The 2018 Texas primaries are here – the nine-week sprint campaigns started running after candidate filing closed are crossing the finish line.

We will have complete live coverage Tuesday evening.

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Democratic turnout more than doubled from four years ago, while Republican turnout rose less than 15 percent. Election day is Tuesday, Mar. 6.

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It's a striking contrast to their responses to then-President Barack Obama's gun control efforts, which were less aggressive in some areas than President Donald Trump's.

“The public demands that we act,” U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said at a bipartisan meeting Wednesday at the White House on gun violence.

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who the president once asserted could not be fair to Trump because of Curiel's Mexican heritage, has ruled in favor of the White House in a lawsuit over construction of a border wall.

The bill, which Granger hopes to submit by the end of next week, would fully fund the installation of metal detectors for interested schools. Granger, R-Fort Worth, said her proposal is only part of the solution — "everything is on the table."

Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke reported raising almost three times as much money over the first 45 days of 2018 as Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

State Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, could face years in prison and lose his seat after he was found guilty of multiple felonies Thursday. His Democratic colleagues are calling on the longtime legislator to resign.

In the 15 Texas counties with the most registered voters, Democrats outpaced Republicans in the first day of early voting for the 2018 primaries.

In his first public comments since the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting last week, Abbott called the status quo "unacceptable."