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Election 2020

National Democratic Group To Spend $6.2 Million In Effort To Flip The Texas House

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on September 8, 2020 · The super PAC, Forward Majority, is pouring the money into 18 races that will likely determine which party controls the lower chamber in January.

Tags 2020 election Democratic forward majority gop republican

Politics

Texas Voters Evenly Split On Impeachment Of Donald Trump, UT/TT Poll finds

Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune

Posted on November 1, 2019 · Texas voters are divided on whether the president should be removed from office, but nearly half think impeachment investigations should proceed, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Tags Democratic Impeachment republican texas Trump

Politics

5 Questions Answered About The 3rd Democratic Debate

Domenico Montanaro, NPR

Posted on September 13, 2019 · Former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren faced off on stage for the first time, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wound up taking much of the heat, sparing Warren.

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Politics

Blog: Democratic Debate Fact Check And Analysis

NPR

Posted on September 12, 2019 · It's the third debate of the campaign and the first time in which former Vice President Joe Biden and senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are all together.

Tags Bernie Sanders debate Democratic Elizabeth Warren Joe Biden

Top Stories

Third Democratic Presidential Debate Will Be In Houston, Border Migrant Flow Falls For First Time In 2019, Report Says Texas Coast Is Increasingly At Risk Of Flooding, And More

HPM Digital Team

Posted on July 10, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Politics

5 Takeaways From The 1st Democratic Debate

Domenico Montanaro, NPR

Posted on June 27, 2019 · If you're a Democratic voter, did you come away with a clear feeling of who of that first batch of 10 candidates could be president — and is best positioned to take on President Trump?

Tags amy klobuchar Beto O'Rourke cory booker Democratic Elizabeth Warren jay inslee Julian Castro miami

News

Joe Biden Makes First Campaign Stop In Houston

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz / Andrew Schneider

Posted on May 28, 2019 · Empowering the middle class, building upon the Affordable Care Act, and tackling climate change are some of the main issues for the former vice president.

Tags aca American Federation of Teachers Bernie Sanders Democratic Joe Biden obama texas Trump

Politics

Here’s How Texans Are Reacting To Beto O’Rourke’s Presidential Run

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on March 14, 2019 · Some say the popularity he gained last year when he ran against Senator Ted Cruz strengthens his candidacy. Republicans are criticizing his stance on immigration.

Tags Bernie Sanders Beto O'Rourke cory booker Democratic Donald Trump El Paso Elizabeth Warren Kamala Harris ted cruz texas white house

Politics

Inside The Battle To Host The 2020 Democratic Convention, Pros And Cons For Houston

Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Posted on February 19, 2019 · Houston is competing with Miami and Milwaukee. The winner will be the center of the political world for one week next summer.

Tags Democratic DNC Gilberto Hinojosa houston texas tom perez

Party Politics

116th Congress To Be Politically Consequential With New Policy Directions

HPM Digital Team

Posted on December 6, 2018 · Party Politics podcast hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus discuss policy items, the political friction and the implications for the 2020 presidential election.

Tags Brandon Rottinghaus Democratic Jay Aiyer president republican

News

Lupe Valdez Becomes First Openly Gay And First Latina Candidate To Win A Major Party Nomination For Texas Governor

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune / Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 23, 2018 · After swapping leads early in the Democratic gubernatorial runoff, Valdez pulled ahead of White and will face incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott.

Tags Democratic governor Lupe Valdez nominee

Texas Elections 2018

What You Need To Know To Vote In The 2018 Primary Runoffs In Harris County

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on May 22, 2018 · There are 13 races in the Democratic ballot, including the one between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White to become candidate for Texas Governor, and four in the Republican ballot.

Tags Andrew White Democratic election Lupe Valdez republican texas

News

House Intelligence Committee Votes To Release Democratic Memo On Russia Probe

Associated Press

Posted on February 5, 2018 · The document now goes to President Trump, who has five days to decide whether to declassify it

Tags Adam Schiff Democratic fbi Memo russia Trump

News

Will Texas Turn Blue In 2018? Probably Not, But Democrats Could See Gains In Local Races

Ben Philpott, KUT

Posted on November 27, 2017 · After decades of one-party Republican rule in Texas, the inevitable question is, “Will Democrats do anything?”

Tags 2018 elections Democratic local government politics texas politics

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Texas

Democrats, Advocates Unite To Push Reproductive Health Care

Associated Press

Posted on February 9, 2017 · Advocacy groups are teaming up to champion Democratic bills designed to promote access to abortion and reproductive health care in Texas — but most appear to have little chance of passing.

Tags access to abortion bills Democratic reproductive health care in Texas

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Elections

Texas audit finds some problems, but not fraud, in Harris County’s handling of 2020 general election

Andrew Schneider

Posted on December 20, 2022 · The report from the Texas Secretary of State’s office pointed specifically to chain-of-custody issues involving close to 185,000 cast vote records.

Tags 2020 election drive-thru voting election audit Texas Legislature texas secretary of state’s office

Town Square

Election Day: What Will the Future of our Democracy Be?

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on November 8, 2022 · With so many important issues at the center of this election, we have a partisan discussion with representatives on both sides of the political aisle.

Tags 2022 midterm election Dallas Jones democracy Democrat election day harris county houston voting Houston voting locations Jessica Colón November 8th partisan political discourse political divide politics republican

Voting

2020 changed how America votes. The question now is whether those changes stick

Miles Parks, NPR

Posted on October 28, 2022 · The pandemic led to a historic rise in early voting, as 70% of the electorate cast ballots before Election Day in 2020. In 2022, it looks like more of the same.

Tags 2020 election 2022 midterm election early voting mail-in ballots voting

Town Square

The Final January 6th Public Hearing

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on October 14, 2022 · Discussing what was found by the January 6th Committee and what it means for our democracy.

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