President Donald Trump last visited Texas in February, when he went to El Paso to rally support for a border wall. He’s expected to be back in the state for fundraisers April 10, according to people familiar with his plans.
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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Watch Beto O’Rourke’s first Texas rally as a presidential candidate
Watch O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso.
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Beto O’Rourke hires former top Obama aide as campaign manager
O’Rourke has brought on veteran Democratic strategist Jennifer O’Malley Dillon to lead his White House bid.
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In first South Carolina swing, Beto O’Rourke faces pragmatic voters intent on beating Trump
Whichever Democrat running for president places well in South Carolina’s Feb. 29 primary will head into the March Super Tuesday contests — a rash of states that will include Texas — with momentum.
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In Houston, Kamala Harris draws large crowd, prominent Democrats in first major Texas swing
“This is Harris County!” declared a bevy of colorful signs at a campaign rally Saturday for the California Democrat. Harris has made clear she plans to cede no ground to Democratic rivals who hail from the Lone Star State.
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Beto O’Rourke’s first week marked by furious pace, freewheeling style
The former El Paso congressman hit six states in the first seven days of his nascent White House bid, plowing through the ups and downs of the trail while maintaining a breakneck pace.
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Beto O’Rourke’s campaign received 128,000 “unique contributions” in the first 24 hours.
O’Rourke raised $6.1 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, surpassing his 2020 Democratic rivals’ totals for the same period. Bernie Sanders raised $5.9 million in his first 24 hours.
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Analysis: The 2020 election’s most important Texas race
The fate of a half-dozen Republican congressional incumbents in Texas and, perhaps, the outcome of the presidential race could depend on how the U.S. Senate race in Texas goes.
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Julián Castro: “I’m confident that by the time people start voting that I’m going to do well”
At a meet-and-greet with Democrats in Dallas Tuesday night, Castro dismissed suggestions that his bid for president was being overshadowed by Beto O’Rourke and said he was working hard “to make sure that at the right time I’m the frontrunner of this race.”
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Beto O’Rourke raises $6.1 million in first 24 hours — beating Bernie Sanders and all other 2020 contenders
The Texas Democrat says he raked in over $6.1 million for his presidential bid in the first 24 hours of his campaign — an eye-popping number that beats every other Democrat who has disclosed first-day figures so far.