POJOAQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s bid for a congressional seat in northern New Mexico fell flat at a statewide Democratic convention over the weekend where she failed to win enough local delegate votes to automatically qualify for the primary ballot. She vowed to stay in contention by submitting more petition signatures
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former Vice President Joe Biden has a double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, a new CNN poll of Democratic voters nationwide conducted by SSRS shows. Biden is now the choice of a majority of Democratic voters nationwide, according to the poll, which was taken in the
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HOUSTON, Texas — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday he will self-quarantine at his home in Texas after learning that he shook hands and briefly chatted with a man at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference who has tested positive for coronavirus. Cruz, the first member of Congress to announce such a step, said in a
Continue Reading CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race following another round of disappointing finishes in primary contests across the country on Super Tuesday. The Massachusetts senator, who centered her bid on a promise to wipe out corruption in Washington, announced her decision on a staff call Thursday morning and later held a
Continue Reading Pink indicates counties that voted for Biden, Blue for Sanders and Orange for Bloomberg. (Map: Texas Tribune) EL PASO, Texas — Former vice president Joe Biden bested Bernie Sanders in Texas on the strength of Election-Day ballots that heavily favored him in the state’s most populous counties, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. Hours before
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hinted Wednesday that she may endorse one of her party’s presidential candidates and emphasized the need for a leader who can bridge political divides and get things done. Reversing course from a spokeswoman’s statement Tuesday that the governor “is not making an endorsement,”
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AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Texas presidential primary, continuing a stunning revival of his once-struggling campaign that has helped him solidify himself as one of the two leading contenders in the broader race for the Democratic nomination. Despite early voting returns putting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of the
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Here’s a look back at how Super Tuesday unfolded. Bloomberg tells ABC News he’s dropping out Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday morning and endorsed Joe Biden, closing out an audacious run that saw the former New York mayor spend hundreds of millions of his own money to fund his late entry bid.
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LOS ANGELES, California — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million of his own
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AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats are seeking a rare return to power in 2020. The former vice president’s victory over the Vermont senator capped a resounding and resurgent string of victories across the South for
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Key El Paso County & Texas races at-a-glance Entire results index for all El Paso County races
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans will likely decide the fate of the El Paso County District Attorney’s race in a runoff election in May. A majority of votes was not earned by any one of the four candidates on Tuesday night. The runoff election will be between Yvonne Rosales and James Montoya. Rosales offered
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EL PASO, Texas — Claudia Ordaz-Perez defeated Elisa Tamayo on Tuesday night to replace incumbent Texas state Rep. Cesar Blanco. Ordaz-Perez held a clear lead with most of the votes counted. Blanco is running for the Texas Senate seat held by Jose Rodriguez, who is stepping down. Both Tamayo and Ordaz-Perez are Democrats. There were
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EL PASO, Texas — There were four Democratic candidates running for El Paso County Sheriff on Tuesday, but ABC-7 projected incumbent Sheriff Richard Wiles won that race by a large margin. He defeated El Paso Police Sgt. Ron Martin, Canutillo ISD Police Chief Carlos Carrillo and Raul Mendiola, who works in security for the Ysleta
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former White House physician whose nomination by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs was derailed by allegations of drinking on the job and over-prescribing drugs has advanced to a Republican runoff for a rural Texas congressional seat. Former Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson emerged Tuesday from a
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn were renominated Tuesday evening by Texas Republicans as primary polls across the state closed. Most polls closed at 7 p.m. CST, with El Paso and other areas in the Mountain Time Zone closing an hour later. Texas’ Democratic primary was being closely watched nationwide
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EL PASO, Texas — Primary election day in Texas is Tuesday, March 3. On Election Day, officials note that you must vote at the precinct where you are registered to vote. Below is the list of permanent polling places for El Paso County. If you need help finding your precinct, click here. All Texans’ ballots will
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DALLAS, Texas — What’s more Texas than Whataburger? Appearing Monday night at a Dallas rally to endorse Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke told the crowd he was taking Biden to Whataburger afterward. And yes, it did happen. O’Rourke made good on his promise. O’Rourke posted video to
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DALLAS, Texas — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden came to Texas on Monday looking to capitalize on his big win in South Carolina — and eager to ride the momentum into the state’s delegate-rich primary Tuesday, when 13 other states vote, too. On Monday evening, the former vice president won the endorsements of former candidates
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County judge overseeing a lawsuit against Walmart filed by victims’ families of the Aug. 3 mass shooting is now claiming to have returned a $10,000 campaign contribution from the out-of-town law firm representing those families. His campaign marketing director, on the eve of the Texas primary election, said
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DALLAS, Texas — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced an end to her presidential bid on Monday and will endorse Joe Biden, campaign aides said. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator was flying to Texas to join the former vice president at his Dallas rally, where she will give her endorsement on the eve
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden, who has more endorsements from the Texas congressional delegation than any other Democratic presidential candidate, picked up another one on Monday. El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar through her nod behind the former vice president just a day before Super Tuesday voting in Texas and elsewhere. She becomes at least
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HOBBS. N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Republicans are launching a voter registration effort among a Hispanic population in the state often overlooked: oilfield workers. State Rep. David Gallegos, a Eunice Republican, is leading a project to register to vote Hispanic oilfield workers in the state’s Permian Basin oil boom region, the Hobbs News-Sun . The
Continue Reading SOUTH BEND, Indiana — Pete Buttigieg is ending his race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a campaign aide confirmed Sunday afternoon directly to ABC-7. The aide said Buttigieg would fly home to Indiana, where he would address supporters about his decision to end his campaign. “The truth is the path has narrowed to a close
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Valerie Biden Owens was in the Borderland Sunday campaigning for her brother Joe Biden after his first primary win in South Carolina. “I use the analogy that South Carolina was the launchpad and we’ve come to Texas, which is going to give us the rocket fuel to take us through super
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The race is on for your vote. Several Democratic Presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail in hopes of becoming the next President of the United States. Several states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, already held their primary elections. Bernie Sanders came out as the winner in two of the four states. Texas’
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — An out-of-town law firm representing Aug. 3 shooting victims and their families in a lawsuit against Walmart contributed $10,000 to the re-election campaign of El Paso Judge Sergio H. Enriquez, who is presiding over the case in the 448th District Court. That’s according to campaign finance reports filed with the Texas
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EL PASO, Texas — February 28 is the last day to vote early in the El Paso County elections. As of February 26, nearly 29,000 people had cast ballots in the county. More than 22,000 of those voters are democrats. ‘There’s so much contention particularly the past few years, that I think doing research and
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Bernie Sanders was the Democratic Party’s front-runner headed into Tuesday night’s Democratic debate — and his rivals, unlike during the last time out in Las Vegas, appeared dead set on blunting his momentum. This was the final time that the primary field appeared together onstage before “Super Tuesday” on March 3, when
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — After eight years of clean audits, a 2019 independent audit found that the former assessor for Doña Ana County was overpaid more than $13,000 over the course of three years. “You have a small blemish on your record,” said Farley Vener, who works for Hinkle + Landers, an accounting
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