Texas campaigns prepare for more uncertainty after runoff reset by coronavirus
With the runoff date pushed back seven weeks, the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a long shadow over Texas politics. Full Story
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Four former Bloomberg workers in Texas claim he reneged on pay promise
The Texas lawsuits surfaced as the former Democratic presidential candidate faces a growing uproar from staffers he laid off en masse after dropping out of the race earlier this month. Full Story
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Citing coronavirus threat, Texas Democrats sue to expand mail-in voting
The Democratic Party wants a judge to declare the novel coronavirus a circumstance that allows anyone to request a mail-in ballot. The GOP has opposed expanding the state's limited absentee voting rules. Full Story
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Four former rivals endorse Pete Sessions in runoff to replace U.S. Rep. Bill Flores
The group includes George Hindman, who narrowly missed the runoff in the 12-way March 3 primary. Full Story
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![Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions announces his candidacy for the 17th District at McLennan County Republican Party Headquarters in Waco on Oct. 3, 2019.]()
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Michael Bloomberg promised to “help turn Texas blue.” Now some former employees and politicians are miffed that he’s fired his staff.
“Bloomberg was promising a long-term commitment to Texas regardless of who won the primary,” said one state representative. “It’s disappointing that with his defeat in the primary, the campaign has decided to reverse course." Full Story
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All Republicans on State Board of Education endorse against Robert Morrow in runoff
Morrow faces Lani Popp, a Northside ISD speech language pathologist, in the May 26 runoff for an open seat on the board. Full Story
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![Robert Morrow protests outside of a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Travis County Exposition Center on Aug. 23, 2016.]()
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Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez endorses Royce West over MJ Hegar in Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate
Tzintzún Ramirez finished closely behind West last week in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Full Story
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![State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas and Christina Tzintzún Ramirez. Tzintzún Ramirez, who narrowly missed the runoff in the Democratic race for U.S. Senate, endorsed West in Austin on Monday, March 9, 2020.]()
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Democrat suspends campaign after making runoff to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw
The move by Elisa Cardnell effectively hands her party's nomination to Sima Ladjevardian, a Houston attorney and Democratic fundraiser backed by Beto O'Rourke. Full Story
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![From left: Elisa Cardnell, Sima Ladjevardian and Travis Olsen, Democratic candidates for Texas' 2nd Congressional District. That seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston.]()
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Democratic male judges may be headed for extinction in Texas. The cause? Voters
Women got more votes than men in all of the roughly 30 gender-split primary contests for high court, court of appeals and district court. Rarely was it even close. Full Story
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Dallas County asks for Super Tuesday recount after discovering it missed some ballots
In a petition filed late Friday in state district court, the county is seeking to perform a recount of backup paper ballots. Full Story
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Trump's endorsements in Texas primary underscore his clout with GOP voters
The president's support was most notable in five primaries Tuesday in which his preferred candidates all prevailed or advanced to a runoff. Full Story
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![As the 2020 primary election results trickled in, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, spoke to supporters at Blue Mesa restaurant on March 3, 2020.]()
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Just a quarter of registered voters in Texas participated in the 2020 presidential primary
More than 4 million Texans voted in the 2020 presidential primary election, with turnout among Democratic voters just barely surpassing Republican turnout. Full Story
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Democratic runoff to challenge Cornyn sets up crisp contrast between Hegar, West
After a 12-way primary, Texas Democrats get a chance to size up two candidates with very different pitches. Full Story
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![State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, and MJ Hegar will face each other in the May runoff that will decide who will be the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate.]()
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Harold Dutton: "It sounds like something criminal went on" in Texas House primary race
Facing a runoff, the Houston Democrat said he may ask the Harris County district attorney’s office to investigate the candidacy of an opponent who was seemingly absent on the campaign trail but received 20% of the vote. Full Story
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Texas lawmakers to hold hearing into excessive Super Tuesday voting lines
They also plan to address other issues at the hearing, including late-opening voting sites and insufficient voting equipment at polling places. Full Story
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Harris County's cascade of election day fumbles disproportionately affected communities of color
The last voters at Texas Southern University, a historically black university, ultimately spent nearly an entire workday waiting in line to cast their ballots, nearly seven hours after polls closed. Full Story
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!["I can remember when I did not have the right to vote," said Nancy Glenn Griesinger, second from right, when asked why she waited so long in line to vote Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Texas Southern University in Houston. After 10 p.m., a line of people still stretched out of the Robert James Terry Library as they waited to cast their votes.]()
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Joe Biden to earn an estimated 111 of Texas' Democratic primary delegates. Bernie Sanders will get 102.
The Texas Democratic Party released delegate counts Wednesday evening based on unofficial election results. Texas doles out 228 delegates in the state's Democratic primary election. Full Story
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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.” Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Analysis: Long lines, slow and error-filled counts. Why didn’t Tuesday night’s elections run better?
Super Tuesday in Texas exposed some problems in the state's elections. Is this any way to run a model democracy? Full Story
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![People wait in line to vote around at 9:45 p.m. on March 3, 2020, at Texas Southern University in Houston.]()
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