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Vital Early Voting Period Begins in Texas

Early voting in Texas, where the outcome of the Senate race could determine which party controls the chamber, will run through Oct. 30.

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A polling site in Cypress, Texas, during the state’s primary election runoff in May.
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Ken Paxton Has Contested Tight Elections. Would He Do That for His Own?

The Texas attorney general’s powers could come under scrutiny in a close Senate contest, though election experts say courts would likely constrain him.

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Ken Paxton, Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, at a rally where President Donald Trump spoke in Denton, Texas, earlier this month.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas

The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.

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A construction site for a border wall near Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park in August.
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