Marc Veasey

House Democrats say that they’ll skip the election protests they’ve staged on Jan. 6 in past presidential cycles, four years after supporters of President-elect Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to interrupt the certification of the 2020 election results. Democrats typically have used the formal certification of GOP presidential wins to air objections to [...]

At least 65 people have died in the Texas jail that Bill Waybourn oversees.

Election Day Voting — What to KnowElection Day Voter Guide: Find out where and when you can vote on Election Day, what’s on your ballot and what you’ll need to bring to the polls.Can I vote early this weekend? Early voting in Texas ended on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. If you didn’t vote early, the last chance to vote is on Election Day.When is Election Day? Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day. On that day, polls will be open in Texas from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. You will be allowed to vote if you’re in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day.Who is on the ballot? Click the links to filter races by category or county: Federal races | State races | Collin County | Dallas County | Denton County | Tarrant CountyHow many people voted early? More than 1 million people voted early in North Texas. Click here to see daily early voting totals from Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties and compare them to those from previous years.How can I vote by mail? The deadline to request a mail-in ballot has passed. Mail-in ballots must be received or postmarked by 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5. More information on voting by mail in Texas is here.Texans headed to the polls for the Nov. 5 election will be asked to vote on members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The U.S. House has 435 members. Each state has a proportionate number of representatives determined by the state’s population. California has the largest delegation, with 52 members. Texas has 38 members in the House, each representing districts 1-38. Each seat is up for election every two years.Among the House members representing states are delegates representing the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marinara Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as a resident commissioner representing Puerto Rico. Below are the districts covering North Texas. Race results for all Texas congressional races will be available here after polls close on Election Day.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 3Texas 3rd Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Collin and Hunt counties. Incumbent Republican Rep. Keith Self was first elected in November 2022 after defeating Democratic challenger Sandeep Srivastava and Libertarian Christopher Claytor. Self, a former Collin County judge, won the March 2022 primary after sitting House member Rep. Van Taylor ended his reelection campaign after admitting to having an affair. On Nov. 5, Self is again facing Srivastava for the District 3 seat. In 2020, Self defeated Srivastava by about 24 percentage points.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 4Texas 4th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of nine North Texas counties, including Bowie, Collin, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, and Lamar counties. Incumbent Republican Pat Fallon is running against Democratic challenger Simon Cardell. Fallon is seeking a third term, having served the 4th District since 2021. Before that, he served in the Texas Legislature for eight years as a member of the Senate (2019-2021) and House (2013-2019). On his website, Cardell, 25, said he grew up in Plano as a Republican but decided to run as a Democrat after an internship on Capitol Hill and a door-knocking campaign in Iowa. In 2022, Fallon won the district easily with 67% of the vote. U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 5Texas 5th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood counties. Incumbent Republican Lance Gooden is running against Democratic challenger Ruth Torres for control of the district. Gooden is seeking a fourth term, having served the 5th District since 2019. Before that, Gooden served in the Texas House of Representatives for one term, from 2017-2019. In 2022, Gooden won the district with 64% of the vote. On her website, Torres lists her occupation as a human resources consultant and former business professor. Among her volunteer work, she said she proposed legislation to stop street racing after the death of an 8-year-old girl and worked with a Dallas ISD Trustee to recover millions in misappropriated funds that are now being used to build a high school in Seagoville.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 6Texas 6th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Anderson, Cherokee, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Hill, Johnson, Navarro and Tarrant counties. Republican Rep. Jake Ellzey is hoping for a second full term in Congress representing the 6th District. Ellzey won a special election in July 2021 to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Ron Wright, who died after contracting COVID-19. Elley won reelection in 2022. Before joining the U.S. Congress, Ellzey was a Texas House of Representatives member for just seven months, representing the 10th District before running for Wright’s seat. Ellzey is running against Democrat John Love, who spent seven years on the Midland City Council and was named Mayor Pro Tem twice. In 2022, Ellzey was unopposed.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 12Texas 12th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Parker and Tarrant counties. In November 2023, longtime District 12 Rep. Kay Granger announced she would not run for a 15th term in the House. Hoping to fill her seat at Republican Craig Goldman and Democrat Trey Hunt. Goldman has been a Texas House of Representatives member since 2013, representing Tarrant County in District 97. According to his website, Hunt has a masters in criminal justice from TCU and begins work on a Ph.D this fall with Texas A&M Commerce. He is currently employed as a case worker for a mental health agency in Tarrant County.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 24Texas 24th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Dallas and Tarrant counties. Republican Beth Van Duyne is running for her third term representing District 24. The former Irving mayor was first elected to Congress in 2019 and was reelected in 2021. She’s challenged by Democrat Sam Eppler in the race, who, according to his website, has a master’s in education from SMU and worked as a teacher before becoming the youngest principal in the Dallas ISD. In 2022, Van Duyne won reelection in District 24 with 60% of the vote over challenger Jan McDowell.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 26Texas 26th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Cooke, Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties. In November 2023, another longtime North Texas Congressman announced his retirement. Rep. Michael Burgess, who will turn 74 before Christmas, said that he would not be seeking a 12th term due to his age. “You don’t want to wait until it’s so painfully obvious that this guy’s too old to serve,” said Burgess, “You would hope someone’s family members would do some reality testing.” District 26 has been under Republican control since Dick Armey was first elected in 1985. Armey retired in 2002 after nine terms and Burgess held it for the next 22 years. Republican Brandon Gill, Democrat Ernest Lineberger III and Libertarian Phil Gray hope to fill the seat. According to campaign websites, Gill is a former investment banker turned conservative news publisher with endorsements from former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Lineberger is a Navy veteran and longtime Texas Instruments employee with a “deep understanding of technology, innovation” and Gray has made the focus of his campaign the importance of paying down the national debt.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 30Texas 30th Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Dallas and Tarrant counties. Outspoken Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is seeking a second term representing District 30. Crockett was the heir apparent after Eddie Bernice Johnson announced her retirement in November 2021 and endorsed the lawyer ahead of the March 2022 primary. Before Crockett’s tenure, EBJ was the district’s only representative since it was established in 1993. Crockett won her first election in November 2022 with 75% of the vote over challengers James Rogers (R), Zachariah Manning (I) and Phil Gray (L). This cycle, Crockett is facing Libertarian Jrmar Jefferson, who has launched several unsuccessful campaigns for elected office, running in mayoral races in Sacramento and Dallas and for the U.S. House in Texas and California.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 31Texas 31st Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton and Williamson counties. Republican John Carter has been the only representative Dist. 31 has ever known, holding on to the district for 11 terms since it was established in 2003. In 2022, he ran unopposed, but in 2024, he has a challenger in Democrat Stuart Whitlow. According to his website, Whitlow is an attorney who has worked to provide free legal services to thousands of Texans.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 32Texas 32nd Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Collin, Dallas, and Denton counties. After three terms in Dist. 32, Rep. Colin Allred is retiring to run for U.S. Senate. Allred flipped the district in 2018, beating longtime U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions. Running to fill Allred’s shoes is Democrat Julie Johnson, who is currently a member of the Texas House. Johnson flipped Texas’s 115th District when she beat Republican Matt Rinaldi in 2018. In the Congressional race, Johnson is facing two challengers, Republican Darrell Day and Libertarian Kevin Hale. According to campaign websites, Day is a former precinct chair, election judge, and member of the Arlington City Council, while Hale unsuccessfully ran for U.S. House District 5 in 2020 and 2022.U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 33Texas 33rd Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives covers parts of Dallas and Tarrant counties. Democrat Marc Veasey, the only person to ever represent District 33, is seeking a seventh term this November. Veasey was first elected when the district was established in 2012. Veasey is facing a familiar challenger in Patrick Gillespie. Veasey beat Gillespie in 2022, receiving 72% of the vote to Gillespie’s 26%. Libertarian Ken Ashby received 2%. In 2024, it’s just Veasey and Gillespie facing off against each other.DECISION 2024Decision 2024Oct 18Voter Guide: Nov. 5, 2024 general electionDecision 2024Oct 18See all races North Texans are voting for in the Nov. 5 electionDecision 2024Oct 18What federal races are on the ballot in Texas for the Nov. 5 election?Decision 2024Oct 18What state races are on the ballot in Texas for the Nov. 5 election?Decision 2024Oct 18What's on the ballot in Dallas County for the Nov. 5 election?Decision 2024Oct 18What's on the ballot in Denton County for the Nov. 5 election?Decision 2024Oct 18What's on the ballot in Collin County for the Nov. 5 election?Decision 2024Oct 18What's on the ballot in Tarrant County for the Nov. 5 election?

Langworthy, a conservative Republican who represents outlying parts of Erie County as well as the Southern Tier, recently introduced a bipartisan bill that aims to bolster the screening of passengers for the growing airline charter industry.

“Donors seem not necessarily to be aligned,” said Jane Hamilton, Biden’s 2020 Campaign Chair in Texas. “My message to them would be get on board.”

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was on the receiving end of a blizzard of insults after he used President Joe Biden's announcement on Sunday that he would no longer seek re-election to demand the president step down.Hawley took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to sneer, "Then RESIGN your office. If you can’t run a mere political campaign, you can’t be President."Commenters were quick to note that not only would that make Vice President Kamala Harris the president, thus the incumbent, but also pointed to Hawley's support for the Jan. 6 rioters he was filmed running away from, which led his hometown paper to label him a "fleeing coward."ALSO READ: How much access did $50,000 buy someone at the Republican National Convention?According to one Hawley critic, "All you can run, Senator, is your mouth. And your scared little legs."Journalist Luke Zaleski wrote, "thanks josh, for threatening americans, continuing to hold us hostage after letting trump get away with treason, after letting trump get away with obstruction, after letting trump get away with abuse of power, after letting russia get away with interfering in our elections—but no.""Harris will be president then. Nice self-own," Blue Georgia added.Joey Bonanno wrote, "Wrong little boy, campaign is a 4 year commitment, President Will finish his term, then we will elect President Harris in November.""YOU RESIGN! Traitor!" advised another commenter to which John Freeman added, "How about you resign, do you remember your role in January 6th & your support of a convicted felon."Another cited his infamous Jan 6 sprint, writing, "You’re never gonna be able to run away from running away."Another commenter summed it up with a meme: — (@)

A total of 37 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

The Congressional Black Caucus has become a bedrock of support for President Joe Biden as he faces mounting calls to stand down. But cracks are beginning to emerge.

More than 30 congressional Democrats are publicly panicking that he can't defeat Donald Trump and urging the president to "pass the torch."

A total of 34 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

In a statement, the president said he looks forward to getting back on the campaign trail, an unwelcome prospect for a growing number in his party.

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey signed onto a joint statement calling on Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee in a new letter Friday.

A total of 28 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

Eight congressional Democrats called on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee for the 2024 election on Friday.