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South Austinites are voting on a new council member. Here’s where D5 candidates stand on key issues.Policing, Project Connect and the looming I-35 expansion are top issues in District 5. Stephanie Bazan and Ryan Alter both wish to represent the South Austin district at City Hall.
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No single candidate in the races for mayor and three seats on the City Council garnered a majority of votes in November, so they were sent to a runoff election. Polls close at 7 p.m.
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What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.
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Residents demanded that Lt. Mariano Pargas step down after audio from the day of the shooting showed that he knew students were trapped but failed to act.
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Political action committees don't typically get involved in local school board races. But money and endorsements from local, state and national PACs ultimately helped determine the results of school board races in Round Rock and Leander.
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While many Uvalde families backed Democratic candidates, the city and county have long been a Republican stronghold. Now, some of the school shooting victims’ families say they’ll continue fighting for changes to the state’s gun laws.
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The 2022 midterm election made history with the most wins for openly LGBTQ candidates. At least 340 candidates have won their races, beating the previous record of 336 in 2020.
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Even after vote counting ends, the midterms are not officially over until the results are certified. Election deniers who don't like the results may try to slow down or stop this step.
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The chamber was decided Saturday evening after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican nominee Adam Laxalt. That gives Democrats 50 seats.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick defeated Democrat Mike Collier by 10 percentage points and remains one of the most powerful politicians in the state, with the ability to help craft the next year's legislative agenda.