EL PASO, Texas — The December Runoff Election is rounding the corner with Early Voting locations officially closing their doors tonight. Three District races are still undecided in this runoff election. They are districts 1, 6, and 8. There are two remaining candidates for each seat. WATCH District 1: Analisa Cordova Silverstein and Brian Kennedy
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EL PASO, Texas — The December Runoff Election is Saturday, Dec. 17. Three District races are still undecided in this runoff election. They are districts 1, 6, and 8. There are two remaining candidates for each seat. WATCH District 1: Analisa Cordova Silverstein and Brian Kennedy WATCH District 6: Claudia Rodriguez and Art Fierro District
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will hold a 51-49 majority in Senate following Raphael Warnock’s victory in Georgia runoff. (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock will win Georgia’s Senate runoff, CNN projects, giving Democrats greater leverage in the Senate next year and delivering a critical blow to former President Donald Trump after a defeat of yet another
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City Council runoffs draw 1% of registered voters so far by Robert Moore, El Paso Matters December 5, 2022 Three City Council races – in Districts 1, 6 and 8 – weren’t decided in the Nov. 8 election because no candidate received at least 50% of the vote. So voters in those districts are being
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EL PASO, Texas — Early voting for the runoff election to determine who will represent three City Council districts begins Wednesday and continues through Tuesday, Dec. 13. Six candidates for city representative are in the runoff, including District 6 incumbent Claudia Rodriguez, who’s vying to retain her seat after not winning enough votes to be
Continue Reading(CNN) — House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats met behind closed doors Wednesday morning on
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(CNN) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will relinquish her leadership post, after leading House Democrats for two decades, building a legacy as one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics. Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, said that she would continue to serve in the
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(CNN) — Republicans will win the House of Representatives, CNN projects, in a victory that will fall short of their hopes of a “red wave” but thwart President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and will likely subject his White House to relentless investigations. The fact that the GOP finally passed the threshold of 218 seats needed
Continue Reading(CNN) — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has won his party’s nomination for speaker, beating conservative challenger Rep. Andy Biggs in a 188-31 vote, according to multiple sources in the room. It was a secret ballot, and McCarthy only needed a simple majority. While Biggs’ challenge was always seen as a long shot, the number
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The leaders of Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for governor generally defended their strategy Monday, saying they made a valiant effort despite a formidable incumbent and national headwinds. At the same time, they said they were looking into a range of decisions they made on the way to an 11-percentage-point loss to Gov. Greg Abbott. “When the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Former Las Cruces city council Gabe Vasquez is claiming victory Wednesday after squeaking a slim lead over incumbent Yvette Herrell in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The razor-tight race had each candidate with 50% of the vote. Vasquez, a democrat, had 1,224 votes more than Herrell, the Republican candidate. In
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(CNN) — President Joe Biden is addressing reporters Wednesday after appearing to withstand historic and political headwinds in the midterm elections, staving off resounding Republican wins even as his presidency is now likely entering a new period of divided government. The results, he said, are a sign American democracy is intact, despite coming under threat over the past several
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Raphael Warnock advance to a runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia.
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ABC News projects Democrat John Fetterman wins the Pennsylvania Senate race, beating Dr. Mehmet Oz El Paso Proposition A ($255,730,900 of bonds for school facilities, purchase of land) appears headed for passage, with 61.10% voting in favor. Canutillo school voters reject major bond issue, select 3 trustees 10:17 p.m.: ABC News is projecting incumbent Michelle
Continue Reading(CNN) — Democrat John Fetterman will win the Pennsylvania Senate race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Mehmet Oz, flipping the seat and delivering Democrats a leg up in their efforts to keep their majority. Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019, and Oz, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, ran one of the most contentious and expensive Senate
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s district 6 representative will now be decided in a runoff election. The results were Claudia Lizette Rodriguez with 43% and a total of 5,977 votes. Art Fierro finished with 32% of the votes and 4,485 votes. Incumbent Lizette Rodriguez was looking for a second term while she faced Christian Botello,
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EL PASO, Texas — Incumbent representative Isabel Salcido, defeated two candidates new to politics, podcaster Richard Genera and retired federal law enforcement officer Felix Munoz. Salcido made it clear she wants to build off what she has done since 2018 and improve infrastructure in District 5 on the east side of El Paso, which is
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Update: Brian Kennedy and Analisa Cordova Silverstein will head to a runoff election for the El Paso City Council District 1 position in December. Kennedy received about 42 percent of the vote while Cordova Silverstein received about 25 percent. Since none of the candidates got more than 50 percent of the vote, the two candidates
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Canutillo school voters reject major bond issue, select 3 trustees by Molly Smith, El Paso Matters November 8, 2022 The Canutillo Independent School District’s $264.1 million bond issue was losing badly in early voting results Tuesday, after voters said no to a similar bond proposal last fall. More than 60% of voters opposed the bond’s
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3 City Council races headed to runoff; Salcido re-elected by Elida S. Perez and Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso Matters November 8, 2022 Three of four El Paso City Council races appear to be headed to a runoff, with only District 5 incumbent city Rep. Isabel Salcido likely to win her seat outright Tuesday, the latest
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The two incumbent U.S. representatives for El Paso — one a Democrat and one a Republican — are on their way to reelection, according to early voting results which show each with a sizable lead. In the race for U.S. House District 16, which encompasses the majority of El Paso, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar was well
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Dan Patrick secures third term as lieutenant governor, beating Mike Collier By William Melhado, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2022 “Dan Patrick secures third term as lieutenant governor, beating Mike Collier” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,
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Greg Abbott reelected Texas governor, defeating Beto O’Rourke By Patrick Svitek and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2022 “Greg Abbott reelected Texas governor, defeating Beto O’Rourke” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and
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UPDATE: Sam Infante has informed ABC-7 that he was handed a provisional ballot and was able to vote. He added that he was informed by the County Clerk’s office that the other vote should be removed in a couple of days. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man told ABC-7 that someone else
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11:06 p.m. Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart (D) leads challenger Bryon Hollister (R). Stewart is at 54% of the vote, with Hollister at 46%. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico- Incumbent Sheriff Kim Stewart faces Republican candidate Byron Hollister for the position of Sheriff of Doña Ana County. Hollister is a former Co-Commander of the U.S.
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UPDATE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) wins re-election, projects ABC News. EL PASO, Texas — Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas Beto O’Rourke will end his Election Day in El Paso Tuesday. The O’Rourke campaign will be hosting an Election Night watch party at 6:30 p.m. at the Epic Railyard Event Center in south-central. O’Rourke
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Editor’s note: The Governor is running late. KVIA.com will live stream the event when she arrives. Download the KVIA news app to get an alert the moment it begins. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will be in Las Cruces for a get-out-the-vote rally. She will be joined by Democratic
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EL PASO, Texas — Friday is the last day for early voting in Texas. Polls can be cast at early voting locations around El Paso until 7 p.m. Friday, but some locations close earlier. Early voting in New Mexico continues Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Doña Ana County Government Center’s early voting
Continue ReadingCNN By Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Top aides to former President Donald Trump have been eyeing the third week of November as an ideal launch point for his 2024 presidential campaign, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two sources said Trump’s team has specifically discussed November 14 as one possible announcement date,
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EL PASO, Texas — Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, Beto O’Rourke, stopped in his hometown on Thursday. O’Rourke visited a polling location at the University of Texas at El Paso on Thursday. The candidate made it a point to go after young voters. “Young voters are going to win this election and it is
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