El Paso Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke was the heavy favorite to win this week’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. So why did he lose some border counties to a relative unknown?
Texas Elections 2018
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in the race for U.S. Senate. View full 2018 Texas election results or subscribe to The Brief for the latest election news.
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Texas House Democrats welcome former state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer’s return
Former state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer’s history in the Capitol and facility with legislative rules make him a strong player on a political team that’s vastly outnumbered in the Republican-controlled lower chamber, some of his former colleagues say.
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Wave of women crashes Texas primaries
Texas women candidates won or made it to runoffs in more than 50 primary races statewide amid a surge in interest in running for office among women around the country.
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Analysis: A good day to be a Texas incumbent
Tuesday’s primary election results were perfectly summarized by a Republican political consultant: “So much money, so little change.”
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It was a bad election night for Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas’ best-funded Tea Party group
Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top Tea Party group — Empower Texans — went hard after “squishy” Republicans who bucked the governor or strayed too far from the party orthodoxy. The effort mostly failed.
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Two House Democrats say they’ll run to replace Sylvia Garcia in the Texas Senate
Houston Democrat Sylvia Garcia hasn’t yet stepped down from her Texas Senate seat after winning her congressional primary Tuesday, but Houston state Reps. Ana Hernandez and Carol Alvarado have already said they plan to run for it.
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Blue wave? Texas Republicans outvoted Democrats in the 2018 primaries — again.
Vote counts Tuesday night once again showed how Texas is a red state. Despite an apparent early rush to the polls for Democrats, Republicans ended up casting more ballots in the 2018 primaries.
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Here’s how six of Texas’ most interesting local primary races turned out
From the primary for Bastrop County Republican Party chair to the Republican primary for Montgomery County judge, some incumbents fell to their challengers after a difficult campaign season.
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How Texas counties voted for Beto O’Rourke, and more primary results by county
The results are in from the Texas primary elections on March 6, 2018, the first since President Donald Trump was elected. Check out county-by-county comparisons of turnout in a few key races.
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Despite national Democrats’ efforts, Laura Moser makes primary runoff in bid for Houston U.S. House seat
Activist and journalist Laura Moser secured a spot in the party’s primary runoff to take on Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson in the fall, despite national Democrats taking the rare step of releasing opposition research on her last month.