The San Antonio Republican announced Wednesday he will not run for another term in 2022.

Wray is among eight candidates, including five Republicans, on the ballot Tuesday to fill a vacancy in his old House District 10.

The governor said Thursday the second special session will get underway at noon Saturday, with a 17-item agenda.

The plane will be on standby at Dulles International Airport, and Dade Phelan’s team said his political campaign, not taxpayers, will pay for the flight.

With a big endorsement and a record-setting fundraising period behind him, Texas' governor is in a political sweet spot.

The agenda for the special session that begins today previews some of the issues you're likely to hear about during the 2022 election cycle.

Abbott’s office did not specify what legislative priorities will be included on the special session agenda and said in an advisory that such items “will be announced prior to the convening of the special session.”

A governor targeting the Legislature’s budget would be unprecedented in Texas history.

Some conservative lawmakers are worried right now about bills falling to end-of-session deadlines, but several top Republican priorities have either crossed the finish line or are very close.

Abbott already planned to call a special session later in the year for the Legislature to do its decennial redrawing of Texas political maps.