Other notable winners Tuesday night included Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Austin attorney Mike Siegel.
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Former White House physician Ronny Jackson and former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions win Texas congressional runoffs
Jackson and Sessions will be clear favorites in their November general election races.
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Sarah Eckhardt and Eddie Rodriguez poised for a runoff in special Texas Senate election to replace Kirk Watson
The victor will serve the remainder of Watson’s term, which ends in 2022.
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6 things to watch in Texas’ primary runoff election
In the middle of a pandemic, voters will be weighing in on primary runoffs for U.S. Senate, nationally watched congressional races and a handful of seats in the Texas Legislature.
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Masks, gloves and plastic shields: What voting during a pandemic looks like across Texas
This year’s primary runoff election in Texas is different from any before it. The Texas Tribune sent photographers to see what it was like.
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In reversal, federal government will allow international students to stay in the U.S. while taking only online classes
The repeal follows outspoken criticism from universities, legal experts and higher education advocates, who deemed the rules unfairly punitive for foreign students.
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Joe Biden to air first general-election TV ads in Texas as polls show increasingly close race against President Donald Trump
The ads address the state’s coronavirus surge, which has become dire as hospitals and morgues scramble to respond to the rising number of infections and deaths.
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Donald Trump makes last-minute pitches for Tony Gonzales, Ronny Jackson in Texas congressional runoffs
The president held tele-town halls Monday night with the two candidates he has endorsed in two of Texas’ most heated Republican primary runoffs.
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Joaquin Castro to challenge party elders for chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee amid reckoning on foreign policy
The move will pit Castro, a four-term House member and chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, against more senior colleagues in contention for the gavel: Rep. Brad Sherman of California and Rep. Gregory W. Meeks of New York.
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Republican Party of Texas leaders opt for virtual convention after loss at state Supreme Court
An executive committee vote late Monday capped a weekslong whirlwind of controversy and legal battles over the party’s initial plans for an in-person event.