Texas is a winner-take-all state worth 38 electoral votes, the second-most in the United States. In 2020, Bexar County voted for President Joe Biden while all adjacent counties voted in favor of Trump. Some counties in South Texas, along the Texas border, voted for Biden in 2020, as did Travis, Hays and Williamson counties.

AUSTIN, Texas — Many people were forced to evacuate their homes as crews work to contain a 400-acre wildfire that started in Bastrop County Sunday afternoon. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the wildfire – named the Hudson Fire – began just after noon, eight miles east of Bastrop city limits and north of State Highway 71.

Dallas County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia said that in 2020, the county saw about 720,000 voters in three weeks. He was encouraged that more than 620,000 turned out in a shorter period this year.

Those of you who haven’t voted yet have spent months being bombarded by ads and text messages, campaign mailers and news coverage. You’re ready to vote. But just a reminder before you head to the polls: Take along a photo ID.