The general election two years ago set Texas Republicans on a red-meat sprint in the 2017 legislative session. This year, the tone is quieter, and the agenda is laden with bread-and-butter issues.
2018 elections
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Texas Elections 2018
Three weeks after election, Texas Democrat concedes to state Rep. Morgan Meyer in tight race
Joanna Cattanach’s concession comes almost one month after the 2018 midterms. The Democrat had trailed state Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, by roughly 200 votes and requested a recount nearly a week after the election.
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Beto O’Rourke no longer ruling out 2020 presidential run
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, said at a town hall in El Paso Monday that he and his wife had “made a decision not to rule anything out.”
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones concedes in close congressional race against Will Hurd
Almost two weeks have passed since the election, but Jones had been holding out hope and waiting to see all outstanding ballots counted.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke. Julián Castro. John Cornyn. 2020 already looms large in Texas.
Texas Democrats and Republicans are already gearing up for an action-packed election cycle.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: Texans who barely won in 2018 will be top targets in 2020
Winning an election by just a little bit can make a candidate a target in the next election. And this year’s ballots in Texas were full of close finishes.
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Texas Elections 2018
Four candidates file for special election to replace Sylvia Garcia
The deadline was 5 p.m. Friday.
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Politics
Straight-ticket voting ends in 2020. For some down-ballot Republicans, that wasn’t soon enough.
The Legislature voted last year to end straight-party voting for the 2020 elections. After a tough night for some down-ballot Republicans, some are wishing they’d done it sooner.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: The neglected Texans responsible for 2018’s GOP wins
The Republicans at the top of the statewide ballot in Texas won their elections this year, but it was the state’s least-populated and most-ignored counties that put them over the top.
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Texas Elections 2018
The week after Election Day, some Texas races remain in limbo
Counties still say they’re tallying their final votes, but here’s a roundup of races where the outcomes remain in limbo.