Vicente Gonzalez

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sought to take the fall for the failure of Democrats to flip control of the House in last week's elections. But his colleagues weren't buying it. In a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol, Jeffries stood before his troops and said he was [...]

Democrat Kamala Harris urged unity in a concession speech at Howard University following her defeat to Republican Donald Trump. The election results prompted foreign leaders and President Joe Biden to congratulate Trump and left Democrats downtrodden after the former president...

Incumbent Democrat Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. ran against former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores to represent Texas' 34th Congressional District.

Democratic U.S. Rep Vicente Gonzalez has won reelection to a competitive South Texas House seat, defeating repeat opponent and former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores. It’s a sign of strength for Democrats in the region and a disappointment for Republicans who...

With votes still being counted, here's a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision Desk (read more on how those races are called on NBCNews.com).

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov.5, and while Texans are tasked with selecting a new president, a U.S. Senate seat hangs in the balance among two candidates.

The most recent poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris in a virtual tie with former President Donald Trump with Hispanic voters.

This story is part of a series of state-by-state previews of the 2024 election.Democrats in Texas will once again wait on Election Day to find out whether this is the year they can win a statewide race after three decades of losing to Republicans.They're pinning their hopes on the U.S. Senate, where Republican incumbent Ted Cruz faces a challenge from U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker and civil rights attorney who flipped a competitive U.S. House seat to take office in 2018.RELATED STORY: Ted Cruz blames his close Senate race on Mitch McConnellWith so many Democrats defending Senate seats nationwide, Texas is one of the only states where a Republican senator is in a competitive race. Spending on the contest has topped $100 million, according to AdImpact, which tracks ad spending—swamping the money spent on the presidential election in Texas.It’s been 30 years since Democrats won a statewide race in the Lone Star State, but that's not for lack of effort. In 2002, Democrats were excited to run a “dream team” of candidates for Senate, governor, and lieutenant governor in hopes that the racially diverse ticket would harness a new generation of Texas voters who could flip the state. They didn't.More recently, in 2018, Democrat Beto O’Rourke broke fundraising records in his race against Cruz. He lost. Two years later, Democrats hoped that M.J. Hegar would build upon O’Rourke’s momentum to defeat Sen. John Cornyn. She lost, too.No Democrat has won Texas in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976, although Bill Clinton ran close in three-way contests in both 1992 and 1996. A unexpected win in Texas for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris would all but end Republican Donald Trump's bid to return to the White House.

A handful of states begin early in-person voting on Monday as Election Day nears.

“They’re cold blooded. They don’t do this on a whim. They make decisions on data and cold hard calculations,” said Matt Angle, founder of The Lone Star Project.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski A decision by national Democrats to fund a late, multimillion-dollar ad blitz in Texas and [...]The post At the Races: Expanding states of play appeared first on Roll Call.

'Thespian in the Speaker’s failure theater'

A centrist House Democrat said Tuesday that he will back the Republicans’ short-term government funding bill if it hits the floor on Wednesday, as scheduled, becoming the first Democrat to announce support for the controversial spending package. Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate Maine Democrat, noted that he’s already voted in favor of one of the [...]

'Keep adding $1 trillion to our debt every 100 days'

Sen. Kelly denied that illegal immigrants were voting in U.S. elections when asked about a House-passed measure to require proof of citizenship to vote.

Some GOP lawmakers want to see a GOP priority Trump-backed bill tied to a spending measure next month as Congress contends with another potential government shutdown.

Republicans enter the 2024 Senate races needing to pick up two seats to regain control, but a loss in the Lone Star State could threaten their prospects.

Some Republicans aren’t quite ready for that.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday announced a slate of 26 Republican candidates as part of its “Young Gun” program, which highlights non-incumbent candidates and challengers in competitive districts. The initial list of 2024 candidates includes 24 Republicans who are either challenging incumbent Democrats or seeking a seat that a Democrat is vacating, [...]

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, is seen with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the House floor before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez declined to answer this week when asked about the job Vice President Kamala Harris did at the southern border after being tapped by President Biden to work on the issue.