Tag: texas
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Four candidates running for U.S. Senate in Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz (R), Colin Allred (D), Ted Brown (L), and Tracy Andrus (D) (Write-In) are running in the U.S. Senate race in Texas on November 5, 2024. In 2018, Cruz defeated Beto O’Rourke (D) 50.9% to 48.3%. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee identified Texas and Florida’s Senate elections as their top two pickup opportunities…
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Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D), Jay Furman (R), and Bailey Cole (L) are running in the general election in Texas’ 28th Congressional District
Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D), Jay Furman (R), and Bailey Cole (L) are running in the general election in Texas’ 28th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. The election is taking place after Cuellar’s indictment on charges of bribery, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The Department of Justice charged…
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Labor department ESG rule sent back to lower court for rehearing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled July 18 that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas must rehear the Republican attorneys general lawsuit opposing the Department of Labor’s 2022 rule allowing the use of ESG in ERISA-governed pension plans. The Fifth Circuit said the lower court needed to…
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Three candidates are running in the general election for Texas’ 15th Congressional District on November 5
Incumbent Monica De La Cruz (R), Michelle Vallejo (D), and Arthur DiBianca (L) are running in the general election for Texas’ 15th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. De La Cruz was first elected to the district in 2022 when she defeated Vallejo 53.3% to 44.8%. She previously ran for the seat in 2020 when…
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Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District
Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District on May 28, 2024. Gonzales received 50.7% of the runoff vote to Herrera’s 49.3%. Gonzales and Herrera were the top two finishers in the five-candidate primary on Mar. 5, 2024, receiving 45.4% and 24.2% of the vote,…
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Thirteen Republican primary runoffs took place for Texas House of Representatives on May 28
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives took place on May 28, 2024. Eight primary runoffs had an incumbent on the ballot, and the incumbent lost in six of those runoffs. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent…
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Texas fund adopts shareholder voting approach opposing ESG
The Texas Permanent School Fund announced last week that it will use a new proxy voting option from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) referred to as the ESG skeptic option, which was developed by Bowyer Research. The move came after the fund generated headlines last month when it removed $8.5 billion from BlackRock’s asset management over…
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Federal judges block greenhouse gas emissions rule
Two federal judges in Texas and Kentucky ruled against the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) greenhouse gas emissions rule, which would require states to set goals to reduce vehicle emissions. Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled on March 27, 2024, that the FHWA did not…
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Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives are taking place on May 28, 2024
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives are taking place on May 28, 2024. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent House Republicans lost in the primaries and 29 advanced to the general election without going to a…
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All candidates for Texas State Senate District 15 Democratic primary runoff complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the May 28, 2024, Democratic primary runoff election for Texas State Senate District 15 — Molly Cook (D) and Jarvis Johnson (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…