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Kerry McKennon is running as a Libertarian. Now, The Texas Tribune reports, Milder is backing Collier. Patrick similarly dismissed debating his Republican challenger, Scott Milder, before the March primary. Patrick refused to debate Collier ahead of the midterms. Collier was the Democratic nominee for state comptroller in 2014, but ultimately lost to Glenn Hegar by more than 20 points. Mike Collier, a Houston-area accountant, stepped down as finance chair of the Texas Democratic Party to challenge Patrick. The failed bill would have required transgender Texans to use the bathroom coinciding with their gender at birth. The deeply conservative Senate majority leader is widely known for strongly pushing the so-called bathroom bill in the most recent legislative session. Before that, he represented Texas in Houston's Senate District 7. Result: Republican Dan Patrick has won re-election.īackground: Incumbent Dan Patrick is seeking a second term as lieutenant governor. Mark Tippetts will be on the ticket as a Libertarian. They held their one and only debate on Sept. However, as KERA reported soon after Valdez filed her candidacy, an uphill battle is nothing new for her.

And as of this summer, Abbott had 130 times more money for his campaign than Valdez. Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994. Valdez secured her spot on the ballot in the May runoff, becoming the first openly gay and first Latina candidate to win a major party nomination for Texas governor.Ībbott is popular in Texas and polls sow he has a commanding lead in the race. Abbott easily won the Republican nomination in the March primary. Democrat Lupe Valdez, the longtime Dallas County sheriff, resigned last December to run against him. Greg Abbott is seeking a second term in the state’s highest office. Result: Republican Greg Abbott has won re-election.īackground: Gov. The district includes parts of northern and eastern Dallas, the Park Cities and a small part of Collin County. He was considered vulnerable this election cycle because the district voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions has been in Congress since 1997 and has represented Texas’ 32nd district since 2003. We are all Americans, we are all Texans, and starting tonight, we're going to start acting like it." "As John Lewis would say, we live in the same house.

“If a senior is cutting her pills in half, or if a young person is rationing her insulin, that we are less free, that we are in this together," Allred told supporters at a Dallas hotel Tuesday night. Allred, a civil rights lawyer, was an NFL linebacker for the Tennessee Titans.Īllred’s victory is a chance for the Dallas Democrat to follow through on campaign promises, including improving health care. Sessions faced his toughest challenge in years from Allred, who worked in the Department of Housing and Urban Development under then-President Obama. House District 32 seat, defeating Republican incumbent Pete Sessions in the most competitive congressional race in North Texas.