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Texas officials re-examine future of wind turbines.. Medicaid drug costs rise, budget choices. ..…
Texas officials re-examine future of wind turbines.. Medicaid drug costs rise, budget choices. ..…
State Board of Education: 9 elections (8 states + D.C.) . 7 states flipped Democrat (IL, KS, ME, MI, NV, NM, WI) . . 16 D victories/23 total D governors . . 18 R victories/25 total R governors (+ AK and GA likely R) . 5 states remain Republican (GA, OK, SC, WY, ID) . . 1 partisan race too close to..…
Still, from the looks of Texas, and the media outlets fawned over Beto, it seemed like he was destined to win... ..…
Still, from the looks of Texas, and the media outlets fawned over Beto, it seemed like he was destined to win... ..…
ILA celebrates the reelection of our endorsed candidates Senator Robert Menendez New Jersey and Governor Andrew Cuomo New York and applauds the efforts of Andrew Gillum Florida Beto O'Rourke Texas and Stacey Abrams Georgia.. ... In particular, NNU hailed the movement led by RNs around the..…
The people living Las Vegas benefit from their influence over Nevada's two Senators, and people living in the rural areas of Texas lose by comparison.. ..…
The loss of House represents huge defeat for Donald Trump which Democrats flipped seats in key districts in such states as Virginia, Florida, Texas, Colorado and Michigan, especially urban and suburban areas.. ..…
After getting her start at North Texas State University, she went on to teach political science courses in American and Nevada government at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for 30 years. ..…
Republican Revolution modern history, and high profile Democrats at every level suffered stunning defeats — including New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Texas Governor Ann Richards... ..…
Milwaukee Courier . . [ November 6, 2018 ] . 20-Year-Old Guru Develops Chatbot to Increase Texas’ Early Voting Turnout . ..…
He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he..…
Texas is set to send its first Hispanic women to Congress, as Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia both won their races. ..…
Ted Cruz fended off Democrat Beto O'Rourke to win re-election in Texas race that began as cakewalk and needed visit from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top.. ..…
The president's party has gained governorships important states including Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Georgia and Texas... ..…
FixGov Race for the Senate 2018: Key issues in Texas . Bethany Albertson . ..…
According to analysis of exit polls, young voters also played Democrats winning Senate seat Nevada, and made the Texas Senate race more competitive than polls predicted. ..…
While most polls close in Texas at 8 p.m. ET, the far western corner around El Paso is in the Mountain Time Zone and stays open an hour later. ... Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South..…
If you said 10 years ago a democratic would be 1% short in Texas you would have been laughed at. . . . ..…
Texas oil regulator seeking re-election shrugs off industry ties . Energywire: Thursday, November 1, 2018 Texas' top oil and gas regulator is cruising to a re-election win next week despite looming questions surrounding her ties to the energy companies she oversees. . ... E&E Daily:..…
HOUSTON — Disgraced former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman will serve 10 years in prison for conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education.. ..…
First Hispanic woman to Congress from Texas There are two Texas whose victories will make them Hispanic from Lone Star state to go to Congress. ..…
First Hispanic woman to Congress from Texas There are two Texas whose victories will make them Hispanic from Lone Star state to go to Congress. ..…
Texas is set to send its first Hispanic women to Congress, as Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia both won their races. ..…
Additionally, Texas may still be left with Ted Cruz, and elected its first Latina congresswomen, Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar. ..…
Obama had been elected promising to improve relations with Muslim, Texas congressman. ... East Texas is Klan country, and Jasper holds notable spot in the racist history of the region as the town where, in 1998, when Fears was 10, three white men lynched black man named James Byrd Jr.,..…
Texas is set to send its first Hispanic women to Congress, as Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia both won their races. ..…
Their groundswell staved off exciting Democratic challengers for Senate Texas and Florida and Georgia . ..…
He came closer to winning a top statewide race than any Texas Democrat in over two decades. ... To come that close in Texas means he could sweep the Midwest and other swing states. . ..…
Voters queue to cast their ballots outside Houston, Texas, United States, Nov 6, 2018. ..…
Voters queue to cast their ballots outside Houston, Texas, United States, Nov 6, 2018. ... Starting from 42 seats, Republican Party has been declared the in at least eight Senate races, including considered toss-up races in the states of Indiana, Tennessee and Texas... ..…
Compared to the in 2014, it has lost qualified status Arizona, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin .. ..…
Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia also made history by becoming Latinas from Texas to represent the in U.S. ..…
The Texas Senate race . The New York Congressional District 1 race . The Arizona Senate race . . The Texas Senate Race: Cruz v O’Rourke . For those who followed my coverage of the 2016 Republican Primary race know that I am no fan of Ted Cruz. ..…
Buoyed by expected strength in states like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, and New York, and unexpected strength in some western New York districts and some southwest Texas districts, Democrats won majority. ..…
Three key states for the Democrats - Arizona, Texas, and Nevada - have surpassed the total vote from last time, all with early voting. And young people seem to be driving that surge: in Nevada and Texas, there are five times the number of voters under 30 than in the last midterms. . ..…
Wins Florida, Indiana, North Dakota, coupled with Republicans holding their own endangered seats Tennessee and Texas, kept Senate GOP hands and expanded the majority -- giving them some wiggle room on tough votes over the next two years.. ..…
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declared the winner against a Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. ..…
He called attention to spikes in violent crime; ordered a sweeping review of police agreements that punished troubled agencies; rolled back a series of Obama-era civil rights actions, including a Justice Department challenge to a controversial voter identification law in Texas; and threatened..…
She's the founder of non-partisan group called True Texas Elections that is monitoring elections all across the state focusing on electronic voting machines and tabulators.. ... True Texas Elections Observer She is concerned that the in the contentious and high-profile contest between..…
handful of polling locations Texas will stay open Tuesday after two civil liberties groups sued the county covering Houston over delays in voting start times at nine stations... ..…
Reporting by John Whitesides Additional reporting by Susan Heavey, Steve Holland, Roberta Rampton, Eric Beech and David Alexander Washington, Julio Cesar Chavez Texas and John Peragine Iowa and Sharon Bernstein California Writing by John Whitesides and Alistair Bell Editing by Frances Kerry, Bill..…