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Texas 2020 Elections
Texans are poised to set a record for voter turnout with Tuesday’s election. Voters are casting ballots in a litany of races, from president and U.S. Senate to seats in the Texas House. Watch live election results come in here, and check out what you need to know here. If you see an issue while voting, let us know about it here.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Early voting begins in Texas’ boisterous and competitive 2020 election
A noisy election year from the presidential race at the top of the ballot to the congressional and legislative races attracting money from partisans all over the U.S. has reached the decision point. In-person early voting in Texas starts today.
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Fundraising in Texas House races signals a wildly competitive contest for control of the chamber
Democrats outraised Republicans in battleground districts in the third quarter, though Republicans still have the cash-on-hand advantage.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas voters have serious concerns about voting and the 2020 election, UT/TT Poll finds
Only a minority of Texas voters from both parties say they’re ready to trust the results of the 2020 election for president, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas voters are as split as the Senate on Supreme Court opening, UT/TT Poll finds
When it comes to filling a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas voters are split the same way the U.S. Senate is split — along party lines, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas counties temporarily blocked from offering multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations
An order from a federal appeals court Saturday set up another potential legal showdown over voting in Texas as mail-in ballots are already being collected and just days before early voting begins.
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How down-ballot candidates could help Democrats flip Texas
The fate of the presidential race in Texas could be tied to dozens of legislative and congressional races in the state’s suburbs. Those seats have often gone to Republicans. But Democratic candidates are raising and spending big.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas’ John Cornyn and MJ Hegar argue over coronavirus response, policing and the Supreme Court in U.S. Senate debate
Cornyn repeatedly tried to paint Hegar as a puppet of Democratic leaders and too liberal for Texas. She argued he has lost touch with the state after 18 years in the Senate.
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Texas 2020 Elections
State Sen. Royce West won’t vote for fellow Democrat MJ Hegar, accuses her of having “a problem all along with Black folks”
West made the comments Friday to the Austin American-Statesman after his lack of support for Hegar came up at her first debate with Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.
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COVID-19 Recession in Texas
“We can’t do it alone”: Texans say federal leaders’ inaction on a new coronavirus aid package is endangering their livelihoods
Texas business owners and unemployed residents feel like federal leaders of both parties are playing political games with their financial lives in the middle of a damaging recession.