Candidates from both parties are bringing up everything from school funding to lemonade stands in the final weeks of a heated contest for control of the state’s lower chamber.
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Analysis: The second election can be harder than the first one
Texas Democrats are trying to add nine seats to their total in the Texas House, enough to regain a majority they lost almost two decades ago. But Republicans aren’t idle, and they’re targeting seats Democrats barely won last time.
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Texas 2020 Elections
National Democratic super PAC says it will double its spending to $12 million in battle for the Texas House
The group, Forward Majority, says it’s increasing its expenditures in response to major spending from Republican-affiliated groups.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Gov. Greg Abbott spends millions to help down-ballot Republicans in Texas
In what it is calling a “mid-seven-figure” effort, the governor’s political campaign is working to save the Republican majority in the state House and make voters aware of judicial races.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: It’s harder to vote in Texas than in any other state
Voting laws in Texas are the most restrictive in the country. And voter turnout here is among the lowest, too. Maybe those facts are related.
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Two key Texas counties — Democratic stronghold Harris and traditionally red Denton — are setting early voting records
As of Friday, 27% of registered voters in Denton County had cast their ballots in the 2020 election — surpassing the county’s 2016 turnout of 18% on the fourth day.
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Texas hits nearly 17 million registered voters for November election
The final number heading into the Nov. 3 election represents 1.9 million more registered voters than Texas had for the 2016 presidential contest.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Swamped with voter requests, the Texas secretary of state’s office has become a focus of frustration
A small elections staff, many working from home because of the pandemic, is trying to process a record number of requests for registrations and mail-in ballot applications.
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Democrats overwhelm Republicans in latest fundraising period for Texas’ hottest U.S. House races
Across 10 battleground seats that national Democrats want to flip, all but one Democrat outraised their Republican opponents. Republicans, meanwhile, kept cash-on-hand leads in most of the nine contests where they were outraised.
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Analysis: Running government like a business — except for elections
You’ve heard that refrain — the one about running the government like a business — from dozens of candidates over the years. In the case of voting, businesses might be a good place for government officials to pick up some pointers.
