Your afternoon reading:

• "Republican Dan Neil seemed to experience a setback today in his effort to oust state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin. The lawyers for Neil had hoped to prove that the Travis County clerk’s office had mishandled four mail-in ballots.  But when lawyers for Neil and Howard recounted 265 mail-in ballots from three precincts, it was determined that the clerk’s office ultimately had correctly counted the ballots." — Disputed ballots seemed to be properly counted on District 48 race, Postcards

• "Mike Huckabee is being fenced in by mayors from several key border states who charge he’s overstating ...

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