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5 election takeaways: A purple Harris County has advantages. A redder Texas? Not so much. | Editorial
Thousands of Democrats didn't vote beyond the top of the ticket. That allowed a small, discerning group of voters to tip elections in Harris County.
Here's what Houston, Harris County voters need to know before Election Day, Nov. 5
Early voting in Harris County has seen a record number of voters with over 1.04 million residents heading to the polls from Oct. 21-31, according to the Texas secretary of state's unofficial results.
Harris County District Attorney election results: Sean Teare wins
Sean Teare will serve as the next District Attorney of Harris County, replacing current DA Kim Ogg. Ogg lost the primary election to Teare earlier this year.
Neither Teare nor Simons have substantial early lead in race for Harris County DA
The first round of tallied ballots in the bid by two former prosecutors to take over the Harris County District Attorney’s Office showed tight margins between Democratic candidate Sean Teare and Dan Simons,
Sean Teare wins Harris County District Attorney race, beating out Republican challenger Dan Simons
Both Sean Teare and Dan Simons were highly critical of DA Kim Ogg's administration for delays in the court backlog of over 100,000 pending cases.
Harris Co. district attorney race between Sean Teare and Dan Simons separated by just over 20K votes
One of the Houston area's closest-watched races in the 2024 election -- Harris County district attorney - was still too close to project on Wednesday morning.As the votes are counted, Democratic nominee Sean Teare has been narrowly ahead of his opponent,
5 local takeaways from Election Day in Harris County
Election Day 2024 will be remembered by most for what happened at the top of the ballot but there were plenty of impactful decisions made by voters at the local level in Harris County. Ed Gonzalez won re-election as Harris County Sheriff but his fellow party mates running in other county-wide races struggled to pull away from Republican challengers.
Election 2024: Teare barely ahead of Simons in early results for Harris County District Attorney’s race
Sean Teare, a Democrat, holds a razor-thin lead over Republican Dan Simons in the race to become Harris County’s next district attorney.
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A look back at Harris County election mistakes
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Kamala Harris cost Democrats down ballot in Houston. It gave the GOP a foothold in local courts
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