Democratic candidate Benjamin Flores received about 51% of nearly 9.7 million votes, compared with Buckingham's 47%. The land commissioner oversees about 13 million acres of state land, including oil and mineral interests beneath it, as well as coastlines and tidelands.
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Weber, an Alvin resident first elected to the U.S. House in 2012, received 152,618 votes, or 54%, putting him eight points over challenger Thurman Bill Bartie....
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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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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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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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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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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%....
