Facing a runoff, the Houston Democrat said he may ask the Harris County district attorney’s office to investigate the candidacy of an opponent who was seemingly absent on the campaign trail but received 20% of the vote.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas lawmakers to hold hearing into excessive Super Tuesday voting lines
They also plan to address other issues at the hearing, including late-opening voting sites and insufficient voting equipment at polling places.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Harris County’s cascade of election day fumbles disproportionately affected communities of color
The last voters at Texas Southern University, a historically black university, ultimately spent nearly an entire workday waiting in line to cast their ballots, nearly seven hours after polls closed.
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Politics
Joe Biden rode late momentum to Texas primary victory
The former vice president bested Bernie Sanders in Texas on the strength of election day ballots that heavily favored him in the state’s most populous counties.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Joe Biden to earn an estimated 111 of Texas’ Democratic primary delegates. Bernie Sanders will get 102.
The Texas Democratic Party released delegate counts Wednesday evening based on unofficial election results. Texas doles out 228 delegates in the state’s Democratic primary election.
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MJ Hegar, Royce West head to runoff in Democratic primary to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Through Tuesday night and much of Wednesday, Royce West and Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez were vying for the second-place finish that would get them into an overtime round with MJ Hegar.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Bernie Sanders supporters in Texas are “pissed off.” But Texas Democrats need them in November.
“There’s been a lot of push against Sanders, and it makes me feel very helpless,” said one supporter. “There’s always going to be a faction of the party trying to stop him.”
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: Long lines, slow and error-filled counts. Why didn’t Tuesday night’s elections run better?
Super Tuesday in Texas exposed some problems in the state’s elections. Is this any way to run a model democracy?
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TribCast
TribCast: Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday win and other primary election results
On this week’s TribCast — a supersized, live edition — Alexa talks to Ross, Patrick, Alex, Matthew, Cassi and Evan about Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday win and other notable primary election results.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Joe Biden wins Texas primary in a stunning turnaround
Biden had trailed in the polls leading up to election day, which pointed to Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner.
