A blue wave hit Texas but locally some Republicans held on. U.S. Rep. August Pfluger won his re-election against Democratic challenger Claire Reynolds overall and in Ector County. District 31 State Senator Kevin Sparks defeated John Betancourt. State Rep. Brooks Landgraf defeated challenger Ceasa...
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The Texas Tribune Sarah Eckhardt declared victory against Republican Texas Comptroller Don Huffines in the race to become the state’s next chief financial officer . She became the first Democrat to oversee the powerful state office in decades. Eckhardt, a state senator from Austi...
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The Texas Tribune Vikki Goodwin declared victory over Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday to become the first Democratic lieutenant governor of Texas in 27 years, handedly dismissing an architect of the modern Texas Republican Party who pushed the state further right in his nearly tw...
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The Texas Tribune Democratic state Rep. James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ U.S. Senate race Tuesday, overcoming a deluge of outside money to break the GOP’s three-decade grip on the state. Talarico’s victory, a political earthquake unseen in ...
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The Texas Tribune Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Gov. Greg Abbott for governor Tuesday, denying the Republican a record fourth term and triggering a political earthquake in a state that has not seen a Democrat sit in the governor’s mansion this century. Abbott conceded at 10 p.m...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in deep-red South Carolina delivered an embarrassing loss to President Donald Trump on Tuesday when they rejected Republican Darline Graham, who the president had urged to run and twice campaigned with in the final weeks of the midterm campaign. Annie And...
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By The Texas Tribune Democrat James Talarico began election night with a lead over Republican Ken Paxton in Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race, according to early returns that put Democrats within reach of snapping their three-decade losing streak in statewide races. With El...
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SEMINOLE The Compass Academy volleyball team won its area round contest against Idalou in three sets, Tuesday in the Class 3A Division II playoffs. Compass Academy won by scores of 25-22, 25-17, 25-11. The Lady Cougars improved to 38-4 while Idalou’s season ended at 25-14. Compas...
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Although Perla Ábrego is an associate professor of Spanish at University of Texas Permian Basin, she’s still learning from her students. Ábrego teaches in the bachelor’s and master’s Spanish programs at UTPB where she has just wrapped up 13 years. She’s also a recipient of the Re...
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PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Skies began to clear Tuesday, but while floodwaters from almost two weeks of on-and-off heavy rain still inundated parts of the U.S. Southwest, other areas left mud-caked by receding torrents presented homeowners and businessowners with the filthy wor...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this Election Day. They appear to be taking his advice — and that’s not a good thing for the Republican president or his party. Voters are in the mood for change, according to ...
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One of the roommates of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home in 2022 says she's endured years of harassment, threats and unfounded accusations and wants to ensure her face is blurred in an upcoming release of investigative video recordings, according to cour...
