Elections

Registered voters in 11 Texas counties will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the special election to fill the vacated District 34 congressional seat.

Former Mission City Councilmember Norie Gonzalez Garza is now the new mayor, the first woman in the city’s history, having defeated Mayor Armando O’Caña in Saturday’s runoff election.

The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it is injecting nearly $3 million into fall television advertisement buys targeting Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley’s congressional districts.

If campaign contributions equaled votes, Republicans don’t stand a chance in Texas congressional District 28 in November.

HARLINGEN — Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide two City Commission races in one of the city’s hottest, most heavily funded runoff elections, which could shift the board’s balance of power.

Early voting ends Friday for the June 14 special election for the U.S. District 34 congressional seat.

Two hotly contested, Rio Grande Valley-centric congressional elections are headed for recounts.

In 2018, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from McAllen, handily beat his opponent in the November election to retain his District 15 congressional seat to represent what was then a Rio Grande Valley-centric district.

AUSTIN — The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election.

Progressive candidate Michelle Vallejo declared victory in the Democratic primary runoff election for Texas’ 15th congressional district on Wednesday, while her opponent, Ruben Ramirez, is still waiting for all votes to be canvassed.