WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to travel to New Mexico next week, days before the Nov. 8 midterm elections. The White House in a statement said Biden will take part in events with Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is trying to win a second term in next month’s election, and other
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Arizona chapter of the League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit in federal court late Tuesday targeting groups and individuals that they say are conspiring to intimidate voters in Arizona through a coordinated effort known as “Operation Drop Box.” The lawsuit was filed on behalf
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(CNN) — A woman who claims she was in a years-long romantic relationship with Herschel Walker says the Republican Senate nominee for Georgia pressured her into having an abortion in 1993, she announced at a press conference on Wednesday. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe to protect her identity, attended the press conference virtually
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EL PASO, Texas — Election Day is November 8, 2022. El Paso County: Early voting in El Paso is between Monday, Oct. 24 to Friday, Nov. 4. For early voting locations, hours and maps, click here.For Election Day Vote Centers, click here.For an accessible sample ballot, click here.You can vote at any early voting location.Secretary
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for City of El Paso representative, District 5, the candidates are incumbent Isabel Salcido, Richard Genera and Felix J. Muñoz.
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for City of El Paso representative, District 6, the candidates are Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Benjamin J. Leyva, Cristian Botello and Art Fierro.
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for United States Representative District 16, Irene Armendariz-Jackson (R) is challenging incumbent Veronica Escobar (D).
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Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 11 percentage points with three days until early voting starts for the election, according to a new poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. It is one of the wider advantages that Abbott has registered with likely voters in public
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for City of El Paso representative, District 8, the candidates are Bettina Olivares, Chris Canales, and Rich Wright.
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for City of El Paso representative, District 1, the candidates are Dave Jones, Brian Kennedy, Analisa Cordova Silverstein, Deliris “DMB” Montanez Berrios, Lauren Ferris and Erin Tague. Freddy Klayel Avalos has suspended his campaign.
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FORT WORTH — After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, hundreds of people flooded the streets of downtown Fort Worth, marching, rallying, venting and promising that they’d never stop fighting to restore abortion access in Texas. But by mid-October, on the eve of the voter registration deadline, just a faithful few dozen gathered
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EL PASO, Texas — In the race for County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4, Blanca Trout (R) is facing off against Sergio Coronado, (D).
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As Election Day nears, ABC-7 got the opportunity to sit down with both candidates in the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s office race: incumbent Sheriff Kim Stewart (D), and her challenger, Byron Hollister (R). They were both asked a myriad of questions regarding issues that both the county and the department
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EL PASO, Texas — Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke at UTEP as part of this 15-campus tour of college campuses across Texas. The event will be held at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center on 500 W University Ave. The 5:30 p.m. event is open to the public. To RSVP, click here. The
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Democratic gubernatorial challenger Beto O’Rourke raised over $25 million from July through late September, and Republican incumbent Greg Abbott raised just less than that, according to figures released Tuesday by both campaigns. It marked the second consecutive period in which O’Rourke outraised Abbott. O’Rourke’s campaign said he collected $25.18 million during the latest period, covering
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) and his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke will face off in a televised debate Friday at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. The two candidates are set to take the stage at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. Abbott is clearly favored to win, leading
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Immigration, abortion, the economy and guns are expected to be major topics of conversation Friday night as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott faces off against his Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, in their only planned debate ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Abbott, who is seeking a third term in office, is leading in the polls by
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke spent his 50th birthday this week behind the wheel of his pickup in Texas, fast approaching a big moment in his uphill climb for governor. While a road trip through college campuses showed how the Democrat continues to draw big crowds — a
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s last-ditch attempt to regain the power of his office to unilaterally prosecute election cases was rejected by the state’s highest criminal court Wednesday. The Court of Criminal Appeals instead upheld its previous ruling that says that the attorney general must get permission from local county prosecutors to pursue cases on
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Continue Reading(CNN) — Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election to fill Alaska’s House seat for the remainder of 2022, according to unofficial results released by the Alaska Division of Elections, thwarting former Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid at a political comeback — at least for a few months. Peltola emerged as the victor Wednesday when Alaska’s Division of
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday that he will resume campaigning in his race for Texas governor after pausing his schedule last weekend and canceling events because of an unspecified bacterial infection. O’Rourke said he will return to the road Friday in Laredo and continue with events throughout the weekend along
Continue ReadingCNN, WESH By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, will win the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, CNN projects, and could become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress. He bested a crowded field of candidates looking to replace Democratic Rep. Val Demings in an Orlando-based district, including
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City Rep. Cissy Lizarraga, who is eligible for reelection, will not run again – a move that guarantees that the West Side will have two new city representatives. Four City Council seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 8 general election, two on the East Side and two on the West Side, where District
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EL PASO, Texas — Former Democratic state Rep. Joe Pickett has announced he is not running to represent District 5 on City Council. Just hours before the filing deadline, Pickett sent a news release announcing his decision. “There have been numerous life-changing events in my life that led me to this decision,” said Pickett in
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MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Democratic candidate for Governor, Beto O’Rourke, snapped back at a man who laughed as he spoke about the Uvalde school shooting during a campaign event Wednesday. O’Rourke used profanity in his sharp response. The candidate was talking about how the gunman in Uvalde was able to legally purchase an A-R 15,
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Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he has agreed to debate Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley. O’Rourke said he would debate Abbott in the Valley but did not commit to the Sept. 30 debate. Without ruling it out entirely, he also called for three “town hall-style debates.” The perennial
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EL PASO, Texas — Candidate for governor of Texas, Beto O’Rourke is kicking off his 49-day statewide tour today. O’Rourke’s first stop: El Paso, his hometown. During the rally, O’Rourke touched on numerous topics including healthcare, immigration, gun violence and abortion rights. Over 455 people were present on the first night of his campaign tour.
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The Democratic challenger will hold 70 public events in more than 65 counties as part of the tour, according to his campaign. The trip will start July 19 in O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso and reach every region of the state, including a spate of little-visited small towns. It is an ambitious itinerary even by
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