Paul Cobler

The presidential election, however, is just one of more than 250 state, county and municipal elections playing out down the ballot in Harris County.

When Patricia Denkins entered the voting booth Monday morning, she was thinking about her mother, who had to sacrifice the family grocery budget to pay a $2 poll tax here in Houston.

The vice president's rally, featuring Beyoncé and U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred, framed democracy and reproductive rights as two sides of the same coin.

The sun sets by 6 p.m., pumpkin spice lattes are back and it is impossible to avoid the campaign ads on television: Election Day is finally here.

Just under half of Harris County voters already have cast a ballot. Officials expect early voters could make up more than 70 percent of the turnout.

Annette Ramirez narrowly leads Steve Radack in the race for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, according to unofficial early vote returns.

The Harris County Republican Party considers the 2024 election a success, and its leaders say they will be back for more in 2026.

Tens of thousands of Harris County residents stopped voting well short of the end of their Nov. 5 ballots, skipping dozens of races and passing up the opportunity to change the outcome of all but one countywide contest.

The result of a hotly contested race to replace a retiring Harris County judge has flipped from a narrow Republican win to a Democratic victory after the final set of ballots was reported.

It was the day after Jocelyn Nungaray's funeral in June when her mother, Alexis, heard the voicemail.