Gov. Rick Perry said the elections of Republican governors in New Jersey and Virginia this week signal a dissatisfaction with policies in Washington.

A wealthy Houston businessman said he will use $10 million of his own money in his Democratic primary bid for governor.

City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city. Parker, who would be

Gov. Rick Perry has a 12-point lead over challenger U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary governor's race, according to a University of

Eleven proposed constitutional amendments went before Texas voters in Tuesday's election and won passage.

Voters in Texas are deciding whether to place more restrictions on the government's use of eminent domain and whether to create a fund to establish more

New York City is poised to elect its first Asian-American to citywide office.

Voters across New York are deciding constitutional issues. The first ballot proposition Tuesday is whether to approve a minor land swap in a remote

It's Election Day 2009. Two states are electing governors in what could be seen as a very early test of President Barack Obama's political influence.

Gov. Rick Perry is bashing Washington-style health care fixes, but he isn't saying whether Texas should refuse federal incentives for insuring more people if

A Texas congressman has joined a Pearland, Texas woman's efforts to find her abducted daughter by getting the U.S. State Department involved in the14-year-old

There are 11 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot Tuesday. 

In “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Doing Big Things in Government,” William D. Eggers and John O'Leary set out to answer the question: Why do some government

Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging the federal government to stop its plans to transport illegal aliens

Newly revealed plans propose a two-story addition to the north of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin.