Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 2015, on the opening day of the 84th Texas Legislature, newly elected Republican Konni Burton, a former Tea Party leader ...

In perhaps Texas’ only remaining state Senate swing district, conservative PACs backed by fracking billionaires are doubling down on campaign contributions in an effort to help Konni Burton hold onto ...

Republican Konni Burton lost her seat in Senate District 10 to Democrat Beverly Powell. The seat was once help by Democrat Wendy Davis. In reliably red Tarrant County, a Democrat took back a swing ...

With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Beverly Powell is projected to win the Texas State Senate District seat formerly held by Republican Konni Burton. Texas State Senate District 10 ...

Beverly Powell reacts to the news she won the Texas Senate District 10 race.Powell beat incumbent Konni Burton, reclaiming the seat for Democrats. Madison Simmons After her win Tuesday night over ...

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State Sen. Konni Burton, left, is running for re-election in Texas Senate District 10, a Tarrant County seat, against Democrat Beverly Powell. The closest state Senate race in Texas may be in Tarrant ...

State Rep. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, and Democrat Beverly Powell face off for the Senate District 10 seat in November. Anna M. Tinsley Star-Telegram Democrat Beverly Powell, a real estate agent who ...

State Rep. Molly White, R-Empower Texans. I did not think the 84th session of the Texas Legislature could get any worse. Then it did. Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 4), Sen. Konni Burton, a Colleyville ...

I want you to follow me on Twitter (@james4texas). So today is the first in an occasional series where we, together, will brave the land of Twits. 1) North Korea strikes back This morning (Jan. 12), ...

Burton and Huffines were two of three Republican senators in districts where more voters backed Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump in 2016 or where the president had a narrow ...

Texas state senators Konni Burton (left) and Don Huffines appeared headed for defeat late Tuesday, signaling a major shift in the conservative upper chamber of the Legislature. Dallas Morning News ...