Updated polling locations for Bexar County on Election Day, Saturday, May 6, 2023 May 6, 2023, Joint General, Special, Charter and Bond Election Voting Hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) hosted a debate between candidates for governor of Texas, incumbent Gregg Abbott, a Republican and challenger Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat, on Sept. 30 at the University of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. Replay the video here, and see the transcript prepared by NOWCastSA interns Ali Mohammad and Levi Garcia below.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke held over 15 student events at college campuses across Texas. According to O’Rourke’s campaign page, each college tour was an opportunity to get registered, get organized, and commit to the work ahead. Various student publications covered their designated college tour stop with stories of their own. Read about Beto O’Rourke’s college tour through the eyes of future journalists:  

NOWCastSA hosted the Bexar County Judge Candidate Forum at the Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The nonpartisan debate moderated by San Antonio Express-News Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala featured Democratic Party nominee Peter Sakai and Republican Party nominee Trish DeBerry. This debate was made possible by the financial support of AARP Texas.

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros announced Monday she will request a recount in the hard-fought Democratic primary runoff against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, after she finished 281 votes behind him.

By Abby Livingston and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune LAREDO —U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, boldly declared victory just before midnight in his nail-biter primary runoff race. But his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, refused to concede, as the race was separated by less than 200 votes with all counties reporting their votes.

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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune With counting holdups and missed ballots marring what amounted to a low-turnout election, Harris County election officials are facing pressure from local leaders of both political parties to explain what went wrong in last week’s primary. Houston-area voters saw relatively few issues on election day, but days later the state’s largest county faced a 10,000 vote-sized problem.

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — A new Texas law that keeps local election officials from encouraging voters to request mail-in ballots likely violates the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled Feb. 11.

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Stricter voting rules enacted by Republican lawmakers last year continue to foil Texans trying to vote by mail in the upcoming primary, with hundreds of completed ballots being initially rejected for not meeting the state’s new identification requirements.