{"id":5948,"date":"2018-10-22T17:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/how-texas-senate-race-reflects-states-demographic-divide\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:45:35","slug":"how-texas-senate-race-reflects-states-demographic-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/politics\/how-texas-senate-race-reflects-states-demographic-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"How Texas Senate race reflects state\u2019s demographic divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2K_-cP07iAQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Considered one of the most expensive races in the country this election year, the Texas Senate race could transform Texas politics. Texas Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, El Paso Congressman Beto O&#8217;Rourke, faced off in a combative debate last night. Tomeka Weatherspoon of Houston Public Media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Find more from PBS NewsHour at https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<br \/>\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour<br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour<br \/>\nSnapchat: @pbsnews<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe:<br \/>\nPBS NewsHour podcasts: https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts<br \/>\nNewsletters: https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/subscribe<\/p>\n<h3>More info on How Texas Senate race reflects state\u2019s demographic divide<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=How+Texas+Senate+race+reflects+state%E2%80%99s+demographic+divide&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">How Texas Senate race reflects state\u2019s demographic divide - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664949f542884a17a279ff6bba80de06&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fsome-states-populations-are-very-much-like-the-us-overall-including-5-key-states-in-the-2024-presidential-election-229692&amp;c=6796513807297554934&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSome states\u2019 populations are very much like the US overall \u2013 including 5 key states in the 2024 presidential election\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Comparing states\u2019 populations on a range of demographic and socioeconomic data reveals similarities and differences across the nation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664949f542884a17a279ff6bba80de06&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmagicvalley.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumn%2Fstapilus-idaho-politics-primaries-republican%2Farticle_4282cc76-0976-11ef-931f-db2a837269db.html&amp;c=12634723752320548521&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSTAPILUS: The critical primaries\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>STAPILUS: The Republican primary has a real bearing on some of the most critical decisions Idaho voters will make in this month\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664949f542884a17a279ff6bba80de06&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fpolitics%2Fhouston%2Farticle%2Felection-day-texas-senate-appraisal-district-19424534.php&amp;c=10243791122712105613&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's Election Day in low-profile races for Texas Senate seat, county appraisal districts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the state Senate race, state Rep ... 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Casey, in a statement, said he intends ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664949f542884a17a279ff6bba80de06&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F2024%2F05%2F04%2Flive-texas-election-results-may-4-austin-travis-county-bastrop-hays-williamson-races%2F73518058007%2F&amp;c=11217172908697795653&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGet real-time Texas election results for key Austin area races\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>May 4 is known to many as Star Wars Day, but it's also election day in Texas. Voters will head to the polls Saturday to cast their ballots for several candidates and school propositions across ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664949f542884a17a279ff6bba80de06&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.texastribune.org%2F2024%2F05%2F04%2Ftexas-elections-2024-special-senate-district-15-harris-county-houston%2F&amp;c=12344044900113231495&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMolly Cook beats state Rep. Jarvis Johnson in special election to fill open Texas Senate seat until January\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cook will fill John Whitmire\u2019s unexpired term \u2014 but will face Johnson again in a Democratic primary runoff for a full four-year term. 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Texas Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, El Paso Congressman Beto O&#8217;Rourke, faced off in a combative debate last night. Tomeka Weatherspoon of Houston Public Media reports. Find more from PBS NewsHour at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1572,2765,2764,2331,194,187],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2K_-cP07iAQ.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}