Burton and Huffines were two of three Republican senators in districts where more voters backed Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump in 2016 or where the president had a narrow winning margin.
2018 elections
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz defeats Beto O’Rourke in difficult re-election fight
The race between Cruz and O’Rourke emerged as one of the hottest in the country, with Democrats hopeful that O’Rourke could break the Texas GOP’s iron grip on statewide offices.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas sending its first Latinas to Congress: Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia
State Sen. Sylvia Garcia of Houston and former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar will be the first Latinas to represent Texas in Congress.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Watch victory, concession speeches from Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, defeated U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, after an intense campaign battle that drew national attention.
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrat Lizzie Fletcher defeats Texas GOP Congressman John Culberson
The Houston-area race was among the most competitive U.S. House races in Texas.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas Democrat Colin Allred defeats GOP incumbent Pete Sessions in key U.S. House race
The Dallas-area district was considered one of the most competitive in the state.
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Texas Elections 2018
Livestream: Watch Texas midterm election results roll in with The Texas Tribune and KXAN
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.
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Texas Elections 2018
Photos: Beto O’Rourke or Ted Cruz? Texas voters explain their midterm votes
From abortion to immigration, here are some of the issues Texas voters said mattered most to them in the U.S. Senate race.
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Texas Elections 2018
Judge orders Harris County to keep some polling locations open an extra hour
Texans looking to cast their ballots on Election Day were met by a series of delays and technical difficulties that resulted in long lines, and in some cases kept voters from casting their ballots.
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Texas Elections 2018
Border Patrol cancels election morning “crowd control” demonstration in El Paso
Agents didn’t give a reason for canceling the “mobile field force demonstration.”