A Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively
In Starr County, where Bazán lives, voters just backed a Republican presidential candidate for the first time in a century. The predominantly Hispanic and working-class rural county, where the median household income of $36,000 is one of the lowest in the nation, gave Trump a 16 percentage-point victory margin over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump carries all Rio Grande Valley border counties
Former President Donald Trump won all of the South Texas border counties on Tuesday night, further proving that Republican voters are increasing in this once-Democratic stronghold region.
Trump wins Texas county Hillary Clinton took by 60 points
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (TNND) — President-elect Donald Trump is poised to win a Texas county that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won by 60 points in 2016.
Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters
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Trump Ends Democrats’ 120-Year Grip on Hispanic County in Texas
There’s no place that better illustrates the groundswell of support for Donald Trump among Hispanic voters than Starr County, Texas.
Texas Early Votes Show Big Border Latino Swing to Trump
Early South Texas election results rolling in Tuesday night showed a significant swing to Republicans among the heavily Hispanic part of the state that has long been a Democratic stronghold. If the results hold,
Donald Trump wins Texas’ 40 electoral votes
The win continues the state’s streak of going red in every presidential election since it went for Jimmy Carter in 1976.
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An election about elections: A South Texas town asks itself who should run voting operations
The Rio Grande City mayor and two of his fellow commissioners proposed the changes, claiming the city secretary mishandled their election.
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Texas Border County's Historic Shift: From Generations of Democratic Support to Trump Victory
"I think they forgot about the middle class," said Bazán, who works for a utility company in Rio Grande City. "People ...
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In the Rio Grande Valley, a Humbled GOP Battles with Democrats for the Center
Trumpian Republicans run left on abortion, border Dems sound more like national politicians, and both ignore crucial ...
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Texas sued New Mexico over Rio Grande water. Now the states are fighting the federal government.
After the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-running water dispute, the states are back to the ...
A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.
Altogether, Val Verde County and the city of Del Rio have received more than $13 million ... immigration spike shows ...
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5 Salt Lake County sites being considered for new large homeless campus
At least five potential locations in Salt Lake County are being considered for the new, large 1,200-bed emergency shelter ...
South Texas meth importer sentenced 11 years in prison
A Weslaco man who pleaded guilty to importing 101 bricks of the drug meth has been sentenced to 135 months in prison.
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Boulder’s Rio Grande gears up for celebrating 35 years in business
One of Boulder’s most iconic downtown haunts, the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, will officially ring in three and a half decades in business this Saturday.
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Tawil: McAllen is heavily focused on attracting investors from Mexico
MCALLEN, Texas – McAllen City Manager Isaac “Ike” Tawil says his city is making an aggressive push to attract more investment ...