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Results of key races in Texas' primary elections

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By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) - Texas kicked off the U.S. midterm elections cycle with the first party nominating contests of the cycle that will determine control of Congress as well as the governors of 36 states.

Several races are headed to May 24 runoffs between two top finishers after no candidates won a majority of the vote.

Here are results in key races:

ABBOTT, O'ROURKE FACE NOVEMBER MATCHUP

Republican Governor Greg Abbott handily fended off two more-conservative challengers, former Texas Republican Party Chairman Allen West and former state Senator Don Huffines. That sets up a Nov. 8 contest with former Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, who had faced no serious competition for his party's nomination.

WILL PAXTON SURVIVE?

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has already won one re-election campaign since his indictment in 2015 on state securities fraud charges. This time around, he is headed to a May 24 runoff against state Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the grandson of former President George H. W. Bush, according to television network projections.

TRUMP LOYALTY TEST

Republican Representative Van Taylor comfortably won a second term in Texas' 3rd District in 2020, but was forced into a run-off contest on Tuesday against Keith Self, a former county judge.

Taylor's vote to support the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters has attracted Republican opponents who accuse him of betraying the former president and his party.

Self has attacked Taylor for his vote, even though the measure failed in the Senate. House Democrats have launched their own Jan. 6 probe.

Taylor became more vulnerable to a challenge from the right, after redistricting made his suburban Dallas district significantly more conservative.

A SUCCESSOR TO KEVIN BRADY

The race to succeed 13-term Congressman Kevin Brady in the heavily Republican 8th District, north of Houston, has split many of the state's top Republicans between two leading candidates.

Morgan Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL with the backing of Republican leadership, held a sizeable lead over Christian Collins, a conservative activist supported by the House's right-wing Freedom Caucus.

Luttrell is supported by a political action committee with ties to Republican congressional leadership, as well as by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, former Governor Rick Perry and U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw. Luttrell is the twin brother of Marcus Luttrell, also a Navy SEAL, who wrote the bestselling memoir "Lone Survivor."

REPUBLICANS GAINING GROUND

The elongated 15th District, which stretches south from the San Antonio area to the Rio Grande, is held by Democrats but was already competitive in 2020 thanks to Trump's unexpected strength among Hispanic Texans before Republicans redrew the lines in last fall's redistricting to be more favorable to them. The incumbent, Vicente Gonzalez, decided to run for re-election in the neighboring 34th District, leaving half a dozen Democrats vying for the party's nod.

The Republican front-runner is Monica De La Cruz, who narrowly lost to Gonzalez in 2020. The race could be the state's most closely contested congressional battle this fall.

DEMOCRATIC REMATCH

In the South Texas 28th District, Democrat Jessica Cisneros, a liberal backed by U.S. Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the left-wing Justice Democrats, was headed for a run-off against nine-term incumbent Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in the House.

An FBI raid at Cuellar's house in January has given Cisneros a boost. The agency has not commented on the matter, and Cuellar, who has not been charged with a crime, has said he is confident he will be cleared of any wrongdoing.

PROGRESSIVE VICTORY

Greg Casar, a democratic socialist and former Austin city council member, beat out fellow Democrat Eddie Rodriguez after winning the support of high-profile liberals including U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Ocasio-Cortez.

The solidly Democratic 35th District stretches from San Antonio to Austin. Its Democrat incumbent, Lloyd Doggett, opted to run in the newly created 37th District based in Austin.

(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Additional reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Scott Malone, Aurora Ellis and Mark Heinrich)


1.9 million votes were cast in the R primary, 1.1 million in the D primary.
 
1.9 million votes were cast in the R primary, 1.1 million in the D primary.

That is good news … for Republicans.

Not all precincts are counted so far (98% in both primaries), so final turnout will be 1.95 million in the R primary (1.91 right now) and about 1.1 million in the D primary (currently 1.05 million).

When compared to the 2018 primaries in March, R turnout increased from 1.55 million then to 1.95 million now.

D turnout remained stagnant at 1.1 million.
 
By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) - Texas kicked off the U.S. midterm elections cycle with the first party nominating contests of the cycle that will determine control of Congress as well as the governors of 36 states.

Several races are headed to May 24 runoffs between two top finishers after no candidates won a majority of the vote.

Here are results in key races:




1.9 million votes were cast in the R primary, 1.1 million in the D primary.
The primary wasn't without its issues, though.

At one voting location, they only let Democrats vote...Republicans were turned away.
 
The primary wasn't without its issues, though.

At one voting location, they only let Democrats vote...Republicans were turned away.

And vice versa in other areas. It was not a perfectly smooth primary but it wasn't widespread.
 
Biden lost TX by 6 points in 2020, the tightest presidential result there in decades.

And it was a good year for Democrats there.

This year won’t. Beto will lose by 55-44 or something.

10 points? Worse than Clinton v Trump?

Maybe. Beto is campaigning and Abbott is throwing money at it so far. We will see.
 
The primary wasn't without its issues, though.

At one voting location, they only let Democrats vote...Republicans were turned away.

One voting location ?

What about ALL the voting locations where Democratic votes were suppressed by Republicans and their new voter ID law - aimed at keeping Democratic voters away from the polls ?
 
10 points? Worse than Clinton v Trump?

Maybe. Beto is campaigning and Abbott is throwing money at it so far. We will see.

It really depends on the independent voters this year.

Republicans are more enthusiastic to vote this year than they were in 2018, which was a good D year, thanks to #MeToo.

Democrats are voting in numbers similar to 2018, which isn’t either bad or good.

But independent voters, who are now 30-40% of the November electorate, will be key: in mid-term elections, they usually break AGAINST the party of the incumbent President. Mostly heavily so.

And Beto already lost by 3 in 2018 in the Senate race. So, a 6-7% loss could be true, but losing by 10 is more likely.
 
Does anyone think Beto will pick-off Abbot?

No way!

Beto blew it when he didn't go after John Cornyn's seat. He at least had shot at that, and could've helped his party too.
 
Does anyone think Beto will pick-off Abbot?

No way!

Beto blew it when he didn't go after John Cornyn's seat. He at least had shot at that, and could've helped his party too.
Democrats are experts at coming up short
 
One voting location ?

What about ALL the voting locations where Democratic votes were suppressed by Republicans and their new voter ID law - aimed at keeping Democratic voters away from the polls ?
What Democratic votes were suppressed? Would that be Democratic votes from people who don't have an ID?
 
I heard and read Trump endorsed 33 Texas primary candidates and all 33 either won or are big favorites heading into the upcoming runoffs. I often watch Fox News, but I think Kornacki does a much better job at presenting election results than Hemmer does on Fox News - so I flipped to MSNBC to hear what Kornacki had to say about Texas yesterday. He's from where I first heard about these 33 endorsements and how they were all doing (very well).
 
That is good news … for Republicans.

Not all precincts are counted so far (98% in both primaries), so final turnout will be 1.95 million in the R primary (1.91 right now) and about 1.1 million in the D primary (currently 1.05 million).

When compared to the 2018 primaries in March, R turnout increased from 1.55 million then to 1.95 million now.

D turnout remained stagnant at 1.1 million.
I hadn't heard anything about turnout yet - so thanks for the info.
 
Good luck taking away Texans' guns and tearing down reinforcements at the TX./MX. border, Mr. Fake Hispanic-American,"Beto".
 
The primary wasn't without its issues, though.

At one voting location, they only let Democrats vote...Republicans were turned away.
Are we sure?
 
It really depends on the independent voters this year.

Republicans are more enthusiastic to vote this year than they were in 2018, which was a good D year, thanks to #MeToo.

Democrats are voting in numbers similar to 2018, which isn’t either bad or good.

But independent voters, who are now 30-40% of the November electorate, will be key: in mid-term elections, they usually break AGAINST the party of the incumbent President. Mostly heavily so.

And Beto already lost by 3 in 2018 in the Senate race. So, a 6-7% loss could be true, but losing by 10 is more likely.
this was back when he ran as a moderate, pro-gun, pro-oil democrat. People know who he is now.
 
One voting location ?

What about ALL the voting locations where Democratic votes were suppressed by Republicans and their new voter ID law - aimed at keeping Democratic voters away from the polls ?
awww you need an ID to vote? awww, so much suppression! aww de reycism awww😭
😭😭
 
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