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Michael Pope reports A political convention is usually a big party, with loud music and endless electioneering. This years Republican convention, though, has been re-imagined because of the pandemic. Delegates will be meeting at 37 locations across the state on May 8. Conservative analyst Matt Colt Hall says counting all the votes will probably take days.  "Those ballots are shipped in a sealed container to the state party, where they will be hand counted, one by one by one. And we will not ha...

In the battle for mayor, TJ Monroe outlasted Myles Haider. According to unofficial results from Lampasas County, Monroe received a total of 310 votes, good for 56.5%. Haider received 239 votes, or 43.5%. Monroe is a more than 10-year veteran of the Lampasas City Council. She most recently served as the council member for Place 6 and the city’s mayor pro tem. Monroe, 72, is retired after 20 years working for a locally owned business. She was also part owner of a small business. Along with c...

John Wilkerson defeated incumbent Keith Harvey in a landslide Saturday. Wilkerson received a total of 127 votes, to Harvey’s 28. The percentage equates to a 81.9% to 18.1% victory for Wilkerson. Wilkerson has served as an elected official for the rural town since May 2019, when he was elected to the city council. Wilkerson provided a statement following his apparent victory. “Today, the voters of the City of Kempner made their voices heard by casting their ballots for the office of Ma...

URL copied Rahul & his poll management team fail to get desired results The Congress has been at the receiving end once again as the party could not win a single state on its own. Though the party was expected to do well in Kerala but it is way behind the incumbent LDF, the poll trends showed. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi campaigned in all the five states but could not achieve success for the party though the team which was monitoring and managing the elections was handpicke...

Zoom Peoria mayoral candidate Jim Montelongo filed a discovery recount request with the Peoria County Election Commission on Monday afternoon, shortly before the statutory deadline. On final count, Montelongo came just 43 votes short of claiming victory over Rita Ali in the closely-contested race to succeed outgoing Mayor Jim Ardis. Montelongo previously forecasted his move for a discovery recount in an April 20 press release. The recount could be used as part of a later court action to forma...

WB polls: People will vote for Mamata, says TMC candidate from Bhowanipore ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 09:06 IST Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): Trinamool Congress candidate from Bhowanipore constituency, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday said that people will vote for Mamata Banerjee as "her projects and her development" has reached all homes in the state. "People will vote for Mamata Banerjee. Her projects, her development has reached all h...

Michael Pope has details. Former Governor Terry McAuliffe has a commanding lead in the race for governor, according to a new poll from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University. A survey of 800 likely Democratic voters has him at 47%.       Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, right, gestures during a news conference with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, at Waterside in Norfolk, Va., Thursday, April 8, 2021. Northam endorsed McAuliffe for Governor. Credit AP Photo / Steve Helber ...

Credit RadioIQ Delegate Elizabeth Guzman was one of four House members trying to wage simultaneous campaigns for statewide office while also facing primary challengers for their House seats. Former Republican Delegate David Ramadan, now at George Mason Universitys Schar School, says the latest round of fundraising numbers prompted Guzman’s decision to drop her campaign for lieutenant governor.  "When you look at your statewide race and find that your ranking number four or five or six in fun...