Around 125,000 more ballots were cast in Travis County for the 2020 general election than during the 2016 election.
In 2016, 477,588 ballots were cast, while 602,398 were cast this year. Among...
President Donald Trump won Texas’ 38 electoral votes Tuesday night, according to Decision Desk.
Trump won 52.16% of the vote, beating former Vice President Joe Biden, who had 46.4%...
Republican incumbent Chip Roy won his bid for reelection for United States House District TX-21 against his primary opponent Democratic nominee Wendy Davis, maintaining Republican’s 40-year legacy...
Texas House Member Democrat Gina Hinojosa was winning Texas’s District 49 with 53% as of 11:10 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to Decision Desk.
Hinojosa has represented District 49 for...
Republican incumbent Roger Williams won his fifth term to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas’ 25th Congressional District on Tuesday night, fending off challenger Democrat Julie Oliver,...
John Cornyn was reelected for his fourth term as a senior United States senator for Texas against Democratic opponent MJ Hegar on Tuesday evening.
Cornyn was projected to win the race at 8:20 p.m.,...
Democrat José Garza won the Travis County District Attorney race with 70.98% of the vote against Republican candidate Martin Harry as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to KXAN.
Garza will take office...
Incumbent Democrat Sally Hernandez has been reelected the Travis County Sheriff as of 8 p.m. on election night, defeating Republican candidate Raul Vargas with 71.3% of the vote, according to KXAN news.
The...
UT social work students and professors opposed a now-rescinded rule that would have allowed social workers in Texas to turn away clients because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or disability...
The Daily Texan put together a list to help inform the UT community on races of interest on the Travis County 2020 general election ballot. Early voting runs through Friday, and Election Day is Nov....
Counties can reject a voter’s mail-in ballot if election officials cannot verify the voter’s signature, according to a ruling from the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 19.
The...
During the primary elections in March, Alyssa Crosby sent her application for an absentee ballot far in advance. When she called the election clerk in her home of Tarrant County, they said they never received...
