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Texas Tribune
April 16, 2018
The two speakers are the most powerful elected officials most of us never vote for. Straus is one of 150 members of the Texas House, installed by the voters of his San Antonio district. Ryan one of 435 U.S. representatives, elected by voters in his home in Wisconsin. Both were put in high office by their peersÃâà...
Chron.com
April 16, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ted Cruz ran a surprisingly effective presidential campaign in 2016. It sometimes sounds like he still is. The Texan is seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate by pledging to repeal Barack Obama's signature health care law, abolish the IRS and beat back federal overreach.
UT The Daily Texan
April 16, 2018
Texas Law School alumnae Chris Perri and Julie Oliver returned to UT Saturday to earn student votes ahead of a runoff election that will determine which one of them will be the Democratic nominee for Congressional District 25 in the midterm elections. Perri and Oliver participated in a forum jointly hostedÃâà...
Big Country Homepage
April 15, 2018
AUSTIN (Nexstar) - The two Democrats facing the uphill battle of winning the race for Texas governor both made their campaign pitches to Democrats from around the state at an Austin event on Saturday. Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and Houston businessman Andrew White must first beatÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 14, 2018
In tallying Cruz's numbers, his team takes into account three groups: Ted Cruz for Senate, a re-election campaign committee; the Jobs, Freedom, and Security PAC, a leadership ... Cruz's re-election campaign fund alone raised $2.7 million. ... Texas hasn't elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994.
New York Times
April 13, 2018
The mere existence of the runoffs that he, Jones and other Texas Democrats will compete in next month reflects Democrats' hopes in Texas in 2018, because it means that there were three or more Democratic candidates in districts that had two, one or none in election cycles past. “Democrats smell blood inÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 2, 2018
Still, as his second-term bid got underway Monday, there were abounding signs that the Cruz Texas elected in 2012 — conservative insurgent, political provocateur — is not about to tone it down. At his first stop of the day in Beaumont — and later at a boisterous rally here — Cruz segued from lengthyÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 1, 2018
She could quit today and start the machinery of a special election to replace her, or she could wait it out, putting the special election sometime after the start of the Texas legislative session's beginning early next year. Candidates are already lining up, notably Democratic state Reps. Carol Alvarado and AnaÃâà...
CNN
March 30, 2018
"Ms. Mason was never asked if she was a convicted felon by the election judge nor did she indicate that she was a convicted felon," her attorney said. "Ms. Mason voted in good faith that she could legally vote because she was never notified by any government agency that it was against the law to vote.".
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 22, 2018
The seven state-approved photo IDs: Texas driver's license, Texas Election Identification Certificate, Texas personal identification card, Texas license to carry a concealed handgun, U.S. military ID card with photo, U.S. citizenship certificate with photo and U.S. passport. Anyone who doesn't have one ofÃâà...
