Since her mother’s death in July, Erica Lee Carter has gone from mourning behind the scenes to championing her mother’s work as a member of Congress.
Paul Cobler
Paul Cobler covers politics for the Houston Landing. Paul returns to Texas after covering city hall for The Advocate in Baton Rouge. During two-and-a-half years at the newspaper, he spearheaded local accountability reporting about a variety of topics and local agencies. A University of Texas graduate from Victoria, Paul previously worked in Washington, D.C., for the Dallas Morning News as a post-graduate fellow. Paul's reporting on local and state politics has been published in newspapers across Texas. When he's not working, he can be found playing sand volleyball or petting his cat, Lil Bit.
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Emily Takes Notes to make Houston City Council more accessible, serve her community
What started as a pet project has grown a following of several thousand people and is used by City Hall insiders to follow the meeting minutiae.
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‘I don’t want her to be forgotten’: The election is over. Alexis Nungaray’s grief remains.
The death of Alexis Nungaray’s 12-year-old daughter set her mother on a political crusade in her memory, often at the expense of her ability to grieve.
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Last votes counted flip Harris County district judge race to Democrat Nicole Perdue
Final results posted Friday show Democrat Nicole Perdue prevailing over Republican Michael Landrum by just 774 votes out of 1.46 million ballots cast.
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Skipped votes could have changed the outcome of many Harris County election contests
Each voter had 50 to 70 contests on their ballot. Numerous races were decided by a few thousand votes but bypassed by more than 100,000 voters.
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Is Harris County still blue? Tuesday’s election results see GOP gains up and down ballot
Kamala Harris won the county by a 5.5 percent margin, far below the 13-point lead Joe Biden secured in 2020. Democrats lost 10 judicial seats.
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Election 2024: Ramirez defeats Radack in tight Harris County tax assessor contest
Ramirez, a longtime tax attorney with Aldine ISD, campaigned on her experience, saying it will allow her to streamline the county tax office.
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Here are five charts to put Harris County’s 1.2 million early votes into context
Just under half of Harris County voters already have cast a ballot. Officials expect early voters could make up more than 70 percent of the turnout.
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Election Day: Where to vote, what you need to know in Houston
Tuesday marks the last chance for registered voters to cast a ballot in the presidential election, as well as dozens of state and local races.
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Harris rallies thousands in Houston, warning a Trump win will mean a national abortion ban
The vice president’s rally, featuring Beyoncé and U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred, framed democracy and reproductive rights as two sides of the same coin.