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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce, lawyer says, ending long marriage

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce, lawyer says, ending long marriage

AUSTIN (AP) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce from his wife, Angela, one of his lawyers said Thursday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce, lawyer says, ending 38-year marriage

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce, lawyer says, ending 38-year marriage

AUSTIN (AP) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce from his wife, Angela, one of his lawyers said Thursday.

Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas' first Democratic governor in decades

Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas' first Democratic governor in decades

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to win the office since 1990, said Thursday she would build a bipartisan administration after her stunning upset in the midterm elections that shattered decades of GOP control in the nation's second-most populous state.

Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas' 1st Democratic governor in decades

Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas' 1st Democratic governor in decades

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to win the office since 1990, said Thursday she would build a bipartisan administration after her stunning upset in the midterm elections that shattered decades of GOP control in the nation's second-most populous state.

Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says

Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A massive backlog of voter registration applications in Texas that frustrated counties and raised concerns among Democrats nationally has been cleared days before early voting begins, state election officials said Thursday.

State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears

State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level, a headache that is hitting just as they are preparing for voting to begin in the midterm elections.

Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting

Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting

Seven people in Texas who are not U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Tuesday as part of a broader Trump administration focus on noncitizen voting.

Plan to cut number of polling sites in a major Texas county draws protests as Senate race looms

Plan to cut number of polling sites in a major Texas county draws protests as Senate race looms

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A plan in one of Texas' largest counties to use dozens fewer polling locations than in previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections.

Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields won't seek reelection after Democrat's seat was redrawn

Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields won't seek reelection after Democrat's seat was redrawn

Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district that was at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race and redistricting.