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A Dallas man angry over the removal of Confederate monuments has pledged to call 100,000 Texas households in the next few weeks urging them to contact their elected officials. Dallas businessman and GOP donor Christopher Ekstrom said the Conservative Response Team , a politically active nonprofit he leads, plans to make the robocalls before Jan. 12. The calls will urge registered Republicans to call Rep. Dennis Bonnen, the Angleton Republican assumed to become the next speaker of the Texas House, who recently joined Gov. Greg Abbott in calling for the removal of a controversial Confederate plaque at the state Capitol.
Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke are going head to head Tuesday night in The Texas Debate, hosted by Texas TEGNA stations, at KENS 5 in San Antonio. It could be their final debate before the U.S. Senate election on Nov. 6. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke are squaring off tonight in The Texas Debate at KENS 5 in San Antonio.
The City Council narrowly voted late Thursday to withhold a $44 million reimbursement for the developer of the Toyota Music Factory. Although the $180-million entertainment venue, which opened in late 2017, has brought the likes of Kirk Franklin, Reba McEntire and ZZ Top to Las Colinas, the council was unhappy with an unfinished storefront on the property.
Donations have poured into Sen. Ted Cruz's coffers faster than ever, and on Thursday he revealed the best quarterly tally of his reelection effort: a $12 million haul that would be the envy of nearly any Senate candidate in the country. Rep. Beto O'Rourke hasn't revealed his total for July through September but based on data already available, he raised at least $17 million -- and likely far more, pulling even further ahead of an incumbent Republican whose party hasn't lost a statewide contest in two decades.
Add Midterm Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Midterm Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. In many ways Austin, Texas, was the last place Beto O'Rourke should have been with just over a month left until a pivotal U.S. Senate election .
SEPTEMBER 21: Rep. Beto O'Rourke makes a point as Sen. Ted Cruz waits his turn during a debate at McFarlin Auditorium at SMU on September 21, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. AUSTIN, TEXAS - Locals jammed into a packed bar in East Austin wasted no time in their reactions during the first senate debate between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke on Friday night.
Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas and incumbent facing off against Congressman Beto O'Rourke in the midterm elections, will make another campaign stop in Lubbock on Saturday. The rally is scheduled from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. inside the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, located at 2521 17th St., according to the Cruz campaign website.
Protest Over Botham Jean Killing. Police had to fire pepper balls last night in an effort to control a crowd that marched through the streets from Dallas Police headquarters to the Dallas Police Association office and back.
National Democratic groups are pouncing on Congressman Pete Sessions, a Dallas Republican, for saying in a video that a local woman carried responsibility for being "unfair" to her husband, who shot and killed her in a fit of "frustration" during a no-fault divorce case. A video uploaded to YouTube on June 23 shows Sessions commenting on area domestic violence cases in previous years while speaking to Jeff Morgan, a conservative activist based in Garland.
I am so impressed with the overwhelming generosity of both Eugene and Margaret McDermott. This latest bequest to the Dallas Museum of Art shows the beauty of their willingness to share these truly quality pieces of world-renown artworks.
Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions said Saturday the choice facing voters in November is between him and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. "We're now told, oh my gosh, Dallas has changed so much that maybe this congressional district will flip or turn," Sessions said at an event to kick off his re-election campaign.
Conservative commentator Candace Owens gained a national following after getting a Twitter endorsement from Kanye West. Now, she's using the platform to criticize #MeToo.
The assassination of US president John F Kennedy was one of the defining moments of the 20th century, but it happened 14,000 kilometres away in Dallas, Texas. Surely there's no connection to Australia? He's been fascinated by the event since looking through the old newspapers his parents had kept from that momentous day in November, 1963.
Ted Cruz on Friday accepted rival Beto O'Rourke's challenge to a debate, though he didn't specify the time of the showdown or how many should occur. "Oh, sure.
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a Democrat candidate for the 7th Congressional District, and her husband, Scott Fletcher, leave after voting in the primary runoff at St. Anne's Church, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Houston.
Monday wasn't a great day for the Dallas County Republican Party. Already down to one countywide officeholder and a single spot on the commissioner's court, the Dallas GOP and its new chairwoman, Missy Shorey, had its lawsuit against the Dallas County Democratic Party - the one that would've wiped dozens of Democratic candidates off November ballots - dismissed.
Questions are swirling around Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions after reports that the Republican secretly met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas this week during a previously undisclosed trip to the South American country. Sessions' office is billing the trip, first reported by the Associated Press, as a peacekeeping mission.