Jeb Hensarling is prayerfully considering what to do next, the National Journal reports, now that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has lost his re-election. Fellow Dallas Republican Pete Sessions also might be in play for a leadership post, Slate speculates.
Both have previously been fact-checked.
Texas Republicans said in their platform adopted last week: "Homosexuality is a chosen behavior..."
PolitiFact explored a similar claim in 2011.
Ted Cruz won a presidential straw poll of Texas Republicans taken last week.
But is the Canada-born Cruz constitutionally eligible to run? A PolitiFact team looked at that last year.
David Dewhurst claims about Dan Patrick and Wendy Davis and a Ted Cruz claim about Barack Obama fueled our most-viewed fact checks in May. The top 5 just ahead...
A Democratic group charged Perry with not wanting the federal minimum wage. Perry has lately said he opposes the federal government setting a minimum.
Tea-party darling Dan Patrick, who whomped David Dewhurst in a runoff for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, has a mixed record on the Truth-O-Meter.
Our partners at PolitiFact Texas have been busy fact-checking primary contests for several races in the Lone Star state. Voters go to the polls today.
What are Texas voters supposed to remember past the holiday weekend?
Maybe to tote the Truth-O-Meter to Tuesday runoffs.
San Antonio’s mayor said Dan Patrick proposed Arizona-style "show-me-your-papers legislation." Patrick called that a lie.
Truth-O-Meter says…
Joaquin Castro repeats a claim that Congress in 2013 was its least productive in recorded history.
Aye--by bills passed into law.
Similar ridiculous claims by Greg Abbott and David Dewhurst caught the Truth-O-Meter on fire.
Only in Texas: Two Republican lieutenant governor debates/discussions took place over five days. In today's roundtable, Patrick and Dewhurst aired some previously checked claims.