Victoria resident and longtime insurance agent Brent Carter announced Friday he will run for mayor in May’s election.

Congressional candidate Eric Holguin will be in Victoria for a town hall Thursday as he continues his campaign to represent District 27 in the U.S. House.

Victoria City Councilman Jeff Bauknight is co-hosting a reception for U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud on Thursday, as Cloud continues his re-election campaign in advance of the November elections.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will campaign in Victoria on Saturday, a little more than a week after his Democratic opponent visited the city in an increasingly competitive Senate race.

U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke campaigned with hundreds of people in Victoria on Thursday, eliciting a sizable turnout for a Democratic candidate in the majority Republican district, according to longtime political observers.

U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud has indicated that he won’t accept his challenger Eric Holguin’s invitation to three debates proposed by the Democrat before the November election, according to a news release from his campaign.

Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke will visit Victoria Thursday for a town hall meeting, where he’ll speak to local residents.

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign donated the maximum legal amount of support to U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud in the upcoming midterm elections, the Trump team announced last week.

Two Bloomington tenants say they were told their rent would increase if they didn’t vote for certain candidates vying to control the local water department, which decides how much their landlord pays for water service at rental properties.

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