Dems Gain Seat - Maybe - as GOP Rolls on New Map Most Valuable Victory Best Incumbent Campaigns Best Challenger Campaigns Best Team Effort and more

Best of the Legislature 2005: Preseason All-Session Team Who will do the heaviest lifting when the game's on the line at the Texas Capitol this year?

Major Issues: Tracking Top Priorities in 2005 Session

Hymel Joins Public Employees Association United Way Policy VP Starts Capitol Blog TIME Ranks Barton in Top 25 Evangelicals Stekler to Host PBS Series on Legislature Davidson Named GOP Lawyer Alan Pollock Promoted at MGT Ernie Angelo Named to DPS Board Fortner Takes TRCC Press Position Barton Teams Up with Dad at GOP Leibowitz Picks Two for State Staff THA Joins Workers' Comp Coalition Strayhorn Taps Heleman for Key Post Roy Blake Jr. Hires Two New Staffers

Campaign Money Quest: Spirit of Giving in 2004 The stakes were high and the war chests bulging for the Texas campaigns.

After the Remap: Republicans Dominate Texas Freshmen Class There are five new Republicans in the Texas delegation to Congress, but all seven freshmen should feel certain debt of gratitude to the GOP's redistricting coup in the Lone Star State.

The Texas 16 - More or Less - Have Big Shoes to Fill in 2005 There are twice as many Democrats, four times as many men and several would-be members still waiting to find out if they will make the first roll call for the new Texas House freshmen class.