The latest politics news from The Texas Tribune.
Voting today? We know there’s a lot to keep up with this election season, so we asked young Texans what issues matter most and crafted a survey for candidates to respond to in their own words. See how candidates in statewide and competitive U.S. House races responded to your questions. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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The Texas Tribune and KXAN-TV in Austin are partnering to provide live, on-air results and analysis on the 2018 Texas midterm elections. Tune in Tuesday night. Full Story
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The monitors will be in Harris, Tarrant and Waller counties. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Crenshaw is running for an open seat in a Houston-area district. His opponent also condemned the joke. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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At the end of early voting on Friday, turnout in the state's largest counties already surpassed the entire turnout of the 2014 midterm elections. Full Story
Over their six years in Congress, what have Cruz and O'Rourke gotten done? We dug into their legislative histories and asked both men for their top accomplishments in the Capitol. Full Story
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After a controversial conservative group released an undercover video featuring O’Rourke’s staffers, his campaign said that those staffers "took it upon themselves" to use campaign funds to donate supplies to an El Paso nonprofit. Full Story
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Enough judicial seats are up for election that Democrats could flip the four sprawling appellate court districts that serve Austin, Dallas and Houston. Hillary Clinton won those districts in 2016. Full Story
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A super PAC called Texas Forever has spent more than $1.29 million on anti-Cruz TV ads just in the past two weeks, but it won't have to disclose its donors until after the election. Full Story
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. Full Story
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Today is the last day of early voting, and the outcome of the 2018 midterms won't be known until Tuesday. But it's already possible to answer a lot of the big questions about this election. Full Story
On this special edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to Daron Shaw, Jim Henson and Josh Blank of the University of Texas at Austin — the pollsters behind the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll — about the election, the president, immigration, #MeToo and more. Full Story
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Many Texas counties purchased their current electronic voting machines about 15 years ago. The manufacturer says that's important context as to why some voters have faced issues voting a straight-ticket ballot. Full Story
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King has long made inflammatory comments on race, ethnicity and immigration. Full Story
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