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Wednesday, August 01, 2012  The local elections have been posted. Some of these election results are just a interesting as some of the national results.

Monday, July 30, 2012  Texas voters will select party nominees in 37 runoff elections on Tuesday, and political junkies will be watching for clues to the future.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The first signs of how conservative the 2013 Texas Legislature will be emerged in the primary, and all signs point to a tea party movement determined to tighten its grip on Texas public policy.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The Texas primaries brought little change to the state's political makeup, with incumbents overwhelming fending off internal challenges ahead of November's general election. The one exception was the Legislature.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  As primary voters in Texas on Tuesday pushed him past the 1,144-delegate threshold he needed to win the nod, Romney was raising money in Las Vegas with Donald Trump.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  The polls have opened in Texas for the primary election that's a step leading to a new U.S. senator for the state.

Friday, May 11, 2012  Early voting begins Monday for the May 29 Texas primary election.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  Pronews 7 breaks down what voters need to know during the Texas redistricting dispute, including primary date.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A federal court in San Antonio has issued new congressional and state House maps in time for Texas to hold a May 29 primary.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  A federal judge has told Republican leaders in Texas to plan as though the state's primary will be May 29 because the long-running dispute over redistricting likely won't allow for it to be held any earlier.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Whether Texas can realistically hold primary elections in April is expected to finally be decided by a federal court.

Friday, December 16, 2011  A federal judge has made official a plan to shift the Texas primary date from March 6 to April 3.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Democrats in Texas haven't won statewide office since 1994 but say 2010 is the year they finally could field a winner.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Voters headed to the polls in Texas on Tuesday, finally getting their chance to weigh in on the state's long, rough gubernatorial primary.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  Rick Perry still has the lead but Medina isn't too far behind.