ELECTIONS

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s too-close-to-call runoff got most of the attention, but three other primary runoffs Tuesday carried big stakes for Democrats as they try to defend South Texas from a new GOP offensive.

In Texas Legislature runoffs, three of four Republican House incumbents succeed, while Democrats set their sights on retaining a South Texas Senate seat.

Follow The Texas Tribune’s coverage of election results for the primary runoff elections for attorney general, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature.

Waiting for final results from Houston and Harris County has become an unwelcome Texas political ritual. The county’s sheer size is part of the problem, but so is party squabbling over counting procedures.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 24 for the primary runoff election.

Republicans dismantled the only Galveston County commissioners precinct in which voters of color held political clout. It’s a major blow for Black and Hispanic voters who had been building political momentum.

A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud.

Crockett is running on her experience as a legislator, a civil rights attorney and as the incumbent’s hand-picked successor. Hamilton is running on her more than 20 years as a behind-the-scenes congressional staffer and campaign adviser.

Democratic primary runoffs for two congressional districts and two legislative seats in South Texas highlight the candidates’ divergent visions for the party in a region the GOP is heavily targeting.

The former president criticized Democrats, who control Congress and the White House, on a number of issues. He also praised Texas Republicans he’s endorsed in this month’s primary runoff.

Though more Bexar County voters voted by mail in the May 7 election than had in the Mar. 1 primary, the preliminary mail ballot rejection rate of 3% was far lower than the 21.7% that left thousands of ballots uncounted two months earlier.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg will talk battles over local control and what’s next for the Alamo City

The winner will face a tough challenge against Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Candidates are making their final pitches to voters ahead of the runoff election to decide local and statewide primary races.

George P. Bush is running for attorney general as a Trump-supporting, hard-right social conservative. But voters associate his family name with the party’s moderate wing. That could hurt him in the Republican primary runoff.

Early voting is Feb. 14-25 with the exception of Presidents’ Day on Feb. 21.

The May 24 runoff election will decide races that did not have a majority winner during the March 1 primary.

See every candidate, race on the ballot for the May 24 Democratic and Republican primary runoff in Bexar County.

Mason said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote when she cast a provisional ballot in 2016, but she was sentenced to five years in prison. Now, the Court of Criminal Appeals says an appellate court that affirmed her conviction must look again at the evidence of Mason’s intent.

When it comes to voting these days, it’s a bit of a hot topic.

A handful of races that didn’t have a decisive winner during the March midterm primary election will be decided in a runoff on May 24.

The two biggest bond packages on the ballot — $1.2 billion for the City of San Antonio and $992 million for Northside ISD — were both approved by voters.

Find the latest, updated election results for the election in San Antonio and surrounding areas on May 7, 2022.

Find the latest, updated results for the election on May 7, 2022.

Find the latest, updated results for the election on May 7, 2022.

Find the latest, updated results for the election on May 7, 2022.

Find the latest, updated election results for the May 7, 2022, election.

The state’s high property taxes have taken center stage as Texas’ real estate market explodes and drives up home values.

A few hours after saying he was being sued by the bar, Paxton’s office announced an investigation into the Texas Bar Foundation for “facilitating mass influx of illegal aliens.”

On this week’s episode, Matthew, Evan and Alexa reminisce with Texas Tribune co-founder and Executive Editor Ross Ramey as he wraps up his last day of work.

A local realtor on San Antonio’s facilities bond committee said there was no justification to include money for a questionable K9 nonprofit in the city’s latest bond package.

For the May 7 election, every mail ballot is sent out with an informational insert reminding the voter about a new, ID number requirement that tripped up many people in the March 1 Primary elections.

Election Day in Bexar County for the May 7 joint constitutional amendment, general, special, charter and bond election is almost here.

The proposed expansion of a veteran service dog program in San Antonio has been criticized as voters decide whether to give it more than $2 million in city bond money.

Two proposed constitutional amendments would lower property taxes for homeowners if they are approved by voters on May 7.

Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke returned to San Antonio for a student town hall as part of his “People of Texas Campaign.”

Early voting ended Friday. Mail-in ballots must be returned by May 24.

Politicians are always listening to voters — but the ones who actually select the state’s elected officials have a lot more clout than those who stay home. You can see it in the way lawmakers govern.

Texans who don’t vote in primaries and primary runoffs are missing a chance to choose who goes to Congress and the Texas Legislature. Thanks to the political maps drawn by lawmakers last year, only a handful of those contests will be competitive in November.

An advisory committee made up of council appointees has created the first draft of a new council district map, based on the 2020 U.S. Census numbers. Under the proposal, nine out of 10 districts would have their boundaries shifted.

San Antonio lawmakers discuss midterms and goals for the next legislative session during a Texas Tribune event.

On May 7 voters can weigh in on two state constitutional amendments as well as a city bond proposals in San Antonio. Several local school districts have bond issues on the ballot and there are some municipalities deciding on mayor and city council races.

See every candidate, race on the ballot for the May 7 election in Bexar County.

Stan "Stosh" Boyle was accused of aggravated perjury and tampering with a government document with intent to defraud over his application for a spot on the ballot in Cibolo’s November 2019 election.

See the full list of candidates in the Democratic and Republican primary runoffs, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live.

Figures released by the Texas secretary of state show that more than 24,000 Texas voters had their ballots rejected in the March primary. The rejection rate is a significant increase over previous elections.

Powell, a Democrat, had won Senate District 10 by winning over a coalition of diverse voters in Tarrant County. The GOP redrew the district to branch out to counties to the south and west that made it more rural and more white.

Elections for school boards and city council races — and two proposed constitutional amendments — will be held in May, and the last day to reg…

Nearly 23,000 Texans voted in this month’s party primaries and saw their mail ballots rejected by election officials, evidently an aftershock from new state laws that were supposed to make voting easier and more secure.

After 2021’s winter storm electric blackouts, Texas lawmakers worked to shore up the state’s electric grid. But they’re not finished, despite what you might hear from campaigning politicians.

In just 16 of the state’s largest counties, more than 18,000 mail-in ballots were rejected, most for failing to meet the new law’s ID requirements. A full statewide tally isn’t yet available.

Libya’s prime minister has taken a defiant stand against efforts to appoint a new interim government

RAYMONDVILLE — Elections officials mailed botched ballots to 68 Willacy County voters who requested mail-in ballots to vote in the March 1 Democratic primary election. Republican Party ballots weren’t affected, Wolf Chapa, the Willacy County Republican Party chairman, said. By Wednesday afternoon, the 68 voters who were mailed botched ballots are expected to receive corrected ballots, Joe Vasquez, the county election’s office assistant, said. By Monday afternoon, Sam Taylor, the Secretary of State’s office spokesman, said the Democratic Party chairs sent incorrect ballot information that appeared on Willacy County’s Democratic Party ballots. However, Solis said he hadn’t come across the problem in Willacy County.

A deeply symbolic victory for Venezuela’s opposition hasn’t resolved a deep divide over its strategy

Sunday's presidential election reflects an intense political fight in a country U.S. prosecutors call a "narco-state."

Mustafa al-Kadhimi said he was unhurt in the attack on his house, said to be by an armed drone.

The deadline for letters to the editor about candidates in the Nov. 2 General Election has passed, but we will be running letters already submitted in the paper and online

Marine Le Pen's National Rally had hoped to win a regional powerbase ahead of next year's election.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, La République en Marche, garnered only 10.9 % of the vote in Sunday's regional elections, which saw bigger wins for mainstream left-and-right wing parties, according to an exit poll by Elabe. Why it matters: Sunday's regional elections are seen as a barometer for next year's national elections, which are only 10 months away, Politico reports.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeThe g

Nepal’s president dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections on Saturday after the prime minister, who was heading a minority government and was unlikely to secure a vote of confidence in the chamber, recommended the move. A notice issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s office set the elections for Nov. 12 and 19. Nepal has been grappling with a political crisis at the same time it's struggling with a coronavirus surge and record numbers of daily infections and deaths, amid acute shortages of hospital beds, medication and oxygen.

Local and national contests - many delayed by Covid - are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales.

Cobb County officials reduce early voting locations ahead of Georgia Senate runoff elections Elections officials in Cobb County, Georgia, is reducing the number of early voting locations for the January Senate runoff elections. President-elect Joe Biden won Cobb County, in suburban Atlanta, 56% to 42%. Chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party Jason Shepherd joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the decision and the upcoming elections.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved a day earlier to add fact checks to two of his tweets. Trump and his campaign angrily lashed out Tuesday after Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots fraudulent and predicted that mail boxes will be robbed, among other things. Trump did not explain his threat Wednesday, and the call to expand regulation appeared to fly in the face of long-held conservative principles on deregulation. The protections have been credited with allowing the unfettered growth of the internet for more than two decades, but now some Trump allies are advocating that social media companies face more scrutiny. Why are they getting subsidized by federal taxpayers to censor conservatives, to censor people critical of China.

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes in the Rose Garden White House, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering on Wednesday after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, claimed on Twitter early Wednesday that tech giants silence conservative voices." Trump and his campaign had lashed out Tuesday after Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots fraudulent and predicted that mail boxes will be robbed, among other things. The protections have been credited with allowing the unfettered growth of the internet for more than two decades, but now some Trump allies are advocating that social media companies face more scrutiny.

SAN ANTONIO Registering voters isn't what it used to be after the shutdowns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. She said since Texas is not among 39 other states that allow online voter registration, SVREP must try to reach new voters the best way it can. "We've been doing voter registration for 46 years. The Republican Party of Texas will do much of the same, said Chairman James Dickey. "We're looking for 10,000 volunteers to each help us register 10 new Republican voters," Dickey said.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall: Trust me. Its a transition to greatness, Trump says over and over, predicting a burgeoning economy come the fall. Now, Trump is making the case to voters that if he helped bolster the economy once, he can do it again. "Ill do it a second time.It's not just next year that will be a mystery to voters on Election Day. "The president is placing a bet by reopening the economy before public health officials believe it is safe.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall: Trust me. Its a transition to greatness, Trump says over and over, predicting a burgeoning economy come the fall. Now, Trump is making the case to voters that if he helped bolster the economy once, he can do it again. "Ill do it a second time.It's not just next year that will be a mystery to voters on Election Day. "The president is placing a bet by reopening the economy before public health officials believe it is safe.

$145M from midterm elections came from anonymous donors The 2014 midterm elections were the most expensive in history. And, as Nancy Cordes reports, an estimated $145 million in campaign funding came from anonymous sources.

Midterm elections: Tough struggle for incumbent Landrieu in La. If elections were held today, Republicans would pick up six seats in the Senate giving them the majority. But control of the Senate might hang in the balance until December, when the entire political world could descend on Louisiana. Nancy Cordes reports.

Midterm elections Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections Director, discusses how the races are shaping up two weeks before the midterm elections.