Mealer’s election challenge casts doubt over whether ballot disruptions affected the race for Harris County judge. Fellow Mark P. Jones predicts that nothing should come out of the legal case that would "cause the outcome of the election to be changed.”
Ahead of the legislative session, Texas zeroes in on the ongoing border crisis. Political science fellow Mark P. Jones breaks down how Biden’s presidency influences the spending of billions on border security.
In an op-ed, fellow Mark P. Jones explained why Rep. Kevin McCarthy continues to rack up failed votes in his bid for speaker of the U.S. House and why things are so different down in Texas — where Rep. Dade Phelan knows his re-election as speaker of the Texas House is a lock.
Republicans are looking to Ron DeSantis as the party's guide. Political science fellow Mark P. Jones said that DeSantis “provides the more conservative wing of the Republican Party with an example of what they believe ... other Republicans should be doing.”
Texas Republicans want to show "they're winning elections in a system that's safe & secure, but ... they do have to placate the portion of the base that believes that fraud is rampant," said fellow Mark P. Jones of the state's 2020 general election audit.