Bob Price

Two days after Texas Senator Glenn Hegar came within 200 votes of an outright victory in the Republican Primary race for Texas Comptroller, potential runoff candidate State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran conceded from the race. In a statement obtained by Breitbart

EL PASO, TEXAS–Former El Paso police officer and reserve deputy constable Billy Jack Barrow, Jr. was yesterday sentenced to prison for a period of two years. Barrow was arrested with fifteen other people during a series of raids conducted by

TEXAS–National unemployment numbers took yet another jump in data released today by the federal government. While adding 175,000 jobs, the unemployment rate moved upwards to 6.7 percent. Not so in Texas, where unemployment dropped to well below the six percent

GALVESTON, TEXAS–Donald Post, a 68-year-old man, was convicted this week in federal court for production and distribution of child pornography involving a 4-year-old girl.  Additionally, he pled guilty to possession of child pornography. Post, from Houston area suburb League City,

TEXAS–New Rasmussen polling released Thursday indicates voters favor General Abbott over State Senator Davis by a margin of 53 to 41 percent. The poll queried 500 likely voters on and around the March 4th primary election. Texas Attorney General Greg

TEXAS–With margins in excess of over 85 percent, all of the primary initiatives on the Republican Primary ballot sailed to easy victory. The largest margin of victory, 99.36 percent, goes to a conservative principle that states “Elected officials and staff

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Three candidates for the Texas Supreme Court backed by left-of-center trial lawyers fell to defeat in their efforts to stack the state’s highest court. Incumbent justices including Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Justice Phil Johnson and newly appointed Justice Jeff

NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND–Texas’ junior senator Ted Cruz delivered an impassioned speech as the opening speaker for the annual CPAC gathering this morning.  His remarks focused on two major areas; elections and the young people of America. Senator Cruz reminded voters

The day after the March 4th Republican Primary when Senator John Cornyn defeated a crowded field of challengers, Texas’ junior senator Ted Cruz announced his endorsement and support for his senior colleague. Calling for party unity, Senator Cruz called Cornyn,

Shortly after Breitbart Texas broke the news about an alleged scam involving a South Carolina man’s sale of merchandise as part of what he claimed to be a fundraising effort for the Brian Terry Foundation, more tips came flooding to

DEL RIO, TEXAS – A business owner from the Texas/Mexico border town of Eagle Pass was sentenced this week to nearly four years in federal prison for his role in an bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme in Maverick County.  Hipolito

The race for two of Texas’ top three statewide executive branch offices heads now to a runoff election on May 27th. In the Lt. Governor’s race, Sen. Patrick took a surprising lead early in the night and has held a

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS–In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott talks about his nomination by the Republican Party to run in the 2014 General Election against Texas State Senator Wendy Davis in November. “I am honored

HOUSTON, TEXAS– The battle for leadership of the Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) will end today as primary voters head to the polls. The race for HCRP Chairman pits two opponents who are no strangers to running against each other.

For many candidates in the 2014 Joint Primary today marks the end of a very long road. From a hotly challenges U.S. Senate race to the local party chair at the bottom of the ballot, many candidates’ journeys will come

TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER– Police officers from the Mission Police Department have arrested four men in what is believed to be a transnational auto-theft ring.  The men were captured during an alleged attempt to steal a Ford F-250 truck. According to Nadia

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa spoke out against two of his party’s statewide candidates and apparently endorsed a third. Hinojosa publicly attacked U.S. Senate Candidate Kesha Rogers and Agriculture Commissioner hopeful Kinky Freidman while allegedly throwing his support behind

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett (R-Houston) delivered his seventh “State of the County Address” and set the stage for this coming year’s priorities for the Harris County Commissioner’s Court this week.  Emmett also took advantage of the moment to remind

Breitbart Texas has discovered a Facebook page selling merchandise with slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s image under the guise of supporting the Brian Terry Foundation. Terry’s family, however, says not so fast–stating the page has no connection with the

AUSTIN, TX–This week Lt. Governor David Dewhurst announced interim charges to deal with issues related to criminal justice procedures and institutions in Texas. The charges ask the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, chaired by Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) and vice-chaired

WASHINGTON, D.C.–As the violence continued in Venezuela, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to the Senate floor to praise the Venezuelan protesters for standing for freedom and to call for the United States to take action. Sen. Cruz stated that

In a poll released today by the Texas Tribune, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis trails Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott by eleven points.  The margin between Abbott and Davis has nearly doubled since the same poll conducted in October, 2013.

The FBI office in Dallas announced this week the sentencing of two illegal aliens from Mexico who were convicted of drug related charges.  Apolinar Carbajal Abelardo, and Melicio Nunez-Duque, also known as La Burra, both from Guerrero, Mexico, were living

An accused international child sex trafficker is being held by U.S. authorities and they are seeking help in finding more of his alleged victims. Jason Daniel Gandy, age 37, is currently being held by the U.S. Immigration, Enforcement and Customs’