed a clean CR in September, without much new spending or programs. However, in the Senate, 60 votes are needed to pass this bill.

With less than one week before candidates can begin filing their campaign paperwork, a panel of three federal judges in El Paso has yet to issue a ruling on whether to uphold the newly approved Texas congressional maps for the 2026 elections. The judges held a 10-day hearing in October to determine whether the state will use the newly drawn district maps or revert to the existing 2021 maps.