Runoff to decide San Benito mayor’s race
SAN BENITO — A steady stream of voters is heading to the polls to cast ballots in a Dec. 19 runoff election that will...
Pena wins recount by 8 votes
Longtime Brownsville Independent School District trustee Minerva M. Peña won her race for the Position 6 seat on the BISD Board of Trustees after...
Trump card: Professor reflects on support from Latinos
Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley and some other parts of the state voted for the Republican presidential candidate at an unexpected rate this...
Democrats didn’t get a blue wave, but some Texas suburbs are moving left
By Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune
Although they didn’t get the blue wave they expected, Democrats narrowed the gap with Republicans in five of the...
Pena loses BISD election by one vote
After all was said and done, one vote separated the winner and the runner-up in Board President Minerva M. Pena's race for a fourth...
George W. Bush congratulates President-elect Joe Biden on his victory
By Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday, sending a clear signal to other Republicans, including President...
Hidalgo Co. extends voting by an hour after technical issues reported
About 5% of 74 total polling sites in Hidalgo County are running slower on Election Day than their counterparts due to technical issues, county officials said Tuesday morning, though they stressed voters can still cast their ballots there.
Up is down: Republican showing stronger in county
Amidst a record-breaking turnout, Trump-voting Hispanics in Cameron County and the Rio Grande Valley were key to keeping Texas red in the 2020 General...
Presidential polls in Texas showed a tight race, but Trump won by 6 points....
By Madlin Mekelburg Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — In the weeks before Election Day, most polls in Texas showed a close contest between the two...
Port chairman hangs on; Reed said he expected a tight race
John Reed was used to running unopposed for his Place 3 commissioner’s seat on the Brownsville Navigation District Board, which governs the Port of...