New York Post4d
Salon owner jailed for refusing to shutter her business during COVID lockdown wins seat in state legislature
She was only released from jail after the personal intervention of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Now, however, she’s moving to the Lone Star state legislature, where she was elected this week to ...
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10 Texas Senate races to be decided Tuesday, plus 5 unopposed
Texans will decide on 10 state senate races on Tuesday. Five other races are being run unopposed. The Texas Senate consists of 31 Senators, each representing a district. Of the 31 seats ...
KSAT7d
Texas Legislature will approve school vouchers and boost public education funds next year, Abbott says
providing teachers with pay raises and enhancing career training opportunities for students — all of which he refused to do last year when vouchers stalled in the Texas Legislature. Last year ...
Rolling Stone8d
We Regret to Inform You Ted Cruz Will Be in the Senate for Another Six Years
Colin Allred, whose insurgent campaign shook the nerves of Senate Republicans who couldn’t afford to lose a seat in deep-red Texas. The contest between Cruz and Allred, a former NFL linebacker ...
Yahoo8d
Senate Election Live Results 2024: Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Democratic rival Rep. Colin Allred will face Tuesday in the Texas Senate race. Cruz finds himself locked in a competitive reelection battle with Allred. Though The Hill ...
The New York Times9d
Texas U.S. Senate Election Results
Mr. Cruz has never been personally popular, but Texas has been reliably Republican for decades. Winner Race called by The Associated Press. race called *Incumbent Democrats are looking for a long ...
Click2Houston9d
Republican Ted Cruz of Texas wins a third term to the US Senate
About 2 in 10 Texas voters said immigration is the most pressing issue, and about 1 in 10 named abortion. Cruz, who ran for president in 2016, originally came to the Senate after a stint as Texas ...
CBS News8d
Republicans win majority in the Senate, flipping control of upper chamber, CBS News projects
No Democrat has won a statewide election in Texas since 1994. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester's projected victory makes her the first Black woman elected to represent Delaware in the Senate, and the ...
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick names private school vouchers as his top legislative priority
TEXAS, USA — This story was originally published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday declared private school voucher legislation his number one issue for ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram9d
‘Texas will remain Texas.’ Senator Ted Cruz’s big victory shows state is solidly red
Colin Allred in the race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Eleanor Dearman Fort Worth Star-Telegram Texas voters said their piece when they reelected U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to his third term ...
USA Today8d
Republicans win Senate control. What that means for President-elect Trump
John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida are running to succeed him. The leadership election is likely to happen as soon as next week. Senate Majority Leader ...