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The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating the Democratic nominee, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke. [1] All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans.
Runoff elections took place on May 28, 2024. [ 1 ] Seats up for election were all seats of the Texas Legislature , [ 2 ] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives , and the Class I seat to the United States Senate , for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz ran for and won re-election. [ 3 ]
Teneshia Hudspeth, the Harris County Clerk in charge of local elections, told county commissioners earlier this month that the county must now add more than 100 polling places compared to the ...
In Texas, wearing a hat, like a MAGA or "Harris Walz" baseball cap is considered electioneering, which is not allowed within 100 feet of the polling place's entrance, according to NCSL.
As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Texas.
To reduce the amount of time required to fill electoral vacancies, in special elections Texas dispenses with party primaries and instead uses a jungle primary system. Candidates of all parties (or no party) appear on the same ballot; if no single one of them receives 50 percent plus 1 vote, the two highest vote-getters also advance to a runoff ...
Governor, primary elections – Under legislation signed into law in 2019, candidates for Governor of California must publicly release personal tax returns for the previous five years in order to be listed on the primary election ballot in that state; write-in candidates are exempt from this requirement. As initially enacted, the law also ...
In Texas, the most closely watched statewide primary race is on the Democratic side as nine candidates battle for the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who faces only token ...