Update (10:35 PM): The race for El Paso Mayor will go to a runoff election between Renard Johnson and Brian Kennedy. Update (8:12 PM): 36% of voters have cast their ballots for mayoral candidate Renard Johnson. Brian Kennedy is currently in second place with 26% of the vote. Right now Cassandra Hernandez has 9% of
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Voters across El Paso County are heading to the polls today to cast their vote on key local races. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with 116 voting centers available throughout the county. Here’s a quick guide to the key races and propositions on the ballot: Mayoral
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Borderland is seeing a new trend in the mayoral campaign this year: out-of-town political action committees, or PACs, are investing resources to support and attack candidates. As ABC-7 has reported, the race for El Paso mayor is tipping the scales at more than $1 million dollars raised and spent so
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The federal agency tasked with protecting the nation’s elections systems has retreated from some of the key work it did to counter false and viral information about voting in the 2020 election, including dismissing or ignoring multiple internal and external policy proposals to combat disinformation, numerous sources familiar with
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for the alleged use of US DOJ agents to Texas in what Paxton describes as an attempt to “monitor” the state’s elections. Paxton says the DOJ has no legal authority to take this step and that it is
Continue Reading CNN By Molly English, Ethan Cohen and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Pre-election voting is winding down across the country, with many states wrapping up in-person early voting over the weekend. More than 78 million ballots have already been cast in 47 states and the District of Columbia, according to data gathered by CNN, Edison
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Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two days out from Election Day, Kamala Harris dashed through four stops across battleground Michigan on Sunday without uttering Donald Trump’s name, while urging voters not to fooled by the GOP nominee’s disparagement of the electoral system that he falsely claims is rigged against him. The vice president
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced the deployment of Election Day Rapid Response Legal Teams to “major counties” across Texas. The team will be tasked with day-of election activity monitoring. They will also address litigation that may arise from the election, Paxton’s office explained. “The Election Day Rapid Response Legal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For those planning to vote on Election Day, El Paso County will have 116 vote centers open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The El Paso County Elections Department provides tools on its website (epcountyvotes.com) to simplify the voting process. The Voter Dashboard allows you to check your voter registration
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Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump closed out this year’s presidential race with a fierce battle for Pennsylvania on Monday, making their final pitch to voters across a state that could prove decisive in the campaign for the White House. Harris ended her night in Philadelphia at the art museum steps
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Doña Ana County Clerk’s office has confirmed to ABC-7 that a temporary election worker was fired for allegedly posting online about his interest in secretly recording voters on Election Day. Chief Deputy Clerk Caroline Zamora said Alfred Cabrales was let go after he allegedly posted to social media
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Watch the campaign stop live below: EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Senator Ted Cruz is making a campaign stop in El Paso today in his bid for reelection. The rally, part of Cruz’s cross-state bus tour, is happening from 2:30 to 4:00 PM at Million Air El Paso ELP, located at 1800 Hawkins Boulevard, near
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– All candidates agreed that District 4 is one of the safest neighborhoods in El Paso but areas of improvement include street lighting, roads and lack of law enforcement. I asked all candidates how they plan to address these issues. Cynthia Boyar Trejo says police officers are in dire need. “We have
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By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — When Alex Cooper, the popular podcaster behind “Call Her Daddy,” released her widely discussed interview with Democrat Kamala Harris last month, she revealed she had invited the vice president’s Republican opponent, Donald Trump, to appear on her show as well. “If he also wants
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By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York (CNN) — It’s been two years of a chaotic GOP-led House. But this time, Speaker Mike Johnson insists, things will be different. As he barnstorms through blue districts central to the fight for the House, Johnson is seeking to nationalize the battle for the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This year’s city election is breaking the bank in comparison to previous years, topping the totals from the last presidential and mayoral election. As El Paso is on the cusp of election day, candidates and campaigns in the city are still duking it out for the remaining votes to be had.
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Basketball superstar LeBron James threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid Thursday evening, emphasizing that “the choice is clear” just days ahead of Election Day. Sharing a video with clips of offensive remarks from former President Donald Trump, the Los Angeles Lakers player said in a
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In the waning days of the presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are zeroing in on the battleground state of Wisconsin. Their dueling rallies will focus on the Milwaukee area. It is home to the most Democratic votes in Wisconsin, but its conservative suburbs are where most Republicans live and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Election integrity – how voting locations are run, how your votes are tallied, and how the results are released to the public – is on the minds of many as the November 5th general election approaches. This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, host Mark Ross visits with El Paso County Elections
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election hinged on abortion or climate change, Kamala Harris might be feeling pretty comfortable about her chances on Nov. 5, based on the polls. The Democratic nominee is also competitive on economic issues against Republican Donald Trump. But Harris knows this is an extremely tight race —
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk is trying to move a lawsuit over his $1 million giveaway to voters into federal court, short-circuiting a required appearance Thursday at a Pennsylvania court. Lawyers for the Tesla CEO filed a “motion of removal” in federal court late Wednesday night. Pennsylvania Judge Angelo Foglietta
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Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Election day is less than a week away now, and on the ballot is the next District Attorney of Doña Ana County. ABC-7 sat down with both candidates to share their positions on issues the current D.A.’s office, and Las Cruces is currently facing. We spoke with both democratic
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This coming Tuesday, voters in the City of El Paso will decide the fate of the long-languishing Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility, also known as the Multipurpose Center (MPC) or arena. On the ballot is a choice to keep or eliminate millions of dollars in debt that were previously
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico republican senate candidate Nella Domenici is making one final push for voters in southern Mew Mexico ahead of election day with a visit to the Borderland. Guided by former law enforcement officials, the republican senate candidate took a tour along the border barrier in Sunland Park, just
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AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests. Less than 48 hours earlier inside
Continue Reading CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a narrow advantage in two of the three “blue wall” states that collectively represent her clearest path to an Electoral College victory over former President Donald Trump, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. In Michigan, Harris
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Senator Ted Cruz will be making a campaign stop in El Paso Sunday, November 3, 2024 in his bid for reelection. The rally, part of Cruz’s cross-state bus tour, will happen from 2:30 to 4:00 PM at Million Air El Paso ELP, located at 1800 Hawkins Boulevard, near the El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Time is running out to vote in this year’s general election! El Paso County voters can vote “for” or “against” six bond propositions–one would support upgrades to the El Paso County Hospital District’s University Medical Center, and the county’s quality of life bond is broken into five propositions. In total,
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