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Texas politics correspondent @nytimes.com | Past: @kutnews.bsky.social @dallasnews.com @houstonchronicle.com @nolanews.bsky.social | FOIA nerd 📧: [email protected] Signal: lmcgaughy.40 ☎︎: 512-436-3641
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NEW: UT Austin is removing its statue of Cesar Chavez months after The @nytimes.com revealed accusations of sexual abuse against the labor leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u... #UT #txlege #txed #highered
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The University of Texas at Austin Is Removing Its Cesar Chavez Statue
Lauren McGaughy
BREAKING: President Said to Be Backing Off Plans for $1.8 Billion Fund After Backlash. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Ken Paxton's last three fundraising texts reference James Talarico's standing in the polls and the Democrat's ability to bring in big cash donors. #txsen
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Happy Election Day, Texas! 🤠🇺🇸 We’ll have a live blog of voting across the state today. Everyone has their eye on the U.S. Senate runoff but there’s lots of other important matchups. Catch all the updates here. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05... #txlege
Another $1M just dropped for Chip Roy in his bid for Texas Attorney General. It appears Alex Fairly, the same West Texas donor who gave him $2.75M a few days ago, is not done yet. More on Fairly's 11th-hour contribs here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u... #txlege
ICYMI: The top election official in Texas just announced her retirement, which will take effect less than four months before the state’s most closely watched election in a decade. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u... #TXLEGE
Update from Maggie Haberman
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Are Texans Ready for James Talarico’s Kind of Christianity? The @nytimes.com takes a close look at the faith tradition guiding the Democratic pick for U.S. Senate in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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Election Live Updates: Texas Republicans Battle for Senate Nomination in Runoff
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A Single Donation Could Upend the G.O.P. Primary for Texas Attorney General
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Are Texans Ready for Talarico’s Kind of Christianity?
Top Texas Election Official to Resign, Months Before General Contest
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Lauren McGaughy
NEW: The @AP has called the race for Texas Railroad Commission, the states oil and gas regulatory body, for insurgent candidate Bo French. With his win, Texas Republicans have advanced a slate of anti-incumbent, hard line candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...
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Exclusive: Today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the acquisition of a whopping 54,000 acres of land 125 miles west of San Antonio, which will become Silver Lake State Park and Texas’s second-largest state park to date. 🎉
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Anti-Muslim Candidate Wins G.O.P. Runoff for Texas Oil Job
Texas's Second-Largest State Park Is Officially Coming
Parks and Wildlife finalized the deal for the 54,000-acre Silver Lake Ranch.
www.texasmonthly.com
Lauren McGaughy
A good day to read or re-read what @lmcgaughy.bsky.social and I wrote about Ken Paxton.
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He’s Been Impeached and Indicted. He Has a Chance in Texas’ Senate Race.
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