Tag: texas
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12
March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas GOP primary results roundup and a Senate leadership disagreement in N.C. Texas results roundup Texas held the nation’s first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here’s a roundup of results from marquee Republican…
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Paxton, Bush advance to runoff in Texas Attorney General Republican primary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a May 24 primary runoff, after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election. Paxton won 42.7% of the vote, while Bush won 22.4%. Candidates Eva Guzman and Louis Gohmert received 17.8% and 17.1% of the vote,…
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Cuellar, Cisneros head to runoff in TX-28 Democratic primary
Incumbent Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros advanced to a May 24 runoff in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. In the March 1 primary, Cuellar received 48.4% of the vote, followed by Cisneros with 46.9% and Tannya Benavides with 4.7%. This year’s primary is a rematch of the 2020 primary, which Cuellar won…
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Sid Miller wins Texas Agriculture Commissioner Republican primary
Incumbent Sid Miller defeated Carey Counsil and James White in the Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 1, 2022. With 98% of polling locations reporting, Miller received 59% of the vote, followed by White with 31% and Counsil with 10%. Miller was first elected agriculture commissioner in 2014 and was re-elected in…
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Casar wins Democratic primary in Texas’ 35th Congressional District
Greg Casar defeated three candidates—State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, consultant Carla-Joy Sisco, and former San Antonio City Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran—in the Democratic primary election for Texas’ 35th Congressional District on March 1, 2022. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) is seeking re-election in the 37th District, leaving the 35th District open for the first time since…
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Monica De La Cruz Hernandez wins nine-candidate Republican primary for TX-15
Monica De La Cruz Hernandez advanced from the Republican Party primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District on March 1, 2022. As of 7:45 a.m. ET on March 2, 2022, De La Cruz Hernandez had received 56 percent of the vote and Mauro Garza was second with 15 percent. Nine candidates ran in the primary election.…
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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. wins Democratic primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. advanced from the Democratic Party primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District on March 1. Gonzalez, who currently represents Texas’ 15th Congressional District, elected to run in the 34th District after redistricting. As of 11:15 pm E.T. on March 1, Gonzalez had received 65% of the vote, and Laura Cisneros was…
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Greg Abbott wins Texas governor Republican primary
Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated seven other candidates in the Republican primary for governor of Texas on March 1, 2022, and will advance to the Nov. 8 general election. As of 10:30 p.m. EST, 68% of precincts had reported. Abbott led with 68% percent of the vote, followed by Allen West with 11.9% and Don Huffines…
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Texas argues public transport mask mandate exceeds CDC authority
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation on Feb. 16, 2022, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas aiming to block enforcement of the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by the Center for Disease Control and…
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Texas early voting starts Feb. 14
Early voting in the Texas primary starts Feb. 14, making Texas the first state in the 2022 election cycle to open the polls. This year, 44 states and the District of Columbia offer some form of no-excuse early voting, meaning that any eligible voter can vote early, in person, without being required to cite an…