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Saturday, May 11, 2013  The Action 4 News team is tracking of 37 races from 11 cities and four school districts from across the Rio Grande Valley.

Monday, November 19, 2012  All 7 Edcouch-Elsa school board members were in attendance Monday night as a packed house hung on their every word.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Cameron County elections officials knew they'd have to wait until Tuesday to count mail-in votes and provisional votes, since the law requires the department to allow a waiting period of five days after Election Day, for the votes to arrive.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  Ron Paul supporters are making their presence known at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Yolanda Begum was the front runner in the race for Cameron County Justice of the Peace Place 2, Pct. 2, following the May 29th primaries. She led the pack of candidates by about 500 votes.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Former Republican Party Chair, Hollis Rutledge, was here to give us some perspective into some of the key races, recent redistricting and what it means for voters.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Cameron County Elections Administrator Roger Ortiz said, it's perfectly legal for candidates to attempt to guide voters with these pre-filled sample ballots.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Alamo Mayor Pro-Tem, Diana Martinez, sought the mayor's seat and won with over one thousand votes.

Friday, May 20, 2011  A recount for a San Benito CISD school board seat has ended with this past weekend's election results being upheld.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  With only 17 votes separating the two candidates, San Benito officials are expected to hold a recount for the school board's Place 4 seat.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Miguel Wise, mayor of Weslaco, found himself on the stand in an Edinburg courtroom defending the city's action or in this case, lack thereof, involving the eligibility of Olga Noriega, City Commissioner-Elect for District 3.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  In the fall of 2010, the University of Texas system informed Texas Southmost College that they would end their contract with the junior college, sometime between August 2014 and August 2015.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010  As election judges and poll watchers left the Cameron County Elections Office, one of them simply said, "We finished and there's no change."

Monday, November 22, 2010  The votes for the race of Cameron County Judge were canvassed with just the approval of three of the five commissioners Monday.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  The manual recount U.S. Democratic Rep. Solomon Ortiz demanded in South Texas has yet to cut into his opponent's slim lead.