AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – President Donald Trump has won Texas by the thinnest margin of any Republican in decades. Trump was headed Tuesday toward a single-digit victory over Democrat Joe Biden as historic turnout and suburban revolt around Texas’ booming big cities gave Republicans a rare sweat in America’s biggest red state. Trump won Texas…… MORE
HURST (WBAP/KLIF)- Beth Van Duyne Declares victory over Candace Valenzuela for the 24th Congressional Seat, though it hasn’t officially been called. “We have every reason to believe we have won this race. Dallas County numbers are still out but we’ve done the math and at this time we don’t believe there’s enough votes to make up…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas Congressional District will remain blue after Republicans fought to reclaim it. Congressional District 32 was once represented by longtime Republican Pete Sessions. But, two years ago the historically red district turned blue when Colin Allred was elected. Republican Genevieve Collins fought to take back the distract, but Allred took…… MORE
Associated Press Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has defeated Democrat MJ Hegar. Cornyn held an edge in polls and fundraising for most of the race but was still forced into mounting an unusually aggressive defense of his 18 years in the Senate. Democrats poured millions of dollars behind Hegar, a former Air Force helicopter…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott is taking the ruling related to 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County in stride after a federal judge ruled Monday the votes would be counted. The method of voting was adopted as a safety precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ruling is the result of an effort by…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is unusually shaky ground for Republicans as voters head to the polls in America’s biggest red state. The high stakes in Texas ripple beyond whether President Donald Trump is genuinely at risk of becoming the first Republican presidential nominee since 1976 to lose the Lone Star State. Democrats were also…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas GOP Chair Rodney Anderson and Dallas County Democratic Party Chair Carol Donovan have issued a joint statement calling on residents remain calm during the vote counting process. In the statement Anderson and Donovan say, “It is important to remember Texas law allows mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day and still…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talked up his support for Joe Biden 2020. Cuban told ‘ The Athletic’ sports writer Sam Amick, that the COVID pandemic fueled his decision: Cuban said, among other things, “You always have to realize that without leadership, there’s instability and instability is the worst thing that can…… MORE
HARRIS COUNTY(WBAP/KLIF)- About 127,000 drive-in votes in Harris County will be counted, per a ruling by a federal judge. A group of Republicans challenged the voting method, claiming it violates the U.S constitution, but the argument didn’t hold up in court. Governor Abbott said it was very unlikely that a court would throw out ballots…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, have decided to not make public how they voted this year. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford tells the Dallas Morning News that the Texas residents are keeping their votes to themselves. In 2016, Bush and his wife selected ”none of the above” on their…… MORE
