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Early voting begins Monday for the runoff election for Texas' 6th Congressional District. Election Day for that race is set for July 27. Here's what you need to know.

Abbott’s campaign coffers hit the balance after he raised over $18.7 million during the last 10 days of June, his campaign announced Thursday. The campaign said the cash-on-hand total was larger “than any other statewide candidate in Texas history.”

Mattie Parker will be sworn in as Fort Worth mayor on June 15. Unity was one of the main themes Parker and her opponent Deborah Peoples focused on while campaigning.

“If you can’t beat Ted Cruz, one of the more wildly unpopular figures in Texas politics, how do you mount a challenge against the governor?”

The Electoral College, which has benefited Republicans in some recent elections, also factors into debate over GOP bills aiming to change state-level election laws.

The runoff elections saw both continuity and change.

Parker, who'll be sworn in June 15, runs an education nonprofit and was longtime chief of staff to the woman she'll replace, Mayor Betsy Price. Her opponent, Deborah Peoples, would've also made history if elected, as the city's first Black mayor.

Mayoral races in Tarrant County's two biggest cities were the marquee matchups of runoff election day in North Texas. If the margins hold up, Mattie Parker will succeed Betsy Price in Fort Worth and become the youngest mayor in the nation's 25 biggest cities. KERA will bring you results throughout the weekend.

Fort Worth has been grappling with issues in its police department for years. The city's new mayor — either Mattie Parker or Deborah Peoples — will inherit those struggles. They indicated how they would handle them at the latest mayoral forum.

The May elections aren't quite over yet. A handful of municipal races will be settled in a general runoff election on June 5. A runoff election for Texas' 6th Congressional District is set for July 27. Here's what you need to know.

Early voting begins today in the runoff election.

The Fort Worth Report and KERA hosted a virtual debate between mayoral runoff candidates Deborah Peoples and Mattie Parker.