Vote counting continued through the night. When results were released early Wednesday morning, the incumbent was short of the total he needed to avoid a runoff.
Alex Samuels
Alex Samuels was a reporter for The Texas Tribune from 2017 to 2021. She helped with national campaign coverage, wrote stories about the intersection of race and politics in Texas, and covered the hottest political news bubbling out of local communities. She was also one of the primary authors of The Blast, the Tribune’s subscription-only daily newsletter for political insiders. Alex began at the Tribune as a fellow in 2016. She graduated in 2017 from the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism. She originally is from Massachusetts and is the best pingpong player at the Tribune.
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2019 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election
Half of registered Texas voters turned out in 2018. Just 12% turned out this year.
Turnout in odd-numbered years has always been historically low. While this year’s turnout is higher than in 2017, it’s still overwhelmingly low.
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2019 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election
Texas voters approve state income tax ban, most other constitutional amendments
While voters supported most changes to the Texas Constitution, they opposed a measure that would allow elected municipal judges to work in more than one jurisdiction.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Castro forges forward after 11th-hour fundraising drive, O’Rourke exit
The former U.S. housing secretary may have met a self-imposed deadline to raise $800,000 or end his campaign, but he still has his work cut out for him as the next Democratic debate approaches.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Julián Castro raises $800,000 in 10-day span to stay in presidential race
With the money solidified, Castro’s campaign said it plans on making a push for the November and December Democratic primary debates — a lofty goal for a campaign that has been mired in low single digits in polls.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro may be rivals — but they’re buddies, too
As one candidate’s stock has climbed and the other’s has dipped, Warren and Castro have continued to share policy ideas — and hugs — on the campaign trail.
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Politics
Drawing Trump parallels, Sylvester Turner battles Tony Buzbee, other competitors in rollicking Houston mayoral race
Turner is fighting for a second term in the Nov. 5 election, invoking the president as he clashes with Buzbee and other competitors in the solidly Democratic city.
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Demographics
Donald Trump compared his impeachment to lynching. Texans in Congress respond: “How dare you?”
The White House insisted Trump wasn’t equating the impeachment probe to “one of our darkest moments in American history,” but Democrats said the president was “weaponizing hate.”
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Texas 2020 Elections
Donald Trump fans in Dallas say the president just “gets” them
Their support for the president is steeped in two main beliefs: He’s done exactly “what he said he’d do,” and his remarks toward Democrats and people of color matched what they said and believed.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Here’s how the top Democratic presidential candidates are faring in the race for Texas donors
Unsurprisingly, Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke are getting more money here than from any other state. But other candidates are playing in Texas, too.
