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Texas Democrats see hope in Kansas abortion vote, but challenges remain
Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution.
By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, Texas, abortion, Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke, Gilberto Hinojosa, Texas Democratic Party, Kansas, Kansas vote, Kansas constitutional amendment, texas constitution, Joe Pojman, Texas Alliance for Life, U.S. Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, Texas Republicans, right to life, pro-life, anti-abortion, Drew Landry, South Plains College, women's health, abortion rights, Matt Rinaldi
Only one Texas Republican in the U.S. House voted to protect marriage equality
San Antonio-area U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the sole Texas Republican to vote for the legislation, while U.S. Rep. Chip Roy voted against it.
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: San Antonio News, Same-sex marriage, marriage equality, Tony Gonzales, Gallup poll, San Antonio, Chip Roy, Brian Babin, Texas Republicans, Texas GOP, homophobia, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, U.S. House, marriage equality bill, uvalde shooting, uvalde massacre, gun reform, gun control, gun control legislation, Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa
Henry Cuellar wins Democratic primary to keep his South Texas congressional seat, recount finds
A separate recount found that Michelle Vallejo won the party’s nomination for another congressional seat.
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, Jessica Cisneros, Laredo, FBI raid, Roe v. Wade, South Texas, San Antonio, recount, runoff, 28th District of Texas, Texas Democratic Party, Democratic runoffs, progressive candidates, U.S. Supreme Court, 15th Congressional District, Michelle Vallejo, Ruben Ramirez
Progressive Jessica Cisneros seeks recount in race against South Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar
The contest gained national attention as a key fight as progressives and establishment Democrats wage a wider struggle for the direction of the party.
Tags: San Antonio News, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, Jessica Cisneros, recount, Texas law, delay, South Texas, congressional races, Democratic primary, Democratic runoff, Laredo, San Antonio, too close to call, recount, progressives, congressional races, 2022 election, Texas Democratic Party
Facing GOP poll limits, Texas Democrats launch program aimed at signing up a million new voters
Tags: Texas Democrats, voter mobilization, Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott, Alex Birnel, MOVE Texas, Rio Grande Valley, Project Texas, voting rights, voter suppression, one million voters, unregistered voters, Texas voters, black voters, Latino voters, Young voters, Luke Warford, Texas Democratic Party
In video, right-wing group's leader brags that it wrote "19 provisions" in Texas' voter-restriction bill
Tags: Texas, voter suppression, voting bills, voter restrictions, leaked video, Heritage Action, Jessica Anderson, Heritage Action for America, Texas House, Gov. Greg Abbott, Mother Jones, Documented, House Bill 6, HB6, Texas Legislature, Republicans, Georgia, Progress Texas, Ed Espinoza, Gilberto Hinojosa, Texas Democratic Party, voting rights, poll workers, election officials, poll watchers, mail-in ballots
Texas Senate passes restrictive voting bill backed by Republicans including Gov. Greg Abbott
Tags: Texas Senate, voting restrictions, voting restriction bill, Bryan Hughes, Mineola, Republican voter purge, Greg Abbott, Judith Zaffirini, Laredo, San Antonio, voter suppression, voters of color, poll watchers, voter intimidation, Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, voter turnout, driv-thru voting, ear
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he'll sue to stop Biden administration's 'lawlessness'
Tags: Ken Paxton, biden administration, inauguration, Joe Biden, DACA, Supreme Court, lawsuits, legal challenges, Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, securities fraud, FBI investigation, bribery, abuse of office, new administration, states, Texas politics
Glitter Political: H. Drew Galloway cut his own path by encouraging young people to vote
By Jade Esteban Estrada
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, Glitter Political, H. Drew Galloway, voting, youth vote, progressive, MOVE Texas, Texas Democratic Party, voter mobilization
Texas GOP claims Planned Parenthood 'works with Satanists,' says ending abortion its top priority
Tags: San Antonio News, COVID-19, Abortion Rights, Texas Republican Party, Texas GOP, Allen West, Texas Legislature, Abortion, women's health reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Texas Democratic Party, Manny Garcia, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, vaccines, fall surge, Tea Party, satanists, satanism
Republicans kept their grip on Texas government in 2020. In 2021, they'll be able to tighten it.
By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas, redistricting, Texas legislature, Rice University, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, November election, 2020 election, senate, house, Republicans, Lloyd Doggett, Celia Israel, Gilberto Hinojosa, Texas Democratic Party, voting rights act, supreme Court
The Mendoza Line: Texas Democrats startled to learn Republicans also voted in this election
By Corbin Mendoza
Tags: Texas, satire, texas politics, the Mendoza Line, Corbin Mendoza, Mike Bloomberg, Florida, ohio, Allen West, Texas Republican Party, Texas Democratic Party, November election, 2020 election, San Antonio, Gilberto Hinojosa, political satire
Despite record turnout, some Texas voters were still shut out
Tags: Texas, voting, voter suppression, Chad Dunn, Texas Democratic Party, mail-in ballots, voting by mail, absentee ballots, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, Crystal Zermeño, Texas Organizing Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Election Data + Science Lab, Democracy fund, voter ID, drive-thru voting, Houston, lawsuits, Jared Woodfill, turnout, Republicans, Democrats
Missed Target: Democrats hoped to paint the state blue in 2020. Here’s what went wrong.
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, 2020 election, Democrats, Republicans, election, Texas election, November election, 2020 election, Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, Beto O’Rourke, Rio Grande Valley, Latino Voters, Hispanic voters, Latinx Voters, Chrysta Castañeda, Texas Railroad Commission, Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett, Henry Cuellar, John Cornyn, MJ Hegar, James McCann, Perdue University, Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Laura Barberena, Steve Allison, Celina Montoya, Gina Ortiz Jones, Tony Gonzales, Chip Roy, South Texas, Texas Hill Country, Texas House, Texas Senate, Roland Gutierrez, Pete Flores, Will Hurd, Southern Methodist University, Cal Jillson, Matt Mackowiak, Dan Patrick, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Texas legislature, 2021 session, Cover Story, Slideshow
Texas Republicans blast Trump on conference call, urge GOP voters to cast ballots for Joe Biden
Tags: Texas Republicans, Pierre Dubois, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, reject Trump, vote for biden, John Cornyn, Jacob Monty, Hispanic Task Force, Dallas Mayor, Congressman, Steve Bartlett, George W. Bush, republican fundraisers, Texas Democratic Party, Joe Biden campaign, 2020 Election, November election
Texas counties can offer only one drop-off ballot location, federal appeals court rules, upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s order
By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals, appeals court, Joe Biden, voting rights, Mail-in ballots, drop off ballots, Greg Abbott, texas, governor, U.S. District Judge, Robert Pitman, federal court, Texas Democratic Party, absentee ballots, ballots, November election, 2020 election, voter suppression, U.S. Postal Service, Texas Solicitor General, Kyle Hawkins, Harris County, Travis County, League of United Latin American Citizens, League of Women Voters, lawsuit, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
Early voting begins in Texas’ boisterous and competitive 2020 election
Tags: Voting, early voting, texas, San Antonio, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Texas Politics, MJ Hegar, John Cornyn, U.S. Senate, political campaigns, Allen West, Texas House, Greg Abbott, texas Republican Party, Texas Democratic Party, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2020 election, November election
Texas counties temporarily blocked from offering multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations
By Jolie McCullough and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica
Texas counties can have multiple absentee ballot drop-off locations, federal judge says, blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's order
By Jolie McCullough and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Mail-in ballots, drop off ballots, Greg Abbott, texas, governor, U.S. District Judge, Robert Pitman, federal court, Texas Democratic Party, absentee ballots, ballots, November election, 2020 election, voter suppression, U.S. Postal Service, Texas Solicitor General, Kyle Hawkins, Harris County, Travis County, League of United Latin American Citizens, League of Women Voters, lawsuit, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
Biden campaign to spend $6 million on Texas campaign ads, more than any Democratic presidential nominee in decades
By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas, Joe Biden, presidential election, 2020 election, Texas Democratic Party, Abhi Rahman, ad spending, ad buys, Dan Patrick, Trump, Allen West, Advertising Analytics, Hillary Clinton, Way to Win, Beto O'Rourke, Douglas Emhoff, Kamala Harris, Edinburg, San Antonio, Dallas, black voters, Spanish language, Hispanic voters, campaign ads, presidential race
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