Texas Republican Party Chairman Abraham George said the party intends to sue the state of Texas to close the Republican primaries. In an interview for Eye On Politics, George told CBS News Texas, "We ...

The newly elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, has not only cast ballots in the papal conclave, but in U.S. elections as well. The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to ...

The Texas Republican Party wants to close its primaries to all but registered members, a move that would consolidate power among the state’s most conservative activists. Leaders inside the Texas GOP ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Republican Party of Texas, or RPT, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Thursday, claiming that the state’s open primary election system “violates [its] First Amendment rights.” ...

Closing primaries tells Texans that their voices are not welcome unless they pass some ideological purity test. It shrinks the tent rather than growing it, writes Joe Kirby. iStock / Getty Images I’m ...

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