Republicans' turnout swamped Democrats', while progressives claimed wins in the first elections of the 2022 midterms.
Texans are heading to the polls as the state kicks off the first primary of the the 2022 midterm election season. Follow here for live updates, results and ...
In between his campaigns, he has remained active, campaigning for state legislative candidates and activating his volunteers when the state's power grid failed last winter. Anticipating the likely match up, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott – who was projected by CNN to win his party’s primary on Tuesday night – spent most of his primary campaign attacking O’Rourke, using the Democratic politician’s left-leaning policy proposals as campaign fodder. Yet, Republicans argue that many of the positions he took during that run, including advocating for mandatory assault weapon buybacks, will hurt him in Texas.
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday with a lot of decisions to make about who will represent their parties going forward into November.
And in Tarrant County, delays in tallying votes left several races undeclared overnight, including the Republican race for Tarrant County Judge, in which Tim O' ...
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Texas was the first major test of Trump's enduring clout in the Republican Party this election cycle. Trump endorsed 33 Texas Republican candidates, more than ...
State Rep. Jasmine Crockett is likely to face a runoff in the 30th Congressional District but is leading the closest competitor in her nine-person race by roughly 30 percentage points. But Taylor, who also supported a bipartisan January 6 panel in Congress, is likely heading to a runoff in a district that was been redrawn in 2022 to encompass a larger share of Trump voters. And Rochelle Garza, a former ACLU attorney, leading her primary by more than 20 percentage points, will face a runoff for the Democratic nomination in the Texas attorney general race. “But as always with Texas liberalism, it’s brash, and it’s loud, but there’s still an open question of just how big it is.” Cuellar’s long history of winning elections in the district makes it clear there’s a conservative streak even among the district’s Democrats, and though rated blue leaning, TX-28 veered right in 2020. Though the district is solidly blue, Casar’s support for progressive policies — including funding cuts to Austin’s police department and opposition to camping bans on the city’s homeless — drew warnings of coming GOP backlash should he win his primary. Also, all the candidates the former president backed in Texas were already assured, or at least likely, to win. He will face George P. Bush, Texas public lands commissioner and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in a May 24 runoff since neither received more than 50 percent of the vote. Paxton was arguably the most vulnerable Republican candidate in the state going into Tuesday’s elections — he has been indicted for securities fraud and is the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation for malfeasance in office. Republicans in swing states and districts are likely to be warier about seeking a Trump endorsement, fearing it may hinder their chances among moderates. In the closely watched 28th Congressional District, Jessica Cisneros, an immigration lawyer backed by the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, and Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress, are headed to a runoff. The success of opposing wings of both parties reflect just how polarized newly drawn Texas electoral maps are — and that’s by Republican design.
Texas kicked off the 2022 midterm election season on Tuesday, serving as an early preview of the nation's political mood.
But he’s been sharply criticized by the right-wing of the party for criticizing the Jan. 6 insurrection and voting to certify Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. The rushed rollout of new rules for Texas’ early primary led to thousands of mail ballot applications and actual ballots getting returned. But this primary was also the first test of a GOP-engineered election overhaul that Texas Republicans muscled through the state Capitol last year. There’s a lot at stake during the 2022 midterm elections throughout the country. Paxton was ahead Tuesday night as the top vote-getter in a crowded race but failed to capture the more than 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff. Self is an Army veteran and graduate of the U. S. Military Academy. He has claimed Taylor drifted from his conservative roots in the GOP-dominant district. Since taking office in 2015, Paxton has become one of the nation’s most prominent state attorneys general, leading lawsuits against Big Tech and trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The U. S. is steadily moving out of the deepest lows of a pandemic that has raged for nearly two years. The race was among the most heated in Texas’ primary. Bush, 45, is the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and currently the Texas land commissioner. Starting the campaign with more than $50 million, he has built hard-line positions on guns, immigration and abortion. The Associated Press has learned that the investigation relates to the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. Cuellar has not been charged with a crime and has denied wrongdoing.
Final results are in for several high-profile primaries, in East Texas and across the state.
He will face Sarah Stogner, who won 15% of the vote, in a runoff. Incumbent Ken Paxton had 43% of the vote as of 1 a.m., George P. Bush had 23% and Eva Guzman had 18%. East Texas’ own Louie Gohmert was in fourth place with 17% of the vote. Democrat Attorney General candidates are in the same boat. Daniel Miller, in second place, received 7% of the vote with 90% reporting. Collier and Beckley will go to a run-off. At noon Wednesday, Mike Collier had 42% of the vote, Michelle Beckley had 30%, and Carla Brailey had 28%. To win a candidate must have 50% plus one vote. In the race for State House Dist. 5, Incumbent Cole Hefner took 81% of the vote to retain his office. In U. S. House Dist. 1, Jrmar Jefferson had won 46% of the vote with 90% reporting; he will face Victor Dunn, who took 28% of the vote, in a runoff election to be the Democratic candidate. Paxton and Bush will move forward to the runoff on May 24. The next highest challenger was Allen West with 12%, closely followed by Don Huffines. If that does not happen there will be a run-off. Democrat Beto O’Rourke won his party’s primary, with 91% of the vote as of 1 a.m. He and Abbott will go head to head in November.
Texas kicks off the 2022 midterm elections. There are notable primaries for governor and attorney general, and in key congressional districts.