Statement from Giovanni Capriglione: "Years ago, I selfishly had an affair. I’m not proud of this. Thank God my wife and family forgave me, and we moved past it and have the strong marriage we do today." Says the rest of the story is false. #txlege

We have updated the story to reflect the response from Rep. Capriglione. We reached out to the representative’s lawyer several times for comment before publishing. Including asking about alleged trips to Amsterdam. We did not receive a response.

Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations via Eleanor Klibanoff & Renzo Downey, with a h/t to Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt): texastribune.org/2025/07/25/gio… #txlege

Throwback.

Testifiers line up in the University of Houston Student Center to speak on redistricting—this is one of few public hearings happening across the state

.Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt) SHOUTOUT from Richard Hanania!

Made Rolling Stone.

The guy who wrote Texas’s anti-abortion law just got accused of … well you can guess can’t you 🙄 rollingstone.com/politics/polit… Tony Ortiz Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt), the must-read reporter on Texas politics, now regularly getting national attention for his stories

Under the proposed map (*if* Rs win all 5 seats...TX 28 is no guarantee), the GOP Texas delegation percentage would jump from 65% to 79%. #txlege

Guy who lives in Florida and somehow talks about Texas an awful lot uses "we" to refer to Texas redistricting.

NEW: Briscoe Cain tells Texas Scorecard he is considering new proposed CD 9 seat: "I'm greatly encouraged by the calls I'm receiving about the new congressional district in Harris County. Bergundi and I will take time to pray and thoughtfully consider where God would have us

This.

Stateway text ad sent out by the Tarrant county GOP.