Ortiz Jones has not called for a recount, but says she wants to see all provisional, absentee and military votes counted.
Texas congressional delegation
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrats flip at least two GOP-held congressional districts in Texas
Republicans still hold the majority of congressional seats in the state, but Democratic gains in Texas are helping the national party as it appears poised to gain control of the U.S. House.
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Texas Elections 2018
Uncertainty hangs over Texas as voters head to the polls this Election Day
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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Texas Elections 2018
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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Texas Elections 2018
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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Texas Elections 2018
21st District race to test boundaries of Democrats’ expanded congressional battlefield in Texas
The race for Texas’ 21st Congressional District pits Democrat Joseph Kopser against Republican Chip Roy for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio.
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Texas Elections 2018
With U.S. House GOP majority in the balance, Culberson and Fletcher battle in West Houston
In a race that could determine control of the U.S. House, U.S. Rep. John Culberson and Democratic challenger Lizzie Fletcher spar over Hurricane Harvey response, health care and a freeway.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest featured in Republican super PAC TV ad
A GOP super PAC, ESAFund, has gone on TV with a commercial invoking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 drunk-driving arrest.
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Texas Elections 2018
In getting out the vote, Cruz turns to Abbott’s infrastructure while O’Rourke builds his own
It’s get-out-the-vote time in the U.S. Senate race, and both sides are going different routes to turn out their voters.
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Congress
Texas Democrats in Congress oppose Trump proposal to end birthright citizenship. Most Republicans have stayed silent.
Three of the four Republicans who responded to our requests for comment said they supported President Donald Trump’s idea.
