This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the team discusses:
- Early voting beginning in the wake of the new ballot fraud law
- Texas voter registration and initial early voting turnout
- The top 10 midterm races to watch in Texas, from governor to county judge
- Governor Abbott’s office seeming open to legalizing casinos
- The challenges Comptroller Glenn Hegar faces if he wins his third and final term
- Border agents encountering 1.5 million illegal aliens in Fiscal Year 2022
- The Donald Trump rally in Robstown last weekend and allusions to a 2024 run for the White House
- Paxton warning that the federal government could overpower Texas if the state declared a border “invasion”
- A state judge allowing the Ector County water district election to proceed
- Board members of the Ector County Utilities District questioning if the board president received a pardon for drug dealing
- A district judge halting Amarillo’s attempt to take out $260 million in non-voter-approved debt
- Democrat Mike Collier’s lawyer demanding stations cancel an ad from Republican Dan Patrick
- The three write-in candidates running for a district court seat in Dallas County
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Daniel Friend
Daniel Friend is the Marketing and Media Manager for The Texan. After graduating with a double-major in Political Science and Humanities, he wrote for The Texan as a reporter through June 2022. In his spare time, you're likely to find him working on The Testimony of Calvin Lewis, an Abolition of Man-inspired novel and theatrical podcast.
