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Presidential aspirants running for reelection to their current jobs while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term — should they win one — when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may…

Abbott has consolidated power like no governor before him

Abbott donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions and a chance to bend his ear

The two-term governor’s donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions, and a chance to bend the ear of a politician who may harbor bigger ambitions.

Messages include group chat among cabinet officials and plans by lawmakers to object to election certification

The New Hampshire political consultant has been shellacking hapless Democrats for two decades on behalf of the GOP.

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offer a beautifully written, utterly dispiriting history of the man who attacked democracy

For example, members of the Railroad Commission don’t deal with railroads. Here’s what the many officials elected statewide do with the power voters give them.

In his second attempt to oust the incumbent, Collier is actively courting Republican voters who are turned off by the Legislature’s hard-right turn in recent years.

Mystery surrounds who erected the controversial billboards

If Newsom wants to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he should try a different topic.