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234 of Texas’ 254 counties swung toward Trump in 2024 election The margin in presidential elections have been even closer. Mitt Romney carried Texas in 2012 by about 16 percentage points.
Following the end of Reconstruction, Texas's government was controlled entirely by the Democratic Party, giving them full control over the state's redistricting process. The legislature frequently failed to pass congressional redistricting legislation during the first session after a census, allowing the new seats to be elected at-large.
Texas gubernatorial elections, as well as other state office races, are held every four years on the nationwide Election Day, which is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. They are held on years that are even-numbered, but not multiples of four, also known as a midterm , so they do not coincide with the presidential elections.
The outcome of the March 5 primary races — and ultimately the general election in November — could place a hard-line conservative majority on the Republican-dominated board, which sets ...
Texas state elections in 2016 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primaries were held on March 1, 2016, with runoffs taking place on May 24, 2016. [1]In addition to the US Presidential Race, Texas voters elected 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 3 of 9 seats on the Supreme ...
At the annual conference of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, two Republican lawmakers described how government officials fail to meet transparency requirements.
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]
All fifteen seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election to four-year terms. The board follows a 2-4-4 term system; members are elected to two-year terms at the beginning of each decade. Prior to the election, the board was made up of nine Republicans and six Democrats.