Election Coverage
Obama-McCain: New meeting set to bury campaign ax
CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama will meet Monday with John McCain in talks that Obama's transition office said would focus on ways they can cooperate on an array of troublesome issues facing the country. The meeting will be the first...
Progreso ballots seized in elections inquiry
PROGRESO - The Hidalgo County District Attorney's office has impounded all ballots cast in the city's troubled municipal election earlier this month. Deputies took ballot boxes and several mail-in ballots from the city Wednesday, Sheriff Lupe Trevino...
Texas' early vote increases, sets record
AUSTIN (AP) - A whopping two-thirds of Texans cast ballots early this year, following a trend of growing early-vote numbers in the Lone Star State and putting Texas among the leading states in early and absentee voting. The record early-vote wave...
Red to Blue: Growing number of Hispanic voters in Texas promises to redefine politics
Hispanic voters came out en masse for Barack Obama on Tuesday, contributing to a large-scale change in America's electoral map. If the trend continues, experts say, Hispanic voters in Texas could alter the political fabric of a reliably Republican state/">state...
Second Valley educator tapped by Obama
EDINBURG - University of Texas-Pan American professor Espiridion "Al" Borrego has been asked to join Barack Obama's presidential transition team, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa's office confirmed Thursday. Borrego, 62, of Edinburg, has been the...
Garcia on Obama’s team
President-elect Barack Obama has tapped University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet V. Garcia to his transition team. "I consider public service to be our highest calling; so I am greatly honored to have been invited...
Exclusive: UTB-TSC president to be part of Obama's transition team
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet B. Garcia will be part of President-elect Barack Obama's transitional team. "I think it is wonderful, just wonderful," her husband Oscar Garcia confirmed Wednesday. The UTB-TSC...
Obama’s victory speech watched through tears of joy
The crowd at Democratic Party Headquarters had thinned out by the time President-elect Barack Obama was ready to give his victory speech on Tuesday evening, but those remaining were smiling through tears of joy. Hanna High School student James Lee was...
Live election returns
The polls have closed across the Rio Grande Valley and the State of Texas. Election officials say the results will be unofficial results until they are canvassed. These are the elections results as of 11:30 p.m. CAMERON COUNTY Sheriff Joe A....
Interactive presidential election results
This interactive map provides the national Presidential vote results and national electoral count progress bar, as well as roll-over state-by-state results for President and state drill-down to Presidential county results. CLICK HERE to view the map....
Live blogging from the Brownsville Herald
What is happening at the Cameron County Courthouse where everyone is waiting for election returns? Read our live blog from reporters Laura Martinez and Emma Perez Trevino....
Texans talk about candidates on Election Day
A look at quotes from Texas voters on Election Day. - "I really haven't felt this energy in an election since John Kennedy. I just feel it's a very important election," said semi-retired lawyer and lifelong Democrat Alejandro Soto, 64, after voting for...
Democrats bank on large turnout for Texas change
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In a state that has long favored Republicans in presidential campaigns, Texas Democrats were banking on high voter turnout Tuesday to help them break the GOP's dominance in statewide offices and the Legislature. The last Democratic...
Democrats aim to change makeup of Texas House
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas Democrats have their best chance in more than a decade to make gains and perhaps even reclaim the gavel from powerful House Speaker Tom Craddick this Election Day. Republicans acknowledge it's not a good year for them in Texas...
Early voting eases Election Day jam, officials say
DALLAS - Record early voter turnout helped lead to shorter lines in the early hours of Election Day in many of the largest counties across Texas, officials said Tuesday. There were some hourlong waits and voter traffic was steady, but reports of problems...
Local voters cast ballots as soon as polls open
Before dawn, political supporters, commonly referred to as politiqueras took to the streets to voice support for their candidates. Political supporter Adela Zamarripa Arroyo arrived at Cromack Elementary in the morning, found a spot under a tree, placed...
Election Day has arrived
The historic race for the White House is expected to draw thousands to the polls in Cameron County today. At Garza Elementary on Esperanza Street there were half a dozen people waiting in line to vote at 6:40 a.m. When the polls opened at seven,...
Showdown: Historic race draws voters to cast their ballots
If 2004 is any indication, at least 24,000 voters are expected to hit the voting polls today as Cameron County joins the rest of the country in casting their ballots this presidential General Election. But county election officials anticipate a turnout...
Voter information: What to bring to the polls
Voters will need to present their voter registration card. If a voter does not have their registration card, they must present some form of state/">state/">state/">state-issued ID card such as driver's license. For more information, contact the...
Some races lack fights
Cameron County's contested races have been relatively so quiet that even politiqueras appear to be taking a hiatus. Two races with the most interest are the sheriff's race, which pits incumbent Omar Lucio against challenger Joe A. Cisneros, and the Precinct...
Cornyn, Noriega battle for Valley votes
DONNA - South Texas veterans are a hot commodity in this year's race for one of the state/">state's U.S. Senate seats. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and state Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston, each trumpeted their support from vets during home-stretch campaign...
Bank sues Judicial candidate over $100,000 loan
EDINBURG - A local bank filed a lawsuit against state/">state district judge candidate Jesse Contreras on Friday claiming that he failed to pay a nearly $100,000 debt. The suit asks the 139th state District Court to force Contreras to pay the debt using...
BISD candidates report contributions, expenses
Candidates in next week's BISD school board election reported $36,787 in campaign contributions and expenses of nearly the same amount for the campaign expense reporting period ended Oct. 4. By far the biggest spenders - and recipients...
Every Vote Counts: Woman makes trip from San Luis de Potosi to cast vote for Obama
After her 1990 retirement from Brach's candy factory in Chicago, Amparo Rico Quintero has been making pilgrammages back to the United States from San Luis de Potosi every four years to cast her vote in presidential elections. This...
Young voters gearing up for Kids Voting
As early voting begins for the Nov. 4 General Election, schoolchildren across Brownsville are taking part in Masterminds 2008 and getting ready for Kids Voting Day on Oct. 30. Kids Voting Brownsville and Masterminds 2008 are sponsored by the Center for...
Inspired activists helping get out the vote
They call themselves ‘The Dirty Dozen'. They are mostly middle-aged men and women - on the average - that grew up in the 1960s amid social and political change. They also had not been inspired for a long time by a presidential...
'Joe the Plumber' strikes back at media
NEW YORK (AP) - "Joe the Plumber" is lashing out at the media for analyzing his personal life since he suddenly became a focal point of the presidential race last week. Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Holland, Ohio, told Mike Huckabee on his Fox...
Constable race draws few contributions
The race for Cameron County Constable Pct. 1 has brought little in contributions for the two candidates seeking the position. Candidates Jose G. Maldonado Jr. and Quirino R. Martinez Jr. brought in contributions of $1,900 between them, Cameron County...
New Judge lacks court
When State District Judge-elect J. Rolando Olvera Jr. officially takes the bench later this year, one thing will be missing - his courtroom. Cameron County's budget restraints have prompted county officials to postpone construction on the newly created...
Tara Rios Ybarra wins state District 43 primary
BROWNSVILLE — Eight months of intense campaigning paid off Tuesday for Tara Rios Ybarra, who won the Democratic primary for state representative for District 43, defeating incumbent state Rep. Juan Manuel Escobar. Rios Ybarra received 13,011 votes...
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