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  Nueces County Resident Seeks Restraining Order on Redistricting Map

  

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  Posted 4:58 PM 3/7/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - A lawsuit regarding the redistricting of Nueces County could affect our upcoming primary elections.

  Lisa Hernandez, a Nueces County voter, is opposed to the new redistricting map approved by County Commissioners on Monday night and has asked a federal court to grant a (More) • Videos (2)

  
  

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  Romney Says He's Ready to Fight to Nomination

  

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  Posted 11:46 AM 3/7/2012 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney said Wednesday he's "prepared to fight all the way" to become the Republican presidential nominee after padding his delegate count on Super Tuesday. Supporters of his chief rival, Rick Santorum, tried to elbow Newt Gingrich out of the race in an effort to give (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  GOP Voters Thoughts on Super Tuesday

  Posted 11:43 AM 3/6/2012 by Associated Press

  ATLANTA (AP) - Mitt Romney is angling to solidify his front-runner status and Rick Santorum to keep it a two-man race as voters in 10 states put Super Tuesday's imprint on the Republican presidential contest. Newt Gingrich just hopes to keep his struggling campaign alive with a strong showing in (More)

  
  

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  Federal Court Orders May 29 Primary Date for Texas

  Posted 3:58 PM 3/1/2012 by Associated Press

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The federal court in San Antonio has ordered Texas to hold its primary elections on May 29, resolving for now one of the biggest issues in the state's redistricting battles. The three-judge panel issued the election schedule two days after releasing political maps (More)

  
  

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  Minority Groups Object to New Set of Texas Redistricting Maps

  Posted 3:58 PM 2/29/2012 by Associated Press

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Minority groups in Texas objected Wednesday to new congressional and state House maps drawn by a San Antonio court, urging a separate court in Washington, D.C., to speed up a review that could mark the last opportunity to change the political (More)

  
  

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  Federal Court Issues New Texas Political Maps

  Posted 3:04 PM 2/28/2012 by Associated Press

  SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A federal court in San Antonio has issued new congressional and state House maps in time for Texas to hold a May 29 primary. The ruling by a three-judge panel Tuesday could clear the way for elections, if none of the nine groups contesting the state's political (More)

  
  

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  Down to the wire in 2-man GOP race in Michigan

  Posted 8:29 PM 2/25/2012 by Associated Press

  FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney fought Saturday to prove he is the strongest challenger to President Barack Obama, an increasingly difficult task given the tight race in his native state of Michigan against surging conservative Rick Santorum. In the final weekend of (More)

  
  

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  Partial Deal Reached in Texas Redistricting Case

  Posted 1:14 PM 2/15/2012 by Associated Press

  SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Texas attorney general and minority groups demanding equal representation have agreed to a temporary compromise over one of the state's three disputed political maps. During a federal court hearing Wednesday in San Antonio, the state attorney general and an (More)

  
  

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  Tuesday Night Wins Help Santorum Raise Cash

  

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  Posted 11:43 AM 2/8/2012 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf. Santorum's stunning victories Tuesday in Minnesota (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Texas Primary Date in Doubt After Deal Talks Stall

  Posted 4:21 PM 2/7/2012 by Associated Press

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Last-ditch negotiations to save the April 3 Texas primary appear dead and that means a federal court will likely draft the state's political maps and set a new primary date. The court had set a Monday deadline for the state and a coalition of minority groups to (More)

  
  

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  Texas Attorney General Accepts Redistricting Deal

  Posted 1:40 PM 2/6/2012 by Associated Press

  SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Texas attorney general has accepted a deal on temporary voting maps that could salvage the state's April 3 date for primary elections. Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday that seven minority groups agreed to a plan that minimizes changes to the original (More)

  
  

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  Romney Wins Florida Primary

  Posted 7:17 PM 1/31/2012 by Associated Press

  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Mitt Romney won a commanding victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding from defeat a week earlier and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided result, Newt Gingrich vowed to press on. "Thank you FL!" an (More)