President Donald Trump defeats Joe Biden in Texas
The Republican incumbent was poised to win Texas’ 38 electoral votes after an unexpectedly tight statewide race for the White House. Full Story
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![President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Fayetteville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Nov. 2, 2020.]()
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Texas voters turn out under sunny skies as pandemic and political divisions loom large
Clear skies across Texas ushered voters to the polls for a historic Election Day on Tuesday, even as a political storm hovers at the close of an anxious, divisive presidential election unlike any other. Full Story
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![Voters stand in line at the American Airlines Center to cast their ballots on Election Day in Dallas. Nov. 3, 2020.]()
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President Donald Trump wins Texas, Republican John Cornyn wins another Senate term
Texans were poised to set a record for voter turnout with Tuesday's election. Voters cast ballots in a litany of races, from president and U.S. Senate to seats in the Texas House. Full Story
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![Will Cash waves a Trump flag for motorists outside the Kingwood Community Center on Election Day. He and his friends biked around Kingwood with flags to show support.]()
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State Rep. Joe Moody joins the Texas House speaker's race
The El Paso Democrat becomes the eighth candidate for the leadership role. Election Day results will determine whether Republicans maintain a majority in the 150-member chamber. Full Story
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![State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, listens to public testimonies on his earlier parole bill on March 13, 2019.]()
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Five things to watch on Election Day 2020 in Texas
Texas is playing host to a series of high-stakes contests up and down the ballot, from a presidential race that could be the state’s closest in a generation to the fight for the Texas House majority. Full Story
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![A polling location in the Performing Arts Center at Texas State University in San Marcos during early voting on Oct. 19, 2020.]()
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Here are the Texas 2020 election results
Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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Nearly 127,000 Harris County drive-thru votes appear safe after federal judge rejects GOP-led Texas lawsuit
The Republican plaintiffs in an appeal asked that drive-thru voting be halted on Election Day, but did not immediately ask again that ballots that have already been cast be tossed out. Full Story
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![Cars lined up to vote in the drive-thru line at NRG Stadium in Houston during the first day of early voting on Oct. 13, 2020.]()
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Harris County Democrats' headquarters vandalized
The local party said its locks were filled with super glue, preventing officials from accessing their office. Also, federal officials are sending election monitors to Harris and Waller counties. And Texas is on pace to set a record for voter turnout Tuesday. Full Story
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![A voting sign at the South Austin Recreation Center polling site on Oct. 14, 2020.]()
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Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?
Republicans believe rural Texas will play a crucial role in delivering Texas for President Donald Trump on Tuesday as polls continue to show a close race in the state. Full Story
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Analysis: In Texas, the end of a grinding election, and another already on the horizon
As a grueling election cycle comes to a close, there is no rest for the weary: Candidates are already talking about what's on the Texas ballot in 2022. Full Story
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State Rep. Dade Phelan files to run for Texas House speaker
Phelan joins fellow Republicans Trent Ashby, Chris Paddie and Geanie Morrison in the race for speaker. He’s the seventh candidate for the position. Full Story
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![At right, Chairman Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, listens to testimonies during a State Affairs committee hearing on Feb. 27, 2019.]()
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Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a "Trump Train" surrounded a campaign bus
The highway skirmish came as Democrats close ground in a state that is polling competitively in the race for president. Recent polls indicate the presidential race in Texas between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is tight, with some national prognosticators calling it a “toss-up.” Full Story
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The early vote turnout already eclipsed 2016 general election turnout
After early voting, 57.3% of registered voters in Texas have cast ballots, just shy of the total turnout of 59.4% in 2016. Full Story
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At the center of many Texas congressional battles: Who will protect preexisting conditions rules?
Many members of both parties say they want to preserve protections for people with preexisting conditions, though Democrats say Republicans are being disingenuous about the issue. Full Story
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![Paramedics bring an extra stretcher into the emergency room at Eastland Memorial Hospital. The facility has seven emergency treatment rooms and is the only hospital along the roughly 120 mile stretch of I-20 between Weatherford and Abilene.]()
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“No one understands how difficult elections are to run”: Officials in small-town Texas endure a stressful election
While big cities and high-stakes lawsuits dominate Texas voting news, the election may come down to rural counties like Archer or Aransas, where there's usually just a few people to handle registering voters, reporting results — and everything in between. Full Story
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As Texas Republicans center campaigns on city crime, anti-police brutality activists say the party's messaging is racist
GOP campaign ads paint cities as lawless places and Democrats as enablers of crime. But people pushing for criminal justice reform say those portrayals sidestep the systemic racism that prompted this year’s protests against police brutality. Full Story
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Chip Roy and Wendy Davis go down to the wire in a tight TX-21 race that has Texas’ full attention
Roy, the Republican incumbent, and Davis, the Democratic challenger, share very little in common politically, but they each have a passionate following and an ardent group of opponents. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, and former state Sen. Wendy Davis race for Texas' 21st Congressional District.]()
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Texas has added 1.8 million registered voters. Where they are shows how the state has become more competitive.
Most of the new voters registered in the state's fast-growing urban counties or suburbs. Full Story
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![Some voters waited for more than three hours to cast their ballot at a shopping center in South Austin on the first day of early voting.]()
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During Texas visit, Kamala Harris urges Democrats to turn out as election approaches and races remain tight
Harris spoke in Fort Worth during the first stop of a daylong tour of Texas. Her message: The Democratic presidential ticket isn’t ceding Texas to the GOP this year. Full Story
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Miles to go before they vote: Without absentee ballots, displaced Texans cross the country to vote at home
Worried because their absentee ballots never arrived, two American University students rented a Volkswagen Golf and drove 30 hours across half a dozen states to cast their votes in Texas this week. Full Story
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![Zachary Houdek drove from Washington, D.C., where he is currently enrolled in college, back home to Austin to cast his vote for the 2020 general election. He did not trust that his absentee ballot would arrive in time to be counted.]()
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