From the intense battle between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke to hard-fought, well-funded races lower on the ballot, what happens on Election Day could reset — or reaffirm — the trajectory of Texas politics.
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With more competitive races than usual, Texas saw deluge of outside spending
A hotly contested U.S. Senate race and an expanded congressional battlefield attracted a flood of super PAC spending to Texas in the general election.
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Justice Department will send election monitors to 3 Texas counties for Election Day
The monitors will be in Harris, Tarrant and Waller counties.
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Here’s how Texas voted in every U.S. Senate election since 1961
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz won re-election in 2018 against Democrat Beto O’Rourke by about 2.6 percentage points. Here’s a look at the margins of victory for every U.S. Senate election in Texas since 1961.
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The final 2018 Hotlist: The most competitive races in Texas’ midterm election
Texans have just one more day — tomorrow — to cast ballots in hundreds of races. Beyond the blockbuster match-up between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke, which ones are still on my final short list?
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With days to go, contest for attorney general shows signs of a competitive race
Attorney General Ken Paxton has run a mostly under-the-radar re-election campaign, but new ads and big donations in the final days suggest Republicans aren’t taking anything for granted.
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After SNL mocks his war injury, Texas congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw says he tries hard “not to be offended”
Crenshaw is running for an open seat in a Houston-area district. His opponent also condemned the joke.
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Cruz, O’Rourke blitz state in final weekend of campaigning
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, made their closing arguments Saturday as they embarked on their last weekend of campaigning in the hotly contested race.
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More than 4,884,528 Texans voted early in the midterm election
Early voter turnout in the 2018 midterms surpassed turnout from the 2012 presidential election in the 30 Texas counties where most registered voters in the state — 78 percent — live.
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Democratic super PAC injects $2.2 million into Texas House races in closing days
The investment by Forward Majority reflects Democratic optimism about significantly expanding their ranks in the Texas House come Tuesday.