On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Patrick and Emma about Bernie Sanders’ momentum going into Super Tuesday, how that’s stoking concerns among some Democrats and the questions that come with judicial elections.
Alexa Ura
Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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TribCast: A Texas Senate retirement and Bernie Sanders’ new lead in the state
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Emma, Cassi and Alex about what state Sen. Kirk Watson’s retirement could mean for the Senate, Bernie Sanders’ new lead in presidential polling in Texas and a Democratic judicial candidate’s sexist comments about his opponent.
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TribCast: Texas Democrats’ Beto O’Rourke dilemma and the road to Super Tuesday
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Ross and Alex about the questions facing Texas Democrats on how much of a role they want O’Rourke to play in their elections and the setup for Super Tuesday voting in the state.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas updates election reporting system to allow for tally of Super Tuesday delegates
After Democrats raised the prospect of delays in calculating presidential delegates on election night, the secretary of state’s office has updated the system counties will use to report results on March 3.
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Texas 2020 Elections
New Texas election process has Democrats expecting a delay in Super Tuesday delegate totals
Democratic leaders say the Texas secretary of state’s office told them that a full accounting of how many delegates each presidential contender wins won’t be available on election night. But the secretary of state’s office says it does plan to have the results tabulated.
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TribCast: Forecasting a Super Tuesday delay in Texas and the upcoming primary
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Patrick and Ross about an expected delay in Super Tuesday delegate totals in Texas and what we’re keeping an eye on for the upcoming primaries.
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TribCast: The money fight for the Texas House and a very special election
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Cassi and Patrick about what we learned from recent campaign finance reports, a nationally targeted special election runoff for a Texas House seat, and presidential endorsements.
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TribCast: Refugee ban, hemp fiasco and another Planned Parenthood fight
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Jolie and Emma about the governor’s decision to opt out of the federal refugee resettlement program, the state’s hemp legalization fiasco and the latest in the Texas vs. Planned Parenthood fight.
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Texas Voting Rights
Round two of fight over online voter registration for Texas drivers reaches federal court
The state won the first round on a technicality. Now disenfranchised voters are again asking that they be allowed to complete their voter registrations through the online driver’s license portal.
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Demographics
Texas leaves the hard work of chasing an accurate census count to communities
Local governments, nonprofits and churches are stepping into the organizational void left after Republican Texas lawmakers shot down any significant funding for state efforts to avoid an undercount in the 2020 census.
