Challenge to Texas Voting Districts Gets New Look
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The US Supreme Court gave opponents of Texas&#39;s new federal voting districts a new chance to challenge the plan, which may add as many as six Republicans to the state&#39;s congressional delegation in the Nov. 2 election.
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Government lawyers are renewing their push to rein in groups like those spending millions on ads and voter outreach in the presidential race.
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House Republicans are changing party rules to protect their leader, native Texan, Tom DeLay. The GOP is trying to help DeLay keep his job, even if he`s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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In an election year when just a few thousand votes in a few states could decide the winner, the growing number of voters who cast ballots weeks before Election Day is transforming the landscape for political campaigns.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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In a state that prizes undeclared voters, a small but potent group is deciding between two politically divergent candidates&#13;&#10;
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By Terry Lee Goodrich, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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State lawmakers who reconfigured congressional maps to benefit one party over another have drawn themselves into a corner in some House districts.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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The counties of South Texas are among the nationâs poorest, and their jumbled subdivisions, known as colonias, can look the part.
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The power of incumbency and an advantageous GOP redistricting in Texas swept Republicans to another two years of control over the House of Representatives.
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A battle is raging for the Texas congressional seat that represents President Bush's adopted home of Crawford, and redistricting, religion and a cross-dressing scandal are weighing in the race.
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A lawsuit filed Wednesday challenges a ballot measure that would scrap Colorado's winner-take-all system for Electoral College votes and award them based on how well the candidate did in the statewide popular vote.
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In a change that could give new meaning to direct democracy, San Franciscans will soon cast ballots listing their first, second and third-place choices for municipal offices under a new "ranked-choice voting" system that would eliminate separate run-off elections.
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By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.