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Elections in Texas. The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee and former Congressman, Beto O'Rourke. [1] All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans.
Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. Fort Bend developed a plantation economy based on cotton as the commodity crop. Planters had numerous African-American slaves as laborers. By the 1850s, Fort Bend was one of six majority-black counties in Texas. [7]
D+13 [3] Texas's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives comprises a small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County, along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County. As of the 2000 census, the 7th district comprises 651,620 people. Since 2019, it has been represented by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher .
Live updates: Texas constitutional amendment and Fort Worth area election results. November 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM. Amanda McCoy/amccoy@star-telegram.com. Voters considered 14 proposed constitutional ...
May 6, 2024 at 10:57 AM. The results aren’t official, but the returns are in for a slew of Coastal Bend area school districts, appraisal districts and municipal elections. At the conclusion of ...
Government. v. t. e. The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston, Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.
The race for a Fort Worth City Council seat created as part of an effort to increase Hispanic representation is headed to a runoff, according to unofficial results Saturday night.. In District 11 ...
Texas's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The district includes most of Fort Bend County, including most of the cities of Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Needville and the county seat of Richmond as well as the county's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area ...