Polls are scheduled to start closing at 8 p.m. ET in Texas, where several key races — from the governor's mansion to congressional seats — are on the ballot in the first major primary of this midterm election year.
Cuellar, 66, has denied any wrongdoing. The race between him and Cisneros, 28, has played out on generational and ideological lines. National leaders in both parties are keeping an eye on the district, which leans Democratic but is one where Republicans are hopeful they can gain ground in the general election.
Meanwhile, Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying to fend off a challenge from state Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who Trump tormented in the 2016 presidential primaries. The contest also includes Rep. Louie Gohmert and Eva Guzman, a former state Supreme Court justice.
The race to succeed Bush as land commissioner has also caught Trump’s attention. The former president endorsed state Sen. Dawn Buckingham, who has made the future of the Alamo, the famed battle site of the Texas Revolution, central to her campaign. The Alamo, which is overseen by the land commissioner, is in the midst of a major redevelopment project and the subject of debate over how
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