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Elections

From The Newsroom: A Special Preview Of The May 27 Runoff's Most Heated Races

Krystina Martinez
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ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's Shelley Kofler with Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Gromer Jeffers, Jr of The Dallas Morning News.

The runoff elections are coming up May 27 and early voting is underway. Before you head to the voting booth, get up to speed on the various races by listening to our ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº Election Special.

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From left: Dan Patrick and David Dewhurst will face off in the May 27 Republican runoff for Texas lieutenant governor.

and joined ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's Shelley Kofler in the studio. ( Follow Follow )

We’ll preview several of the heated races:

  • The featuring incumbent David Dewhurst and State Sen. Dan Patrick. The race has been particularly nasty, featuring a  and  Dewhurst sat down with ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº earlier this month to talk about

  • Will Rep. Dan Branch of Dallas or State Sen. Ken Paxton of McKinney win the

  • At age 91, Ralph Hall is the oldest person in Congress – How will he fare next week in his runoff?

  • What do the runoffs show about the

  • Where does this leave Democrats? And why are we hearing so little about the contested Democratic races, including the

Learn more

  • Catch up on the various races on the 
  • Take a look at sample ballots on North Texas county election sites: ;  and 
  • Here are voter guides from, the  and the . 
Eric Aasen is ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.