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The winner will replace outgoing mayor Paul Voelker, who was appointed to serve as mayor in 2015.

Texas disaster: Polar vortex plunges Lone Star state into wintry nightmare without power, water and answers Larry McShane It was the winter weather nightmare nobody in Texas saw coming, a Lone Star catastrophe of unprecedented power outages and failed water systems and a still-rising death toll of at least two dozen. At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed — dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months. The state’s water supply b...

At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed — dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months.

Texas is Colder Than Alaska Right Now Share Filed to:cold wave Photo: Michael Heiman / Staff, Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. In a turn of events that will surprise exactly no one at this point, a large swath of the United States is currently experiencing an extreme and unprecedented weather event. A record cold snap has borne down upon some 25 states, paralyzing p...

At least 4 dead, 150M people under winter advisories as 'unprecedented' storm stretches across 25 states; 4.3M without power in Texas Doyle Rice and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY 'Extremely dangerous winter storm' causes power outages across Texas Replay Video UP NEXT An "unprecedented" winter storm continued its assault on the nation Monday, killing at least four people, leaving millions without power in Texas and wreaking travel havoc across a wide swath of the U.S. because of heavy snow and ice.  © Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via AP A jogger runs...