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The Dallas County Republican Party has voted to hand-count ballots in the March primary. That's one of the new election administrator's priorities.

Party insiders said the way the move was handled undercuts Chair Kendall Scudder鈥檚 rhetoric about winning back working class voters, who lurched to the right in 2024.

The party鈥檚 executive committee approved a strategic effort that involves shifting its headquarters to Dallas, while maintaining an office in Austin, opening new offices in Houston, Amarillo, Eagle Pass, and potentially the Rio Grande Valley. Analysts say it will take years for the plan to pay dividends.

The Austin state lawmaker is challenging former congressman and unsuccessful 2024 Senate candidate Colin Allred and former NASA astronaut Terry Virts for the Democratic nod. The Republican primary is a close race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Austin Democrat has made a name for himself with his viral social media presence. His entry to the race pits him against former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred in the increasingly crowded primary.

Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win. The extraordinary move expected Wednesday comes at President Donald Trump's urging.

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their 鈥減ermission slips鈥� to leave the chamber.

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier said she won鈥檛 sign 鈥減ermission slip鈥� to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers.

On Monday, House Democrats announced they were back in Austin. With their return, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature will likely move quickly to pass a new map of the state's congressional districts.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

The new special session started Friday with threats to House Democrats, who have signaled their intention to return to Texas after leaving the state to block the passage of a new GOP-friendly congressional map.