Former Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is poised to secure a comeback bid for Congress after winning a hotly contested Democratic primary Tuesday. Allred defeated Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, in a runoff election for a recently redrawn House seat Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. The victor is almost certain to win the November general election for the deep-blue district.
President Donald Trump’s endorsed House Republican candidate for Texas’ 35th Congressional District is projected to win his race against longtime San Antonio state lawmaker John Lujan.Carlos de la Cruz, an Air Force veteran, is the brother of Trump ally Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, in a nearby district.The de la Cruzes could be the next in a rare historical line of siblings serving together in the House of Representatives.
Democrat Texas candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico asked supporters of the defeated Republican incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to join his campaign as he prepares to face the GOP nominee, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Rep. Christian Menefee decisively defeated fellow Democrat Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s Texas 18th Congressional District primary runoff, taking more than two-thirds of the vote when the Associated Press called the race.
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Democrat Maureen Galindo, a South Texas sex therapist who drew nationwide ire from Democratic Party leaders, was defeated in her primary runoff against Bexar County Sheriff’s Office official Johnny Garcia, according to the Associated Press.The seat, newly drawn following Texas Republicans’ redistricting effort, is currently represented by “Squad” member Rep. Gregorio Casar. However, the liberal lawmaker is running in an adjacent district being vacated by Rep.
A Republican state senator who spotlighted his support for President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda is one step closer to succeeding Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general.State Sen. Mayes Middleton on Tuesday defeated Rep. Chip Roy, one of the most conservative members of the U.S. House, for the Republican attorney general nomination in Texas, the Associated Press reports.Roy conceded the race shortly after the results came in, saying he had called Middleton to congratulate him.
Alex Mealer, an Army combat veteran and energy executive backed by President Donald Trump, is one step closer to winning election to the House.Mealer defeated state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Texas, in a GOP primary runoff election for a Houston-based congressional seat Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.The matchup in the solidly Republican district was another test of Trump’s endorsement power, which has proven to be decisive in several high-profile races this year.
Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat James Talarico in November after opening a roughly 25-point lead.
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Texans cast ballots Tuesday in primary runoff elections that could steer the direction of politics in Texas – and Washington – for a generation.
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By caving in to public employee unions, the state’s leaders seem determined to follow the road to fiscal hell.
WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday during the latest Task Force to Eliminate Fraud roundtable that the federal government will work with state attorneys general to combat fraud.
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‘His wish to die came from mental illness’
‘She just kept coming at me’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday that the impact of artificial intelligence is unlikely to cause a “jobs apocalypse.” Altman spoke virtually at the Commonwealth Bank Conferences in Sydney, Australia, where he discussed his initial concerns about entry-level white-collar jobs being taken over by artificial intelligence, Reuters reported.
‘Over 100,000 applications’
Mexican authorities also seized 687 kilograms of cocaine
‘played an active and premeditated role’
‘Joint combat readiness patrol’
‘The job at hand was to produce a successful roast, which I did’
He allegedly said he ‘cleaned up the scene’
The Supreme Court does not need altering — it has not done anything wrong.
If the potential accord suffers from one blinding conceptual flaw, it is the notion that the pre-war status quo can be restored.
He lent his talents to the music industry for seven decades
In the face of woke criticism, the excellent and informative signs prepared for the Philadelphia site are heading to court.
The Asian security summit comes at a time when concerns about Iran and China loom large.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner appeared alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Monday and echoed several Sanders-style progressive themes, criticizing five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, criticizing and U.S. weapons spending tied to conflicts in Gaza and Iran.
Negotiations remain in flux, but we’re a long way from ‘Unconditional Surrender.
Democrats weighing 2028 presidential campaigns are seeking ties with Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she works to shape the party’s next White House primary, according to Axios.
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Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former National Security Adviser John Bolton said he hoped the Trump administration’s negotiations to end the military operations in Iran break down.
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President Donald Trump announced that Iran’s enriched uranium would either be “immediately turned over” to the United States or would be destroyed “in place” in Iran.
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