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.
2018 elections
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke entered Congress at the same time. Here’s what they have accomplished.
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.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke camp says spending highlighted in Project Veritas video went to charity, will be “appropriately reported”
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.
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Politics
In midterms, Democrats see a chance to disrupt GOP dominance of state appeals courts
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.
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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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Analysis: What we know about the Texas midterm elections as early voting ends, and what we don’t
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.
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TribCast: UT/TT pollsters on the elections, Trump, immigration and #MeToo
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.
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Texas Elections 2018
Why are some Texans having trouble with voting machines? This is 2002 technology in 2018.
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.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz hasn’t distanced himself from Steve King — once a valuable ally — in final days of race against Beto O’Rourke
King has long made inflammatory comments on race, ethnicity and immigration.
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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.