Texas remained true to the GOP in this week’s general election, but the blue spots on the map that represent Democratic votes and mark many of the state’s biggest cities are getting bluer.
2016 elections
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Politics
See the straight-ticket breakdown in Texas’ 10 most-populous counties
Straight-ticket ballots — where voters choose parties instead of individual candidates — accounted for almost 64 percent of total votes cast in the state’s 10 biggest counties this year.
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Criminal Justice
Border leaders think Trump’s tough talk on NAFTA will die down
Despite all the time Donald Trump spent bashing NAFTA while running, border leaders hope he’ll soften his stance as campaign trail rhetoric cools.
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Demographics
There’s no shading it, Harris County went undeniably blue
Though it’s teetered between Democrats and Republicans at the top of the ticket in recent elections, this year the state’s largest county went decidedly blue.
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Politics
Among Texans, race is on for jobs in Trump administration
Four Texans — including former Gov. Rick Perry and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller — are being mentioned most often as potential members of a Trump administration.
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Politics
Travis County star of “best campaign ad ever” wins re-election
Republican Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty won re-election Tuesday, no small feat in the heavily Democratic county.
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Public Education
New Republican on State Board of Education keeps mum on creationism
The new Republican State Board of Education representative isn’t saying whether he’ll vote to remove creationism from state science curriculum standards.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin students lead hours-long protest after Trump win
Students were joined by like-minded bystanders as the Austin Police Department stopped traffic ahead of the protesters’ path.
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5 Texas takeaways from Trump’s triumph
President-elect Donald Trump easily won Texas’ 38 electoral votes Tuesday on his way to a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton. Here’s a look at five takeaways from his victory, from a Texas perspective.
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Demographics
Trump’s comments prompted little notable change in turnout in Hispanic areas
Experts and pundits predicted that Hispanics would vote in record numbers to express their displeasure with Donald Trump. In Texas, it doesn’t look like that happened.
