With early voting just six weeks away, what are both parties saying about the races ahead — and what's at stake in Texas?

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is offering free tickets to the Republican Party's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, as President Donald Trump enters the event with approval ratings in the low 30s in recent polling.

Next week's Republican convention in Dallas takes place in the same city that helped give rise to the Bush political dynasty. But George W. Bush himself — and many policies he pushed 30 years ago — are largely missing from today's GOP,