McGinty, the CFO of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, will lead an embattled agency of nonpartisan budget analysts who have been without an executive director since October 2018.
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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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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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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.
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Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton concedes Republican primary in surprising upset
Sitton was elected in 2014 to the three-member board, which oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. Jim Wright, who beat him in an upset, owns an oilfield waste services company.
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In Texas, a chaotic primary yields status quo results
As Democrats and Republicans gear up for a competitive general election in Texas, there seems to be less appetite for intraparty warfare.
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Incendiary State Board of Education candidate Rob Morrow advances to runoff
Neither party wants to see Morrow, who has a history of sexist and racist rhetoric, elected to the board, but he is headed to a runoff for the District 5 seat.
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Join The Texas Tribune and WFAA for election night results
We’re discussing election results with longtime partner WFAA-TV in Dallas as they come in Tuesday night. Join us starting at 6:55 p.m. Central Time.
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Texas primary 2020 results: Watch live updates here
Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 primary races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature.
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Five things to watch on Super Tuesday in Texas
There is a lot to monitor when the results come in Tuesday on primary election night. Here are five of the biggest things.
