Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has reclaimed the Democratic mantle that she’s long held in Texas’ 18th Congressional District. She fended off a well-funded primary challenge by former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/06/479770/sheila-jackson-lee-wins-renomination-fending-off-challenge-from-amanda-edwards/

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Harris County will have 545 vote centers open on Election Day, a record for Harris County during a primary election.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/04/479590/i-believe-were-in-the-best-shape-that-we-can-be-harris-county-clerk-teneshia-hudspeth-says-of-primary-election-day-preparations/

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Early voting begins tomorrow in the Texas Democratic and Republican primaries.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/02/19/477627/early-voting-texas-primary-2024-february-20/

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Republican state lawmakers who opposed school vouchers are highly vulnerable to primary challenges. That’s the finding of a new poll out this morning from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/polls/2024/02/06/476586/school-choice-opponents-likely-to-face-stiff-opposition-in-gop-primaries-uh-hobby-poll-finds/

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Democrats argue a joint, rather than the traditional shared, primary would save the county critical resources. Republicans are skeptical.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2024/01/10/474144/harris-county-will-not-hold-a-joint-primary-in-march-heres-why/

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