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League City residents vote to remove Flock cameras
League City voters rejected the continued use of the city's 55 Flock Safety license plate readers Tuesday, triggering a council-approved plan to remove or disable the cameras....
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Incumbents sweep League City election, one runoff planned
Incumbents seeking reelection held onto their seats Tuesday, with all three city officeholders, including the mayor winning another term. The election for council Position 3 will go to a runoff Dec. 12....
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Talarico routs Paxton as blue wave reshapes Texas politics
James Talarico secured nearly 54% of the statewide vote compared with about 45% for Ken Paxton, according to election results Tuesday night.
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Hinojosa defeats Abbott in historic race for Texas governor's office
The Associated Press called the race shortly after 10:15 p.m., making Gina Hinojosa the first Democrat elected governor of Texas since Ann Richards won the office in 1990. Hinojosa also will become the state's first Latina governor....
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Republican Middleton facing defeat in Texas Attorney General race
Nathan Johnson received almost 1.3 million votes statewide, or 59.1%, compared with Mayes Middleton's 846,563 votes, or 39.5%, according to partial election returns Tuesday evening. Other candidates accounted for 29,035 votes, or 1.4%....
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Hale on track to defeat Choate in Galveston navigation district election
Jonathan Hale had received 5,205 votes, or 52.56%, compared with Albert Choate's 4,698 votes, or 47.44%, according to unofficial election returns from the Galveston County Elections Division....
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Rep. Greg Bonnen keeps Texas House District 24 seat against challenger
The incumbent received about 61% of the vote, compared with about 39% for Democratic candidate Frank Carr. District 24 covers portions of Friendswood, Dickinson, League City and Texas City, along with all of Hitchcock and Santa Fe....
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Rep. Terri Leo Wilson wins reelection to Texas House District 23
The incumbent received 56% of votes statewide, compared to Democratic challenger Cheryl Clark's 44%. House District 23 spans most of Chambers County and portions of Galveston County, which has leaned strongly Republican in recent cycles....
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Santa Fe ISD board president trails challenger in early returns
Megan Grove received 4,604 early votes, or 59.21%, compared with Rusty Norman's 3,172 votes, or 40.79%, according to unofficial results released by the Galveston County Elections Division....
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Galveston County Judge Mark Henry retains job against Democratic challenger
The incumbent took nearly 57% of the vote by Tuesday night, according to unofficial and incomplete results from the Galveston County Clerk’s Office.