U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson said she plans to run for reelection after a panel of three federal judges yesterday temporarily blocked a new congressional map from going into effect in Texas.

The filing deadline for next year’s election is 19 days away, and for some Democrats, a path back to Congress just emerged.

Fort Worth State Rep. Ramon Romero, Jr. is the chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus in the Texas House.

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a variety of plaintiffs against the State of Texas.

In a vote along party lines, Republicans in a Texas State House committee voted to advance a map that redraws lines for nearly all of the Lonestar State's congressional map. The map, under House Bill 4, goes to the House floor for a vote, expected to ...