In this edition of the TribCast, the first one after the party primary runoffs, Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey sits down with Political Editor Aman Batheja and reporters Patrick Svitek and Emma Platoff.
May 2018
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Texas Elections 2018
In these four Texas counties, no one voted in the Democratic primary runoffs
Hall, King, Lynn and McMullen counties held Democratic runoff elections but no one voted. Each county only had one Democratic matchup on their ballots: the gubernatorial race between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White.
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Criminal Justice
Democratic state Rep. Ron Reynolds likely headed to jail after Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refuses to review his case
The Missouri City representative will still be able to keep his seat because it was a misdemeanor conviction.
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Health care
Texas reproductive rights groups worried about Trump proposal to strip funding from clinics affiliated with abortion providers
Anti-abortion advocates and state leaders, meanwhile, hope the rule will help the state power the right to distribute federal family planning dollars.
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Criminal Justice
Lawsuit claims one of Texas’ top Republican judges fired his secretary for supporting Democrats on social media
Olga Zuniga, who worked as a secretary on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for 14 years, claims she was fired by her Republican boss for her social media posts favoring Democrats.
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Texas Elections 2018
Dan Crenshaw, Chip Roy, Michael Cloud among Republican congressional runoff winners
In Tuesday’s primary runoff election, Texas voters cast ballots in six Republican congressional races across the state.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: With runoffs complete, the 2018 Texas general elections begin in earnest
A low-key, low-turnout primary runoff election Tuesday set the slates for November’s general elections — starting with the Democratic nominee for governor.
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View full results from Tuesday’s Texas primary runoffs
Texas hosted more than 30 primary runoff races on Tuesday. View full results from every contest here.
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Texas Elections 2018
Hard-line conservatives lose big in Texas House runoffs
Most of the seven Texas House Republican primary runoffs fell along familiar ideological fault lines in the Republican Party. The more moderate candidates won in most cases.
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Texas Elections 2018
Voter turnout in a Texas Democratic gubernatorial runoff hasn’t been this low in nearly 100 years
Democrat Lupe Valdez will face off against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the fall. Two incumbents in the Texas House lost their runoffs. And Democrats had their worst runoff turnout in almost a century.
