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Texas Democrats have turned o... . FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, Carina Driscoll, stepdaughter of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, stands outside her campaign office in Burlington, Vt.
It's primary season for the 2018 midterm elections, and voters in Texas are the first in the nation to head to the ballot box. There's a surge of energy among Democrats that's enough to concern Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has his own primary race to deal with Tuesday.
Texas Democrats have turned o... . FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The government said non-fatal overdoses visits to hospit... . From left, kindergarten teacher Terra Triggs, first grade teacher Andrea Mason, kindergarten teacher Lisa Taylor, reading specialist Shelly Sexton, Brynn Triggs, Nikki Sexton relax and talk as they wait fo... West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says a tentative agreement has been reached to end a nine-day statewide teachers' strike by giving them the 5 percent raises he negotiated to end their walkout.
File - In this Jan. 20, 2016, file photo, Ali Muhammad Brown, of Seattle, is escorted into court in Newark, N.J. The prosecutor's office in Essex County, N.J., said Tuesday, March 6, 2018, that Brown... A man who prosecutors said wanted to avenge U.S. policy in the Middle East admits killing 4 in cross-country binge. . From left, kindergarten teacher Terra Triggs, first grade teacher Andrea Mason, kindergarten teacher Lisa Taylor, reading specialist Shelly Sexton, Brynn Triggs, Nikki Sexton relax and talk as they wait fo... West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says a tentative agreement has been reached to end a nine-day statewide teachers' strike by giving them the 5 percent raises he negotiated to end their walkout.
This year's midterm elections officially kick off Tuesday with the Texas primaries, where voters will sift through jam-packed fields of Democratic candidates vying to take on vulnerable Republican members of Congress. Polls open at 7 a.m. CST and close at 7 p.m. CST.Democrats are running in all of Texas' 36 congressional districts for the first time in 25 years.Democrats have an edge in early voting, a notable, though limited, gauge of voter enthusiasm in what's been a reliably red state.Candidates must top 50% in their primary, or the top two finishers will head to a runoff election in six weeks.Incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke are likely to win their respective primaries.
There probably won't be any surprises in the Senate race there: Incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat Rep. Beto O'Rourke are clear favorites to win their respective primaries. So the bigger question after tonight is whether O'Rourke, who outraised Cruz last quarter and has been aggressively campaigning throughout the state, can ride a blue wave to victory in November.
Skripal, a former Russian spy is in critical co... . Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks after signing a bill Monday, March 5, 2018, in Olympia, Wash., that makes Washington the first state to set up its own net-neutrality requirements in response to the Federal Communications Com... Setting up a likely legal fight with the Trump administration, Washington has become the first state to enact its own net-neutrality requirements.
5, 2018. Desperate for food and medicine, ... . This photo released by the Syrian Red Crescent shows civilians gathering near a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent in Douma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March.
Setting up a likely legal fight with the Trump administration, Washington has become the first state to enact its own net-neutrality requirements. Rats, mold and fists: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gives state education chiefs some "tough love" as she pushes them to innovate.
San Antonio's former Democratic mayor Julian Castro predicts that Tuesday's primary election in Texas will be the first sign of growing Democratic strength ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. "What we're going to see on Tuesday is a tremendous amount of Democratic enthusiasm," Castro, who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary under President Barack Obama and is considering a presidential run in 2020, told ABC News' Rick Klein on the Powerhouse Politics podcast.
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong,... . In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, his sister Kim Yo Jong, and Vice Chairman of North Korea's ruling ... .
The 2018 U.S. primary elections kick off on Tuesday in Texas, where Democrats hope record-high levels of early voter midterm turnout and anger over President Donald Trump's policies will help them flip congressional seats from Republican control. Democratic turnout in the state's largest 15 counties hit 465,245 in early voting, according to the Texas secretary of state.
Annie's is an organic and natural unit of food industry giant General Mills, which announced a deal Tuesd... . Boxes of Annie's Macaroni & Cheese are shown on the shelf at a supermarket in Edina, Minn., on Sunday, March 4, 2018.
Texas kicks off primary season ahead of the 2018 midterm election, with implications for Democrats and Republicans alike in an election year that could alter the direction of Congress and statehouses around the country for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term. Democrats remain underdogs to knock off Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, but there's been a surge among Democratic candidates and voters that reflects nationwide momentum for the left since Trump's election.
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong,... . In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chu... .
Texas Democrats turned out in force ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday in what could be an early hint of a midterm election backlash against President Donald Trump, but their party remains a longshot to make much of a dent in Republican political dominance of the state. Democratic early voting across Texas' 15 most-populous counties, the only figures available, more than doubled that of the last non-presidential cycle in 2014, while the number of Republican early ballots cast increased only slightly.
"What we're going to see on Tuesday is a tremendous amount of Democratic enthusiasm," Castro, who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary under President Barack Obama and is considering a presidential run in 2020, told ABC News' Rick Klein on the Powerhouse Politics podcast. Castro, who recently founded Opportunity First, a super PAC that supports young candidates for federal and state offices, said he will decide on a White House run by the end of 2018, but that right now his sole aim is to get Democrats elected.
Texas holds the nation's first 2018 primary elections Tuesday, March 6, 2018, and the campaign is providing a... . In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, photo, Matt McCall, standing, and other Republican congressional candidates attend a forum, in New Braunfels, Texas.
No deal was reached between Iowa's Senator Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and Texas Senator Ted Cruz in their meeting with the president. No deal was reached between Iowa's Senator Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and Texas Senator Ted Cruz in their meeting with the president.