Writing laws to restrict DEI on campuses was just the start. Now as Texas Tech chancellor, Brandon Creighton wants to push the limits on what professors teach.

AUSTIN — Elon Musk has helped propel spending in the Texas Senate race past $560 million, making it the most expensive in American history. That record-breaking figure largely covers political advertising, according to AdImpact, which tracks campaign ads. It puts Texas ahead of the previous leader, Ohio’s 2024 Senate contest.

Fort Worth’s Tarrant County, the biggest county President Donald Trump carried in 2024, exemplifies some of the trends that have made Texas a battleground this year.

Trump rallied Texas voters in Corpus Christi and will travel to Lubbock to support Republican Ken Paxton in his race against Democrat James Talarico.

The close Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton in Texas has unsettled conservatives used to three decades of statewide

At a rally in Lubbock, Texas on Tuesday, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico took the stage just an hour after Trump wrapped his own speech in the Lone Star State. Talarico energized the crowd,

Trump and Democrat James Talarico will hold competing rallies in Texas as they battle for control of the Senate.

The matchup in Texas between Ken Paxton and James Talarico has elevated personality over policy in a year when voters are putting self-dealing in government atop their list.

Ken Paxton to Newsmax: Trump's Texas Rallies Helping Senate Bid

In several competitive U.S. Senate contests, candidates have built healthy campaign accounts with out-of-state donations. But the messages to those donors is very different from the one back at home.

With the early voting period halfway over and Election Day looming, the candidates for U.S. Senate in Texas continue to cross the state to get their supporters to the polls. Both the Democratic nominee,