Texas, runoff elections and March 3 primaries
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Texans cast their ballots in the 2026 primaries, choosing their parties' candidates for key federal, statewide, and legislative races leading up to the November general election.
Incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won his primary at 81.8%, according to AP and CNN. He stands to be the longest-serving governor of the state and has over $100 million in campaign cash to win, according to The Texas Tribune.
Monday, a representative for a company that provides election tabulation machines for dozens of counties says something went wrong with the tabulations for several Democratic races in one county on Tuesday night.
The Texas primary runoff election is on Tuesday, May 26. Early voting starts on Monday, May 18 and goes until Friday, May 22. The last day to register to vote for the runoff primary election is April 27. If you are not sure if you are registered to vote, you can check your voter registration status on the Secretary of State's website.
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Note to President Trump: Don't mess with Texas elections
The president declared on social media that he planned to endorse one candidate and expected the other to drop out of the runoff.
The latest results in the Texas U.S. House primary for democrats and republicans in district 2, 18, 23 and 32.
Talarico and Crockett went head to head in the Democratic Texas primary, while Ken Paxton and John Cornyn competed in the Republican primary. See the winners.
Latinos helped Texas Democrats set the new record for a primary, but the state has been a white whale for the party for decades.