West unseated Texas GOP Chair James Dickey, who has served in the role since 2017, in a vote early Monday.
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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Texas GOP convention chaos prompts delegates to create a second gathering for unfinished business
The original convention still kept going overnight, though, as delegates met to vote on key leadership positions — including the state party chairmanship.
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Texas GOP will stick with virtual convention, even though federal judge ruled in-person Houston event is an option
The ruling was a striking last-minute development as party officials have struggled to get a virtual gathering underway.
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Wide-ranging lawsuit claims Texas’ in-person voting rules will disenfranchise Black, Latino voters during the pandemic
Two civil rights groups and two Texas voters are asking a federal judge to require substantial changes to polling place procedures, including an across-the-board mask mandate and expanded curbside voting.
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With high-stakes election season looming, Texas GOP Chair James Dickey faces formidable opposition
Dickey is competing against Allen West, a former Florida congressman, and activist Amy Hedtke.
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Nearly 1 million people voted in Tuesday’s Democratic runoff. The party says it’s a sign of strength to come in November.
The nearly 6% turnout is the highest in years for a Democratic runoff, but what that means is up for debate.
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Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump remains in too-close-to-call runoff with Ted Cruz’s pick
Tony Gonzales and Raul Reyes were separated by 7 votes in unofficial results for the Republican primary runoff to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes.
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TribCast: Election results and voting problems in the primary runoffs
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks with Evan, Matthew and Alex about the results and implications of the primary runoff elections and how voting went in the first statewide election during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Texas runoff 2020 results: Watch live updates here
Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 runoff races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature.
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MJ Hegar defeats Royce West in Democratic runoff for U.S. Senate
Hegar declared victory late Tuesday, but West did not concede until Wednesday morning.