Tag: texas
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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…
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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Will you be our valentine?
Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Will you be our valentine? Incumbent and two challengers running in Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Early voting begins today in Texas primaries Will you be our valentine? As a trusted friend of Ballotpedia, we know you love to stay up to…
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Texas filing deadline update: 2022 to have the most contested Republican state legislative primaries in at least eight years
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in 2022 in Texas was Dec. 13, 2021. State legislative elections will take place in all 31 Texas State Senate districts and all 151 Texas House of Representatives districts. In all, 461 candidates filed for those 181 districts, including 269 Republicans, 192 Democrats, and…
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Five Democrats running for Texas Attorney General
Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Texas attorney general on March 1. Three lead in campaign fundraising and media attention: Rochelle Garza, Joe Jaworski, and Lee Merritt. Garza is a former attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. She originally announced she would run for Texas’ 34th Congressional District after Rep. Filemon…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and three challengers vie for the Republican primary nomination
Four candidates are running in the Mar. 1 Republican primary election for Texas Attorney General—incumbent Ken Paxton, George P. Bush, Louis Gohmert, and Eva Guzman. Paxton was first elected Attorney General in 2014. In June 2021, he received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump (R). Paxton said, “As the values conservative endorsed by President…