2022 Midterm Elections: What To Know Ahead Of Texas' Primary
On Tuesday, March 1st the 2022 midterm election season will open in Texas, where voters will pick their nominees for governor, attorney general, congressional seats and more.
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On Tuesday, March 1st the 2022 midterm election season will open in Texas, where voters will pick their nominees for governor, attorney general, congressional seats and more.
One of the most contentious political battles for the March 1 primary election is for the Republican nomination for Tarrant County Judge. CBS 11's Jack Fink spoke to all of the candidates.
Hutchison, who also served as a Republican U.S. Senator of Texas warned more trouble could be ahead if the U.S. and its European allies don't come down hard on Russia now.
President Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent oil futures above $100 a barrel and will probably bring $4-a-gallon gasoline to much of the US. But it won't be a major drag on American economic growth.
Challengers George P. Bush, Louie Gohmert, and Eva Guzman, all targeted Paxton, who chose not to debate.
Russia launched a full scale attack on Ukraine late Wednesday, Ukrainian and American officials said. Ukraine's Foreign Minister called it a "full-scale invasion."
Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Texas DFPS directing the agency to investigate any reported instances of minors undergoing sex reassignment procedures as "child abuse."
Nine candidates are vying for this open seat after Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced she will retire at the end of her term at the end of the year.
Harrison became the first female mayor of Dallas in 1976 and the first female Jewish Mayor of any major city.
Sen. Ted Cruz has accused Mexico of "undermining the rule of law," and Mexico's government shot back on Friday.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said after a press conference on Feb. 18 that if he is reelected this November, he will prioritize eliminating tenure from public universities in Texas.
Despite Texas enacting one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, midterm candidates are spending more time talking about COVID, immigration and the reliability of the power grid.
Republicans are confident they'll retake the House, and they have hopes of flipping the 50-50 Senate their way, too. Nonetheless, Texas Congressman Colin Allred thinks it's too early for his party to give up.
The Justice Department said in a statement that it "recognizes that families are put in an extraordinarily difficult circumstance, with unimaginable pain" when Americans are wrongfully detained.
