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Dated record: September 9, 2024 This is not new. It happened on September 9, 2024, about 2 years ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson released a new advertisement reminding Texans to make a plan to vote in the November 5 election. The ad highlights required voter identification and directs voters to VoteTexas.gov for election information.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State; TJ Gilmore, Mayor of Lewisville
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Dated record: November 7, 2024 This is not new. It happened on November 7, 2024, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced post-election audits for the November 5 election. The audits will include partial manual counts of the presidential and U.S. Senate races plus randomly selected county-level races across all Texas counties.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
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Dated record: December 17, 2024 This is not new. It happened on December 17, 2024, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Electoral College met and cast 40 electoral votes for President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, reflecting the results of the 2024 General Election. The meeting took place in the Texas House Chamber with an oath administered by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, presided over meeting; Nathan Hecht, Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court, administered oath
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Dated record: June 25, 2025 This is not new. It happened on June 25, 2025, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson drew the ballot order for 17 proposed constitutional amendments. Texans will vote on these amendments in the November 4 election.
Amendments would authorize legislative exemptions from ad valorem taxation on various property types and provide exemptions for residence homesteads.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
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Dated record: October 20, 2025 This is not new. It happened on October 20, 2025, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that her office completed a full comparison of the state's voter registration list against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' SAVE database. The review identified 2,724 potential noncitizens registered to vote in Texas.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
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Dated record: October 30, 2025 This is not new. It happened on October 30, 2025, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson issued a statement responding to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas Election Code provisions governing primaries. Nelson said she is defending Texas' election laws in court and is bound by oath to uphold existing statutes, while noting she would implement any statutory changes the Legislature enacts.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
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Dated record: October 31, 2025 This is not new. It happened on October 31, 2025, about a year ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminded Texans to prepare for the Nov. 4 election, when voters will decide on 17 proposed constitutional amendments and participate in local and special elections. Voters can access information at VoteTexas.gov.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
From an official record
Dated record: November 25, 2025 This is not new. It happened on November 25, 2025, about 10 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
The Texas Secretary of State notified Harris County that it received a complaint about voter registration issues and will begin an investigation. The complaint alleges voters used post office box addresses instead of physical residence addresses as required by law.
Secretary Nelson, Texas Secretary of State; Annette Ramirez, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar; Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Texas State Senator
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Dated record: February 11, 2026 This is not new. It happened on February 11, 2026, about 8 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that mail ballot applications for the March 3 Primary must be received by early voting clerks by Feb. 20. Nelson stated that not everyone can vote by mail in Texas and applications must be requested from counties.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
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Dated record: February 24, 2026 This is not new. It happened on February 24, 2026, about 7 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Early voting is underway across Texas for the March 3 primary election. Secretary of State Jane Nelson provided an update on voter participation and encouraged Texans to use official election information.
Jane Nelson, Secretary of State
From an official record
Dated record: May 12, 2026 This is not new. It happened on May 12, 2026, about 5 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced voting options available to military members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas during Military Appreciation Month. She emphasized resources including the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) for voter registration and mail-in ballot requests through VoteTexas.gov.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
From an official record
Dated record: May 22, 2026 This is not new. It happened on May 22, 2026, about 4 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminded eligible voters that the primary runoff election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26, and encouraged them to prepare for voting. She noted that primary runoffs occur when no candidate secures a majority vote in the initial primary election, with the top two candidates facing each other to determine the party nominee for November.
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State
From an official record
Dated record: July 16, 2026 This is not new. It happened on July 16, 2026, about 3 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced election security initiatives in her final week in office, including statewide security assessments for all 254 counties, identification of voter registrations using commercial mailboxes, and new secure military ballot options for deployed service members ahead of the November election.
$8 million for appropriation for election security assessments in 254 counties
Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State; Texas Legislature, Appropriated funding for election security programs
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Dated record: September 15, 2026 This is not new. It happened on September 15, 2026, 18 days ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
The Texas Secretary of State referred 117 cases to the Attorney General for investigation of potential noncitizen voting. This follows a review of 2,724 potential noncitizens identified on voter rolls through a federal database check, with 578 later demonstrated to be citizens.
Robert Howden, Secretary of State; Texas Secretary of State Office, State agency
From an official record
Texas Secretary of State John Scott urged eligible Texas voters to vote early in the March 1 Primary Election. Early voting begins February 14 and ends February 25. The deadline to apply for a mail ballot is February 18.
John Scott, Texas Secretary of State
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Gov. Greg Abbott's reelection campaign is intensifying attacks on Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa as polls show the race narrowing in early October 2026. A New York Times/Siena College poll showed Hinojosa narrowly leading Abbott by three points, prompting Latino Democratic leaders to urge the Democratic Governors Association to invest $10 million in the Texas race.
Hinojosa proposes property tax cuts; Abbott accuses her of voting 40 times to raise property taxes.
Greg Abbott, Republican Governor, incumbent candidate; Gina Hinojosa, Democratic state representative, gubernatorial candidate; Andy Beshear, Kentucky Governor, Democratic Governors Association chair and 2 more
Reported by 5 outletsOnly left-leaning outlets reported thisFound via Google News
A satirical "Paxton 2026 Dirtbag Criminal for Senate!" sign was spotted outside an entrance to the Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 3. The unknown creator placed it where festival-goers would see it upon entry.
Ken Paxton, GOP U.S. Senate nominee; James Talarico, Democratic challenger, state Rep. (D-Austin)
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Republican strategist Karl Rove said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will lose his U.S. Senate race if he refuses to debate Democratic opponent state Rep. James Talarico. Paxton has not agreed to any proposed debates, while Talarico has accepted invitations to debates scheduled for Oct. 6 in Dallas and Oct. 13 in Austin.
Karl Rove, Republican strategist; Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Senate candidate; James Talarico, State representative, Senate candidate and 2 more
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Records reviewed by the Associated Press show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took over 275 out-of-state trips since 2015 to places including California wine country, Caribbean resorts, and European tourism destinations. His security detail expenses for out-of-state travel rose from about $30,000 in 2015 to nearly $400,000 in 2024.
$1.9 million minimum for security detail travel expenses for out-of-state trips
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate; James Talarico, Democratic opponent in Senate race; Joshua Blank, Director of research, Texas Politics Project at University of Texas at Austin
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Ken Paxton and James Talarico, candidates for U.S. Senate, separately answered questions from the United States Hispanic Business Council about healthcare, immigration, and affordability. Paxton appeared in person on Monday; Talarico appeared via Zoom on Wednesday after being diagnosed with the flu. The council's president asked both candidates identical questions.
$50,000 for tax deduction for first- and second-time homebuyers
Ken Paxton, U.S. Senate candidate; James Talarico, U.S. Senate candidate; Javier Palomarez, President and CEO, United States Hispanic Business Council and 1 more
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