/tags/elections-1 Elections en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-05-01/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-texas-election-vote-voters-employees The City of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in the future. Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-05-01/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-texas-election-vote-voters-employees Lauren McGaughy /politics/2025-04-08/texas-ag-ken-paxton-officially-joins-u-s-senate-race-challenging-john-cornyn The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:31:18 GMT /politics/2025-04-08/texas-ag-ken-paxton-officially-joins-u-s-senate-race-challenging-john-cornyn Jasper Scherer /politics/2025-03-31/austin-texas-voter-registration-deadline-may-2025-election Voters in the Austin area will decide on city council positions, school board races, money for roads and more. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2025-03-31/austin-texas-voter-registration-deadline-may-2025-election KUT Staff /politics/2024-11-25/texas-lawmakers-are-mostly-silent-on-addressing-threats-to-ballot-secrecy Now that the 2024 election is over in Texas, the issue of protecting ballot secrecy is receiving renewed attention in the courts and the legislature. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2024-11-25/texas-lawmakers-are-mostly-silent-on-addressing-threats-to-ballot-secrecy Natalia Contreras, Blaise Gainey /politics/2024-11-08/texas-democrats-chairman-resigns-transgender-immigration-election Gilberto Hinojosa, 72, served as the party’s chairman for more than a decade. He resigned after telling The Texas Newsroom that immigration and transgender issues contributed to Democrats� 2024 election losses. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:06:38 GMT /politics/2024-11-08/texas-democrats-chairman-resigns-transgender-immigration-election Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-11-07/texas-democrats-party-chairman-apologizes-transgender-trans-lgbtq Gilberto Hinojosa, the longtime chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, apologized for saying immigration and transgender rights hurt Democrats at the polls. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:55:36 GMT /politics/2024-11-07/texas-democrats-party-chairman-apologizes-transgender-trans-lgbtq Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-11-07/biden-urges-americans-to-bring-down-the-temperature President Biden said Thursday that the American people deserve “a peaceful and orderly� transition and urged Americans “no matter who you voted for to see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans.� Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:04:04 GMT /politics/2024-11-07/biden-urges-americans-to-bring-down-the-temperature Deepa Shivaram /politics/2024-10-02/who-is-the-real-jd-vance-and-4-other-takeaways-from-the-vice-presidential-debate Vice presidential candidates are unlikely to make a fundamental difference in this election, but there were some takeaways from an interesting night. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:22:53 GMT /politics/2024-10-02/who-is-the-real-jd-vance-and-4-other-takeaways-from-the-vice-presidential-debate Domenico Montanaro /politics/2024-09-30/vance-and-walz-debate-in-new-york-city-tonight-heres-what-you-need-to-know The CBS News vice presidential debate will be the only time Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz get to face off ahead of the 2024 election. Here's what to expect. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:10:00 GMT /politics/2024-09-30/vance-and-walz-debate-in-new-york-city-tonight-heres-what-you-need-to-know Ximena Bustillo /politics/2024-09-24/jury-clears-all-but-one-defendant-in-texas-trump-train-trial Six Trump supporters were accused of intimidating a Biden campaign bus in 2020. Both plaintiffs and defendants saw Monday’s verdict as a victory. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:59:22 GMT /politics/2024-09-24/jury-clears-all-but-one-defendant-in-texas-trump-train-trial Kate McGee