With nine races on the national radar, the congressional battlefield in Texas is expansive.
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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Texas 2020 Elections
In a rare move, Texas Republicans tell President Trump “no” after he calls for delaying the election — something he’s not legally allowed to do
The president does not have the legal authority to move Election Day; that power resides with Congress.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Colleagues feared U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert would catch COVID-19. Sure enough, he did.
Gohmert’s colleagues were afraid the mask-avoiding congressman from Northeast Texas might get infected with the coronavirus. On Wednesday, their fears came true.
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For the first time in years, Texas Democrats running for the U.S. House have more campaign cash than Republicans
Midway through 2016, Texas Republicans had $20.9 million more for their U.S. House campaigns than Democrats. This year, Democrats have a $7.5 million advantage.
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Candace Valenzuela among runoff winners as Texas congressional battleground races take shape
Other notable winners Tuesday night included Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Austin attorney Mike Siegel.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Former White House physician Ronny Jackson and former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions win Texas congressional runoffs
Jackson and Sessions will be clear favorites in their November general election races.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signals support as Austin weighs fines for people not wearing face masks
In a letter to Austin’s mayor, Abbott said the city’s consideration of new enforcement measures “to ensure compliance with my Executive Orders is an important step toward reducing the spread” of the coronavirus.
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EMILY’s List adds to massive spending on behalf of MJ Hegar in Democratic runoff against Royce West
The two are competing to take on Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in November. The primary runoff is Tuesday.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Pete Sessions lost his U.S. House seat in Dallas. Can he win a new one 100 miles south?
Sessions has moved to Waco for his next bid, where an eventful GOP runoff campaign against Renee Swann will likely determine who wins the seat in November.
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Texas Democrat’s congressional campaign received a PPP loan in May
Dr. Christine Eady Mann, who is in a runoff for a Central Texas seat, has already paid the loan back.
