ELECTION NIGHT

The Harris County Elections Process is in the spotlight again after a last-minute change was announced days before a primary run-off election.

Cameron County voters on Election Night narrowly rejected Proposition A, which would have allowed existing venue-tax revenue to be used to help finance construction of the Cameron County Venue Project, a proposed $100 million, 10,000 seat, mixed-use arena.

What’s a runoff election? Runoff elections are second elections held if no candidate reaches the necessary requirement of votes during the first election. Why is there a runoff election in Georgia? If that doesn’t happen, then the top two vote-getters square off in a runoff election. Why are the Georgia runoff races so important?

Melissa Phillip/Staff photographerTexas crushed early voting records this year, instilling in Democrats high hopes for a major shift this presidential election. But once again, the Lone Star State lit up red on Election Night. "Though the margins in the presidential race were narrower than they have been in years, Democrats underperformed the high expectations they had set for themselves, particularly in a hotly contested battle for dominance in the Texas House," Emma Platoff with the Texas Tribune reported. "And a number of potential pickups for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives seemed increasingly unlikely as the night wore on."

Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp attends the Election Night event at the Classic Center on November 6, 2018 in Athens, Georgia. President Donald Trump on Friday denied that he and Vice President Mike Pence gave Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp approval to reopen certain businesses in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. Trump doubled down at a press briefing Thursday, saying, "I wasn't happy with Brian Kemp. In a series of tweets Thursday night, Kemp said, "Our decisions and direction are informed by data and public health recommendations."