The latest 2020 elections news from The Texas Tribune.
The Republican lieutenant governor's crusade for proof of election problems in Texas comes as members of his own party dominated up and down the ballot. Full Story
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Candidates have not yet conceded in at least three contests for state House, saying they want to see more ballots come in. Full Story
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Allen West, party chair, does not get to vote on the next speaker since he is not a House member. Full Story
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The seasonal change in Texas politics and government always seems fast, and it's upon us again. Lawmakers, elected last Tuesday, start filing legislation Monday, even as they fill campaign accounts in advance of the legislative session that starts in January. Full Story
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Supporters of President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden both congregated outside the Capitol after the race was called, and Tribune photographers recorded their reactions. Full Story
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Republicans held the line against the biggest push to turn Texas blue in recent history. Full Story
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After a tense four days of vote-counting in battleground states, all of the country's major networks called the race Saturday after declaring that the two-term former vice president had won Pennsylvania. Full Story
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Much of the misinformation has been centered on the vote-counting process in states like Pennsylvania, a battleground territory in the race for the presidency. Full Story
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Texas remains a difficult state in which to vote, and there are bountiful stories of voters who tried to cast ballots and couldn't. But neither Democrats nor Republicans are questioning the integrity of the results. Full Story
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The Republican party dominated races up and down the ballot, dashing Democrats' high hopes. Our analysis sheds light on what happened. Full Story
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If you're going by the numbers of Republican and Democratic winners, nothing really happened in the general election in Texas this year. But there's a lot beneath the numbers. Full Story
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Photographers for The Texas Tribune spent Election Day (and much of the night) capturing the experience of casting votes in a pandemic. Full Story
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In Texas, at least 66% of the 17 million registered voters cast ballots in the 2020 general election. That’s 6.6 percentage points higher than total turnout in 2016. Full Story
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Democrats once again won a large number of counties along or near the Texas-Mexico border, but by narrower margins than in recent elections. That showing played a big role in disappointing results for the state’s Democrats. Full Story
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In this week's episode, Matthew talks to Ross, Abby and Patrick about Democrats falling short of their goals for Texas and the latest on the race for state House speaker. Full Story
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Texas’ top Republican congressional leaders are mostly staying silent after President Donald Trump prematurely and falsely declared victory early Wednesday morning as votes continue to be counted in multiple battleground states, including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Full Story
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Texas Republicans might not be able to do everything their most ardent partisans would like, but Tuesday's election left them in the driver's seat in what remains a GOP-controlled state government. Full Story
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This year proved another disappointment for Texas Democrats, who underperformed the high expectations they had set for themselves, particularly in a hotly contested battle for dominance in the Texas House. Full Story
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Several Republican wins in U.S. House races came near the end of an election cycle in which Texas was the centerpiece of a Democratic offensive. Full Story
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Texas Republicans appeared to have fended off a well-financed Democratic effort to gain a majority in the Texas House. Full Story
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