This Week in Texas looks at what’s at stake as early voting for Houston’s mayoral race is underway

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Early voting is now underway. ABC13’s program This Week in Texas examines the ballot and the 14 propositions that could change the Texas Constitution.

This Week in Texas sits down with the newest candidate for the US Senate, Democrat Mark Gonzalez. He is the former District Attorney of Nueces County and visits the studio about his run for the nomination.

“I am definitely an unconventional candidate,” Gonzalez told . “I think I am an unconventional district attorney. I think I was an unconventional lawyer.”

We discuss crime and its role in the race for Houston mayor with a conservative political action committee focused on the issue.

Then, we turn overseas to gain perspective on the Israel – Hamas war with Houstonian and former ambassador to Qatar, the honorable Chase Untermeyer.