Recent Texas Election Shows That Every Vote Does Count

Elections are fragile. However, despite their fragility, the individual vote remains powerful. In Travis County, Justin Berry, a Republican candidate for a battleground state House...

Democrats Take Legal Action Over Elimination of Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas

Straight-ticket party-line voting almost certainly enabled Democrats’ 12-House seat victory in Texas in the 2018 midterm election. Overwhelming Democratic turnout during an adrenaline-fueled midterm election...

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt resigns to run for Texas Senate

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt is resigning her seat to run for state Senate. Thomas Meredith for The Texas Tribune Travis County Judge Sarah...

Why Some Texans Had to Wait Hours to Vote and What We Can Do...

By noon on election day, voters at Texas Southern University’s polling location were already seeing wait times over an hour long, thanks to a...

Who Exactly Is Natasha Ruiz?

State representative Harold Dutton, a Houston Democrat representing House District 142, and one of the longest-serving members of the Texas House, ran against Natasha...

Dallas County Asks for Super Tuesday Recount After Discovering It Missed Some Ballots

Dallas voters in line to vote on March 3, 2020. Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune. Dallas County officials are seeking a recount...

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez becomes first to enter race for Senate District 14

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez takes part in a Mexican American Legislative Caucus and House Elections Committee press conference on Jan. 30, 2019. Emree...

Reform Austin Analysis: What the Primary Election Results Mean for Texas

After nearly 2 million Texans voted on Super Tuesday and 2.1 million Texans early voted and sent ballots by mail, the unofficial results of...

Texas Primary Stunner: Republican Incumbent Loses in Railroad Commissioner Race

In perhaps the most shocking election result from Super Tuesday in Texas, incumbent Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton lost in the Republican primary to relatively...

Texas Primary Election Results 2020: Live Updates

Super Tuesday is here and Reform Austin is tracking election results for all Texas House and Texas Senate 2020 primary elections. Refresh this page for...
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