news2shortsA GOP congressman accused of having an affair with a staffer who has since committed suicide will see his primary race head to a runoff after Tuesday night. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, failed to clinch more than 50% of the vote in his southwest Texas district after dealing with the scandal for several weeks. Gonzales … Read more
Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas in more than thirty years, but on Tuesday night they seemed to have found an interesting prospect.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is claiming Republicans tried to rig her primary race against moderate Texas State Rep. James Talarico, District-50, on Tuesday after the state’s Supreme Court ruled in an emergency decision against her campaign’s request to give voters from Dallas County an extension to sort out confusion about Republican-led changes to polling … Read more
Rep. Jasmine Crockett told supporters that they won’t know the results of the election if votes cast after 7 p.m. local time in Dallas County are not counted. NBC News’ Steve Kornacki explains what we know about the early votes.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn spoke to supporters after learning his primary race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a runoff.
AUSTIN, TEXAS – The expensive and contentious battle for the Republican Senate nomination in Texas is headed to a May runoff, after none of the three major candidates in the crowded field of contenders topped 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary election. Longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn will face off with Texas Attorney General … Read more
US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists US and Ecuadorean forces launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details. Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court order to keep Dallas County polling sites open an extra two hours after thousands of voters in Dallas and Williamson counties showed up at the wrong polling sites due to confusion over recent changes. NBC News’ Jane Timm explains the legal fight.
The Department of War on Monday identified four of the six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a March 1 drone attack in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury, and officials said the incident remains under investigation. The soldiers were killed at the Port of Shuaiba during what officials described as an unmanned aircraft system … Read more
Michael Whatley has won the Republican primary and Roy Cooper has won the Democratic primary in the North Carolina Senate race, NBC News projects. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reacts to the results, saying the GOP “will have our work cut out for us.”
