Former Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. claimed victory Tuesday night in the race for a battleground state House district in ...

In the race for the District 80 state house seat, Tracy King’s decision not to run left it open for a contest between ...

Republican candidate and former Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. is projected to win the Texas House District 80 race, ...

The state seat has flipped red after decades of being blue. The Republican candidate defeated Democrat Cecilia Castellano.

SAN ANTONIO - Don McLaughlin has declared victory, becoming the first Republican to represent House District 80 in over 20 ...

McLaughlin, who led the city through the aftermath of the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, defeated ...

Don McLaughlin Jr., who was the mayor of Uvalde when the shooting happened, is running against Cecilia Castellano, a Democrat ...

In July, the City Council in Uvalde, Texas, approved a mayoral special election because Mayor Don McLaughlin announced his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives, leaving the seat vacant.

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If those results hold, the GOP will control 88 of 150 seats in the lower chamber when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

“He exhibits strong Texas values with an emphasis on securing ... Greg Abbott, left, speaks alongside Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. during a news conference about the Robb Elementary School ...

Republicans flipped a blue border district in Tuesday’s election, as former Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin won ... belongs to the people of South Texas,” McLaughlin said in a statement, adding ...