The election is already over — before a single vote was cast — for a third of the Legislature and several hundred candidates for judge, district attorney, county commissioner and justice of the peace, among other positions up for election.
Due to a new state law, Texas Secretary of State John Scott issued a letter Sept. 8 saying that officials listed in an appendix, including 10 candidates for state Senate and 58 candidates for the Texas House, “are hereby declared elected” because they do not have an opponent.
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