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Mayra Flores to challenge Henry Cuellar in the 28th District
Hours after the announcement, a Flores team post on social media said that the new candidate has been hospitalized. There ...
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Democrats eye South Texas congressional district as seat to flip in 2026
De La Cruz was in the Democrats' crosshairs in 2024, with the party believing it was a seat it could return to Democratic ...
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National Democrats to target GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s South Texas district in 2026
The battlefield for both parties is again converging on South Texas, where De La Cruz scored one of the GOP’s high-profile ...
Gov. Abbott announces special election for Sylvester Turner’s seat
A date is now set to fill the seat after the late Congressman Sylvester Turner died last month, and Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed it will be held Nov. 4.
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Gov. Abbott sets special election date to fill Sylvester Turner's vacant Congressional seat
Gov. Abbott issued a proclamation announcing that Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 will be the date of the special election to fill ...
Candidates frustrated with congressional vacancy in Texas's 18th District
Candidates for Texas’s 18th District criticize Gov. Abbott’s election timeline, leaving nearly 800,000 residents ...
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Austin won’t get almost $10 million in requested federal funding
The funds are directed by members of Congress to specific projects within their own districts. Austin has received about $23.6 million of funding through the program since Fiscal Year 2022 ...
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Democratic lawmakers from Houston urge Texas governor to call special election for vacant congressional seat
The Texas Election Code requires the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant office. Gov. Greg Abbott, a ...
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‘Austinites deserve better than this’: Austin won’t get almost $10 million in requested federal funding
The funds are directed by members of Congress to specific projects within their own districts. Austin has received about $23.6 million of funding through the program since Fiscal Year 2022 ...