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Texas voter turnout falls in 2024 election despite record registration numbers

A historic 18.6 million Texans were registered to vote in the 2024 election, and 61% cast ballots, a nearly 6% drop from the 2020 presidential race.

The Texas Tribune

Adam Hinojosa flips Texas Senate seat, becomes first Republican to represent Rio Grande Valley district since Reconstruction

Hinojosa won the only competitive seat in the Texas Senate this cycle, besting Sen. Morgan LaMantia two years after she narrowly defeated him.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House Dems Trip Over Their Own Low Bar

On Tuesday, the most modest of boasts became famous last words for the lower chamber’s dwindling Ds.

Texas Observer

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Texans Favored Incumbents on Election Day With Ted Cruz, Henry Cuellar Among The High-Profile Victors

Representatives Chip Roy, Tony Gonzales, Vicente González and Greg Casar also succeeded in fending off challengers for their seats in the House

Latin Times

Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue

The Independent UK

Texas Goes All Red for Ted

Maybe Dems need to recover the lessons of Beto 2018. Or maybe the sun will die before the state turns blue.

Texas Observer

Julie Johnson makes history as first openly LGBT+ Congress member elected from the South

Democrat Julie Johnson was elected to represent Texas’s 32nd District in US Congress

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In the Rio Grande Valley, the Red Wave Makes Landfall

Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.

Texas Observer

Democratic Texas Lawmaker to Become First Openly LGBTQ Member of Congress to Represent Southern State

Julie Johnson was elected to represent Texas' 32nd congressional district on Tuesday, making her the first openly LGBTQ+ representative of a southern state, as well as the first openly LGBTQ+ person to represent the Lone Star State in Congress.

Latin Times

Republicans maintain majority on the Texas State Board of Education

Republicans Tom Maynard, Pam Little, Aaron Kinsey and Brandon Hall prevailed in contested races. Democrat Gustavo Reveles won in the District 1 race.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans win Tarrant County, moving local government further to the right

Former state Rep. Matt Krause’s win may push the commissioners court even further away from the bipartisanship on which it once prided itself.

The Texas Tribune

Ohio State football topped Georgia, and the CFP chair explains why

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Georgia Bulldogs both have one loss, but the Buckeyes came out on top. Here's why.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Arizona Passes Immigration Crackdown Measure That Will Invite Unaccountable Policing

Proposition 314 will allow state and local police to enforce immigration law—and shield them from lawsuits over misconduct related to that enforcement.

Reason

Republicans reassert their dominance in Texas

Recent gains made by Democrats in past elections were wiped out, as Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other Republicans won by wide margins.

The Texas Tribune

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The Independent UK

I was at Ted Cruz’s election party in Texas. It was a pre-game for a Trump victory

Ted Cruz’s re-election built on the inroads that Trump made, which he knew would confound Democrats, who have long believed that Latinos would be put off by Republicans’ hawkish rhetoric on immigration. Eric Garcia was at his election party

The Texas Tribune

Three Republicans keep their seats on Texas Supreme Court, despite efforts from pro-abortion groups

John Devine, Jane Bland and Jimmy Blacklock won their reelection bids over Democrat challengers backed by groups that support expanding abortion access.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton’s picks cement Republicans’ hold on Texas’ highest criminal court

Three new faces will join the bench, but the political balance of power will remain the same on the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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Sen. Ted Cruz Thanks Mother Of Alleged Victim In Victory Speech

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz expresses gratitude to a mother seeking justice for her daughter's tragic death at the hands of illegal immigrants.

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Republicans flip the US Senate, ending three years of Democrat control

The loss of seats in Ohio, Montana and West Virginia tipped the balance of power in the upper house of the US Congress.

The Texas Tribune

Vicente Gonzalez defeats Mayra Flores to hold onto South Texas congressional district

Both major parties poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into winning the seat, a rematch between Mayra Flores and Vicente Gonzalez.

Latin Times

Ted Cruz Makes Huge Gains With Latinos in Texas in His Successful Reelection Bid

The Republican incumbent won the demographic by six percentage points. He had lost it by 29 in 2020

The Texas Tribune

Monica De La Cruz retains GOP control of South Texas congressional district

De La Cruz defeated Democrat Michelle Vallejo for Texas’ 15th Congressional District in a rematch from two years ago.

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz evades Democratic efforts to unseat him again as he clings on to Texas Senate seat

Democrats poured millions of dollars into the race in the hope of unseating Cruz

The Texas Tribune

Amarillo voters reject abortion “travel ban,” a rare rebuke of anti-abortion movement in Texas

Tuesday’s vote was a rare chance for Texans to vote directly on abortion restrictions. The state already has a near-total abortion ban.

The Texas Tribune

Republican Christi Craddick reelected to Railroad Commission, the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency

The three-member board oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. The agency has faced criticism over safety concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.

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