Texas sees record early-voting numbers, particularly in Democratic-leaning areas

Record numbers of Texans turned out Monday for the first day of early voting — numbers that were particularly concentrated in several of the state’s blue-leaning urban and suburban counties.

With national attention drawn to the close race between incumbent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and his challenger, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, the first polls in the state opened early Monday.

About 125,000 turned out to vote in Harris County, home of Houston — half again as many as turned out in the general election of 2016, the last year for which there are statistics from the Texas secretary of state.

Travis County, the home of Austin, broke records with 46,600 people showing up on the first day, which the county clerk said topped first-day voting in the last three elections.



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