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Republican victories show Texas is still far from turning blue
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Texas Republicans maintained their practically three-decade grip on state authorities on Tuesday, comfortably warding off a vigorous run to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott and dashing Democratic hopes that the state would flip purple.
Voters returned GOP incumbents to their jobs on the high of the ticket and handed the state’s dominant occasion its 14th consecutive sweep of statewide workplaces. Republicans additionally appeared poised so as to add barely to their majorities within the Texas Legislature, the place they’ve managed each chambers for 20 years, and held massive leads in all statewide judicial races.
“Tonight Texans despatched a message that they need to preserve the Lone Star State the beacon of alternative that we supplied over the previous eight years,” Abbott wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night.
The GOP’s success in Texas, even because it fell wanting expectations nationally, signaled voters’ endorsement of Abbott following a second time period marked by aggressive actions on the border and immigration, conservative positions on LGBTQ and different social points and a near-total ban on abortion. And it was one other rebuke of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’Rourke, who misplaced his third election in 4 years.
“Voters appear to be high quality with the established order,” stated Drew Landry, assistant professor of presidency at South Plains Faculty in Levelland, west of Lubbock.
If Democrats have something to point out for this election, it’s that they gained two of three congressional seats up for grabs in South Texas — denying Republicans their hopes of assertion victories in a closely Hispanic area. Hispanic residents now symbolize the biggest ethnic group in Texas, surpassing non-Hispanic white residents earlier this yr in a census estimate.
The state’s shifting demographics had given Democrats hope, as margins on the high of the ticket have shrunk lately. In Abbott’s first bid for governor in 2014, he gained by greater than 20 proportion factors. In 2018, he gained his second time period by simply over 13. And Donald Trump gained the state by lower than 6 proportion factors in 2020. Tuesday evening, that Democratic progress appeared to halt. Abbott appeared prone to win by an analogous margin as in 2018 — probably bigger.
Document-breaking midterm turnout in 2018 was largely because of O’Rourke’s run for Senate and anti-Trump mobilization amongst Democrats, and the turnout introduced them nearer to victory than in earlier cycles.
However the occasion couldn’t replicate it this time round, despite O’Rourke once more main the ticket in addition to lingering anger over the Jan. 6, 2021, revolt by Trump supporters and a extensively criticized legislation enforcement response to the Might 24 college taking pictures in Uvalde.
Democrats have all the time asserted, and polls have prompt, that larger turnout on the polls would result in Democratic victories. Mediocre turnout on Tuesday could also be one of many greatest causes that Democrats didn’t see a stronger benefit come from Texas’ latest inhabitants explosion, stated Renee Cross, senior director of the Interest College of Public Affairs on the College of Houston.
“To actually really feel the results of a demographic change, whether or not it’s younger voters or new folks coming in from maybe extra liberal states, individuals are going to must prove to vote,” Cross stated. “I’m some numbers throughout the nation and a few locations have report midterm turnout, and we simply didn’t do it in Texas. They only didn’t vote, interval.”
However the South Texas outcomes robbed Republicans of the hoped-for narrative that Hispanic voters have been abandoning Democrats in droves. The races drew former President Invoice Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, for the Democrats, whereas U.S. Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy, R-California, and Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee, stumped for Republicans.
“There was lots of posturing by some Republicans that they’d hit the trifecta in South Texas by taking all three seats, so Democrats have felt perhaps a tiny little bit of aid at that,” Cross stated.
U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican who misplaced the South Texas seat she had gained in a particular election earlier this yr, blamed apathy by conservative voters in addition to independents who had closely leaned Republican in Texas polling.
“The RED WAVE didn’t occur,” Flores wrote in a fiery Tweet after her obvious defeat on Tuesday. “Republicans and Independents stayed dwelling. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR PART!”
The one South Texas congressional seat Republicans did declare, with the victory of Monica De La Cruz, was in a district drawn in 2021 to assist a Republican win.
Nonetheless, the failure of the Democrats to interrupt a 28-year shedding streak for statewide workplace reveals the occasion has an extended method to go.
Even when Republicans aren’t seeing their map increasing into new territory like South Texas, they’ll nonetheless clearly rely on rural voters to carry the road towards waves of recent and doubtlessly liberal voters transferring into Texas’ main cities, stated Landry, the West Texas school professor.
“As massive because the cities are and the way Democratic that they’re, Texas Democrats nonetheless don’t have a method to get previous that pink wall of rural West Texas,” he stated. “Rural Texas nonetheless guidelines the day. I used to be seeing some very, very shut numbers earlier than lots of the agricultural counties reported [election returns], and as soon as they did, it simply blew the door open for Abbott and [Lt. Gov. Dan] Patrick and all of the others.”
Democrats had hoped this season’s political fervor over abortion rights, the lethal blackout in the course of the 2021 snowstorm, gun violence and the financial system would assist them overcome a generation-long shedding streak in Texas’ halls of energy.
Texas led the nation in proscribing abortion rights even earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket eliminated the constitutional proper to it final summer time by overturning Roe v. Wade. Abbott started busing undocumented immigrants to different states final spring and has steered $4.4 billion towards his Operation Lone Star mission alongside the Texas-Mexico border — strikes that drove Democrats to accuse him of spending taxpayer cash on political stunts.
A whole bunch of Texans died and tens of millions extra misplaced energy for days when the state’s electrical grid crashed throughout a snowstorm in 2021. Democrats blamed Republican-appointed regulators for failing to organize the grid for disasters.
The taking pictures of 19 kids and two adults at a Uvalde elementary college in Might touched off criticism of Republicans’ help of gun rights and gave Democrats hope that voters would agree the GOP had failed Texas kids by repeatedly refusing through the years to restrict entry to firearms.
However Republicans have been buoyed by a backlash over excessive costs on the fuel pump and grocery shops, opposition to President Joe Biden’s immigration insurance policies and fights over rising crime — significantly in rural Texas, the place the GOP gained its strongest margins of the evening, Landry stated.
“These issues are what obtained lots of these voters excited,” Landry stated. “Abbott did a very good job of tying O’Rourke with Biden and the border disaster and them being on the identical web page, and voters purchased it.”
By the tip of the evening, the state Democratic Social gathering had acknowledged in a press launch that “this was a troublesome cycle.” However in a joint assertion, occasion officers urged their supporters to “get again on this combat” beginning Wednesday.
“We refuse to throw within the towel and quit on a state as outstanding, freedom-loving, lovely, numerous, industrious, and trailblazing as Texas,” they stated.
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Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee live score, updates highlights from College World Series Game 1
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Texas A&M baseball is two games away — perhaps three — from achieving a historic first for the program.
With two victories over the No. 1 national seed Tennessee baseball team in the College World Series championship series, the No. 3 seed Aggies will have won the program’s first CWS title. But that is a prospect easier said than done, as Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle is likely aware.
Texas A&M is 1-4 all time vs. Tennessee under the Aggies coach, whose Vols counterpart, Tony Vitello, actually served as his recruiting coordinator at TCU from 2011-13. Schlossnagle’s only victory over Tennessee came in the 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament, and the Vols defeated the Aggies 7-4 in the 2024 edition of the tournament.
MORE: Watch Texas A&M vs. Tennessee in CWS with Fubo (free trial)
Moreover, Texas A&M is dealing with several injuries as it heads to the biggest stage afforded the sport, including likely top-10 draft pick Braden Montgomery. Jace LaViolette hurt his hamstring vs. No. 2 national seed Kentucky on Monday but returned and was able to play vs. Florida in the CWS semifinals on Wednesday.
If the Aggies are able to take the series vs. Tennessee, no one will be able to say it was unearned. With that, follow along for live scores, updates and highlights from Game 1 of the College World Series championship series:
Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee score
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Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee live updates, highlights
This section will be updated closer to first pitch, scheduled for 6 p.m. CT.
Pregame
4:07 p.m.: Texas A&M fans have packed the Aggies’ hotel before they head out to the stadium. Here’s a look:
2:40 p.m.: An interesting stat for Texas A&M: The Aggies had not made a national championship in football, baseball or basketball since 1939 until now.
2:16 p.m.: Another hype video, but Tennessee edition:
2:14 p.m.: Texas A&M released a hype video ahead of game one of the national championship series:
What channel is Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee on today?
Game 1 of the CWS championship series will air on ESPN. Karl Ravech (play-by-play), Kyle Peterson (color analyst), Chris Burke (color analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline reporter) will broadcast the game.
Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app (with a cable login), ESPN+ and Fubo, the last of which carries the ESPN family of network and offers a free trial.
MORE: Buy College World Series tickets with StubHub
Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee start time
- Date: Saturday June 22
- Time: 6 p.m. CT
Game 1 of the College World Series between Texas A&M and Tennessee is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT from Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
Texas A&M baseball vs Tennessee betting odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Saturday at noon CT
- Spread: Tennessee (-1.5)
- Over/under: 11.5 runs
- Moneyline: Tennessee (-185) | Texas A&M (+140)
Texas A&M baseball schedule 2024
Below is Texas A&M’s postseason schedule. For the Aggies’ full 2024 college baseball schedule, click here.
Bryan-College Station Regional
- Friday, May 31: (3) Texas A&M 8, Grambling 0
- Saturday, June 1: (3) Texas A&M 4, Texas 1 (11 innings)
- Sunday, June 2: (3) Texas A&M 9, Louisiana 4
Bryan-College Station Super Regional
- Saturday, June 8: (3) Texas A&M 10, Oregon 6
- Sunday, June 9: (3) Texas A&M 15, Oregon 9
College World Series
- Saturday, June 15: (3) Texas A&M 3, Florida 2
- Monday, June 17: (3) Texas A&M 5, (2) Kentucky 1
- Wednesday, June 19: (3) Texas A&M 6, Florida 0
CWS championship series
- Saturday, June 22: (3) Texas A&M vs. (1) Tennessee
- Sunday, June 23: (1) Tenessee vs. (3) Texas A&M
- Monday, June 24*: (3) Texas A&M vs. (1) Tennessee
* If necessary
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College World Series 2024: How to watch Tennessee vs. Texas A&M game Saturday
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Drew Beam on Tennessee baseball reaching College World Series final
Tennessee baseball beat Florida State 7-2 on Wednesday to advance to the College World Series final for the second time in program history.
The matchup for the Men’s College World Series championship finals is set.
No. 3 Texas A&M (52-13) will take on No. 1 Tennessee (58-12) in a three-game series this weekend to determine the national champion.
The Volunteers advanced after they dispatched the No. 8 Florida State Seminoles Wednesday in a 7-2 victory. Tennessee raced out to a three-run first inning and coasted the rest of the way in what was a team effort that saw five different players record at least one RBI. The Aggies, meanwhile, dominated Florida in a four-hit, 6-0 shutout victory. Starting pitcher Justin Lamkin struck out nine and allowed just three hits in five innings of work.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: NCAA baseball tournament field bracket, schedule
Here’s what you need to know about Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series championship finals:
What College World Series games are on Saturday?
The 2024 Men’s College World Series championship finals kick off Saturday in a game between No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 1 Tennessee:
- No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 1 Tennessee, 7:30 p.m. ET
How to watch College World Series game Saturday
Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series championship finals Saturday will be broadcast live on ESPN and streamed online on ESPN+.
When are the Men’s College World Series championship finals games?
Here’s the full schedule of the Men’s College World Series:
- June 22: MCWS Final Game 1, 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
- June 23: MCWS Final Game 2, 2 p.m. ET | ABC
- June 24: MCWS Final Game 3 (if necessary), 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
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“Texas wine is having a moment”: North Texas winemaker breaking new ground
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NORTH TEXAS — If you love wine, lean in. About an hour’s drive north of Dallas, a tree-lined, dirt and gravel road bends around a curve revealing a lush and lovely surprise, the Edge of the Lake Vineyard and Winery. It’s 100 windswept acres along Lake Ray Roberts.
“It’s more than I thought it would be initially,” says owner Fred Cummings, “but I now know it could be more than it is.”
Dr. Cummings is the MD turned winemaker. He says he’s known since he was a child that he wanted to be a doctor, but it was his grandmother’s wisdom that planted something in his spirit about the soil.
“She had a grapevine in her backyard and a fig tree,” recalls Cummings. “She says, `Fred’- I must’ve been about nine years old…just come back from Germany. And she picked up some dirt and said, ‘God didn’t make any more of this, so get some’.” And I said, Yes, ma’am.”
And so he did, ultimately purchasing a former pig farm that became his family’s lakefront home. Then when the kids grew up and away, his wife Mary pushed him to do more with the property. So in 2010, he began to plant grapes.
“The best grape that we grow on this property is actually grenache, but we grow grenache, tempranillo, and albarino,” explains Cummings.
It took some years before he turned out a wine-worthy, award-winning harvest. Still, there was something else flourishing on those vines. Cummings says his proudest moment in his winemaking journey was, “my son coming to help me.”
That would be his son Christopher McIntosh. He’s the vineyard’s winemaker. McIntosh admits that he needed some convincing, but now loves every moment.
“It’s ours. We get to take it from fruit to glass- every bit of our work goes into each bottle. I get to share that process with- not only my father but the rest of my family. My wife works here, my daughter works here. My sister-in-law works here, my mother-in-law works here. So it really is a family operation which makes it even more special.”
McIntosh says picking a favorite is like picking a favorite child, but just between us, the grenache has become the winery’s award-winning standout.
“I like to tell everybody we trick our vines into thinking they’re in the Mediterranean with all this lakefront property,” shares McIntosh with a laugh. “So yeah… that’s our favorite grape. We use it in three different wines. We make a rosé with it, we make a younger grenache, and then we make our estate grenache reserve.”
Looking out on Lake Ray Roberts, the views are gorgeous, the tasting room polished and modern, the tasty tidbits and artisan cheeses just perfect for sampling. But the true test of a wine is in the sampling. And a tasting room full of visitors insist that the Edge of the Lake Vineyard and Winery does not disappoint.
“So it’s very hard work,” explains McIntosh. “But again, every bottle that’s turned out is a show of success. And the biggest show of that is when somebody tastes something and they just smile in awe of what what you put in a bottle for them.”
And while the wine is smooth and the hospitality wonderful, “We need a bigger place,” admits Cummings. “And we’ve had a few struggles trying to get that done.”
Dr. Cummings can admit to navigating some bitter realities, Black winemakers are almost non-existent. According to Bloomberg, Black winemakers represent less than one percent of the industry.
When asked if race has been a barrier in his winery’s growth, Cummings responded, “A little bit.”
“It has been a little bit. And when you talk about that, I’m a guy that believes that I can do my best and it’s good enough for anyone to appreciate. And that’s how I approach my medical career. I approach wine the same way.”
And then a stray thought makes him pause and he adds with a wry smile, “Get more push back on the wine, than we have on treating people… so.”
When asked what advice he’d share with other minority entrepreneurs contemplating stepping into a space that perhaps the world suggests they do not belong, Cummings replies, “I’ve heard that so many times. I ignored it because I knew I was good enough. No one’s going to tell you that you’re good if you sit in the shadows. You’ve got to step out there.”
And the Edge of the Lake Crew looks to make even more strides. They’ve got 15 acres planted now and hope to plant as many as 60 of the lake side acres with grape vines. They’re also looking for local support to help make the area a wine destination.
“You think that you can do this and have a little small thing,” shares Cummings, “but it grows just like the vines grow, the industry grows, and the business grows and you’ve got to be able to expand with it or you kind of get squashed.”
He admits to thinking about his grandmother often as he contemplates what he’s built and how much more he’d like to see it grow. “You know, she was a small one, but really had determination. And coming out of her upbringing and slavery, if you will. And she wanted her kids and her grandkids to do something, so she was always pushing us forward.”
And Cummings believes the harvest for the entire industry can be grand.
“Texas wine is having a moment and we need to really grab hold of that and take advantage of it now, not next week, not last, but now.”
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