Biden had trailed in the polls leading up to election day, which pointed to Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner.
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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U.S. Reps. Kay Granger and Henry Cuellar claim victory in congressional primary races
Cuellar faced a challenge from attorney Jessica Cisneros, while Granger defeated former Colleyville City Council member Chris Putnam.
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Longtime Texas state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. heads to a runoff
The Brownsville Democrat has served in the Senate for nearly three decades. With all polling locations reporting Wednesday morning, he was just shy of the 50% vote mark needed to win outright.
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Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton concedes Republican primary in surprising upset
Sitton was elected in 2014 to the three-member board, which oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. Jim Wright, who beat him in an upset, owns an oilfield waste services company.
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In Texas, a chaotic primary yields status quo results
As Democrats and Republicans gear up for a competitive general election in Texas, there seems to be less appetite for intraparty warfare.
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Three Texas House members are heading for runoffs
GOP state Reps. Dan Flynn and J.D. Sheffield will go into overtime rounds, as will state Rep. Harold Dutton, a Houston Democrat.
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Texas voting lines last hours after polls close on Super Tuesday
Voters in Houston, in Dallas and at Texas State University reported facing wait times that extended past two hours after polls closed.
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Did Pierce Bush’s family name doom his congressional run, or did his campaigning?
The grandson of the late President George H.W. Bush failed to make the runoff in a crowded GOP race to represent Texas’ 22nd District. Experts say the reasons are more complicated than the decline of the Bush family’s political influence.
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Incendiary State Board of Education candidate Rob Morrow advances to runoff
Neither party wants to see Morrow, who has a history of sexist and racist rhetoric, elected to the board, but he is headed to a runoff for the District 5 seat.
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