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Texas statewide primary runoff election results 2026
Polls close at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET, depending on polling location.
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The Factors Shaping the 2026 Midterm Elections
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President Trump has sought revenge in G.O.P. primaries. Democrats have turned out to vote in large numbers. Republicans have gained a redistricting advantage.
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MAGA furious as Republicans punt on Trump's election-rigging plan: 'It was all a setup'
In a blow to President Donald Trump's demands for all GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional maps to give themselves extra seats, a majority of the South Carolina Senate effectively voted to pull the plug on redistricting for now, with a handful of Republican lawmakers begrudgingly admitting Democrats had successfully run out the clock and they couldn't change the maps because primary voting was already underway.South Carolina Republicans could revisit the gerrymandering attempt, but the upshot is that, for now, the state's sole Democratic congressman, longtime powerbroker Rep. Jim Clyburn, will be able to secure another term in office. And both the White House and MAGA influencers are furious about it.“We knew it was bumpy all along, never a guarantee. But the votes were there on the last vote and nothing changed," said one White House official, adding that South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who had supported Trump's efforts to draw out the state's one majority-Black district, didn't give any warning that the vote was about to fail.Meanwhile, pro-Trump commenters on social media lashed out at the state lawmakers, accusing them of betrayal."This was the slimmest House majority in American history, a chance to protect President Trump’s agenda, and a generational opportunity to give 1 million South Carolinians a vote that finally counts. It was sitting right there. All it required was holding the line 1 more time. They didn’t," raged Big Dog Strategies senior vice president Justin Evans, naming all the GOP state lawmakers who voted against the gerrymander. "We will remember who showed up, and we will remember who walked away.""South Carolina Redistricting likely DEAD! Vital cloture vote to limit debate and force a vote in the SC Senate FAILS 20-24," wrote South Carolina Freedom Caucus founding chair and right-wing talk radio host Adam Morgan, who also named all the lawmakers. "Citing Democrats’ argument that 'early voting began today so it’s too late.' Looks like it was all a setup.""This is why RINOs CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED — no matter WHAT they say," wrote MAGA influencer Nick Sortor. "Another reason people like [Texas Sen. John] Cornyn MUST GO. RINOs said they can no longer move forward with redistricting because early voting started today. They KNEW it was starting today, but dragged their feet. They could've finished redistricting LAST WEEK. NEVER TRUST A RINO! They NEVER change."
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The Hill’s Decision Desk 2026 — Data Nerds track Texas runoff elections
The Hill presents one and a half hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 Texas runoff elections Tuesday from 8-9:30 p.m. EDT. The Hill’s coverage will be anchored by “Sunrise on The Hill’s” Cory Smith, joined by The Hill Sunday host and political editor Chris Stirewalt, with further contributions from “Rising”…
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WorldNetDaily
3 judges defy U.S. Supreme Court, demand election based on racial makeup of districts
Claim they are fighting 'race-based discrimination' with their soon-to-be appealed order
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The New Republic
Trump Judges Deal Republicans a Blow in 2026 Voting Map Wars
A federal court in Alabama has struck down Republicans’ attempt to redraw the state’s congressional map, on the grounds that it intentionally discriminates against Black voters. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court ruled that the state could not switch to its 2023 congressional map, which had previously been blocked in court three years ago, even after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act earlier this month. That earlier map only had one majority-Black, Democratic-leaning district, as opposed to the current two. “Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,” the judges said in their ruling. Two of the three judges were appointed by President Trump himself.Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to redraw its maps, sending the redistricting process down to the lower court. Republicans will almost certainly appeal Tuesday’s ruling, sending it back up to the high court. Alabama Republicans have ignored protests and even natural disasters in order to force through a new congressional map as primary elections draw near. Governor Kay Ivey last week delayed four of the state’s congressional primaries in anticipation of the new map. For now, though, three federal judges are blocking their attempt. “There is no convincing evidence that it is necessary for us to allow Alabama to pivot to the 2023 Plan in the middle of an election, and substantial evidence that it is not,” the judges ruled.This story has been updated.
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Trump election denier could become governor of a crucial swing state
When Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Georgia in the United States' 2020 presidential election, there were two very different reactions among Republicans in the Peach State. Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, much to Trump's chagrin, acknowledged Biden as the legitimate winner — while then- State Sen. Burt Jones (now lieutenant governor) promoted Trump's repeatedly debunked claim that Georgia was stolen from him. And according to New York Times reporters Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset, Georgia will have a major election denier in the governor's office if Jones replaces Kemp in January 2027.With Kemp term-limited, Georgia Republicans are having a gubernatorial primary race that finds Jones competing with Rick Jackson (described by Hakim and Fausset as a "brash, pro-Trump billionaire") for the nomination. A runoff primary election is scheduled for June 16."Burt Jones, the Republican frontrunner in the Georgia governor's race, presents his considerable efforts to overturn Donald J. Trump's election loss in 2020 as a badge of honor," Hakim and Fausset report in the Times. "On the stump, he even boasts about it…. Last week, Mr. Jones, with the help of an endorsement from President Trump, was the top vote-getter in the first round of Georgia's Republican primary for governor. "Jones, according to Hakim and Fausset, "still carries the baggage — or as some would have it, bragging rights" — from the 2020 election and played a major role in "efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power" even though he lost Georgia to Biden."Mr. Jones tried to organize a special state legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump's electoral loss," the New York Times reporters recall. "He helped arrange public hearings in the State Senate, where Rudolph W. Giuliani demonized Atlanta election workers and advanced false claims that the election had been stolen. He joined a fake Electoral College contingent from Georgia that sent its false votes to Washington as part of a multi-state effort to try to derail the certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory."Hakim and Fausset continue, "He backed Texas litigation challenging his own state's election results…. If elected governor, Mr. Jones would join several Republican governors who are 2020 election deniers just as the Trump Administration is using the Justice Department to seize 2020 ballots and revive old conspiracies."When Trump "amped up his unsubstantiated claim of a stolen election" in 2020, there was "vigorous pushback from some state Republicans, including Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and Mr. Raffensperger." But Jones "attacked the state's Republican leaders, including Mr. Duncan, for asserting — accurately — that there was no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud."
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Washington Examiner
What to watch in the high-stakes Texas primary runoff elections
Texas will host a slate of high-profile primary runoff races Tuesday, with Republicans and Democrats alike eyeing the Lone Star State as a major battleground ahead of the midterm elections. Several races advanced to runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary, the first major nominating contest […]
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'This is next-level': Secret GOP plan to 'meddle' in elections allegedly uncovered
A number of Democratic lawmakers believe they’ve uncovered a “secret” effort by Republicans to “meddle” in Democratic primary elections, one involving “next-level obfuscation” to conceal the identities of those behind the effort, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday.“We don’t know who’s speaking, we don’t know what their real motivations are, and the things that they do talk about may be completely different from why they’re involved,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), speaking with Punchbowl News. “It really degrades public discourse and just creates paranoia and uncertainty.”That effort is the rise of “mysterious” and “stealthy” super political action committees (PACs) this election cycle that have dumped millions of dollars into Democratic primary races in an effort to, Democrats suspect, boost candidates viewed as “less formidable or even toxic” so as to give Republicans a better shot in the November general election, Punchbowl News reported.The practice of groups linked to a particular political party dumping money into primary races of an opposing political party became more commonplace with the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which eliminated restrictions on campaign spending. However, this election cycle, those engaging in the practice have gone above and beyond to better conceal their identities.“These super PACs have to file statements of organization with the FEC, report these independent expenditures and place orders with TV and radio stations. Typically, all this offers clues into who is running the group and their partisan affiliation because the treasurer is a known political operative,” Punchbowl News’ report reads.“But not this time. The treasurers of these groups have no apparent online footprint. The addresses listed are post offices, Staples stores or similar sites. These groups will have to disclose their donors eventually, but they can hide those donors by transferring money from a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. This is next-level obfuscation.”Speaking with Punchbowl News, Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) highlighted funding from a mysterious super PAC supporting Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo of Texas, who recently vowed to turn an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center into a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” whom she said would likely be “most of the Zionists.”“You have an openly bigoted person who has no business in elected office getting boosted by a Republican PAC,” Casar said. “So the Republican leadership here, of course, is going to go to great lengths to hide that.”
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