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Denny Hamlin winning early, often in Cup Series playoff race

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Denny Hamlin winning early, often in Cup Series playoff race

Denny Hamlin will reach the third round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs next month having faced the make-or-break pressure of the postseason only twice.

Ending the first race of each postseason round in victory lane can do wonders for the blood pressure of a driver and his team because every winner clinches a spot in the following round.

Hamlin won three weeks ago at Darlington to open the playoffs, and then he did it again Sunday night at Las Vegas in the second-round opener. He is the first driver to win the first race in each of the first two rounds since NASCAR introduced this playoff format in 2014.

Two playoff races, two tickets punched — and four ensuing opportunities to race with no weight on Hamlin’s shoulders.

“I’m so happy to not have to worry about the next two weeks,” he said.

Sunday’s victory was Hamlin’s first in Vegas, the 46th of his career — and arguably one of his most important if it helps him to stay on course for title contention.

“It’s just such an advantage to win any race in the playoffs, but certainly the first race of any round,” said Chris Gabehart, Hamlin’s crew chief. “Especially this (second) round. You look at Talladega and Charlotte — you can’t stress enough. Every one of these race teams is professional, so they deal with the stress and the pressure. They handle it. But it’s there. It exists. You can’t look past it. It’s real. We’ve only had to deal with that for what will be two of the first six races of the playoffs.”

Tension is running high in other areas of the paddock, and not strictly because of the playoff pressure.

Kevin Harvick is still upset with defending champion Chase Elliott after their conflict at Bristol last weekend. Before Sunday’s race in Vegas, Harvick compared his dialogue with Elliott to a conversation with his own 9-year-old son, Keelan.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been that mad,” said Harvick, who is no stranger to on-track anger. “That was probably the maddest I’ve ever been.”

Harvick asserted the race at Bristol had been manipulated by Elliott’s tactics to slow him down. Harvick didn’t explicitly vow retribution, but said: “That stuff all comes full circle in this deal and has a funny way of teaching you.”

Harvick wasn’t in position for any revenge in Vegas, finishing ninth while Elliott came in second. Elliott had a shot to catch Hamlin on the final 10 laps but couldn’t quite close the gap with a driver on a major role.

The next time Hamlin’s future will be on the line is Oct. 17 at Texas in the opening race of the third round. In a way, he’s already more than halfway to the long-anticipated first championship of his 17-year career if he can keep up this remarkable success.

He’s not relaxing in the interim — he even debated skipping any post-victory partying in Vegas because he wanted to get back to Charlotte in time to get his daughters from school on Monday. But when he lines up next week at Talladega, Hamlin will race free and easy.

“From my standpoint, it’s a free pass to go there and try to lead every lap (and) win the race,” Hamlin said.

Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing crew intend to make the most of their opportunity as they close in on the chance to race for Hamlin’s long-sought, never-achieved first championship. They will use the weekends at Talladega and the Charlotte Roval to stay sharp and to make adjustments for the dwindling races that still count.

“Listen, I’m still professional,” Hamlin said. “I still want to go out there and win the next two weeks. There is no reason for us to take any weeks off. We don’t take any weeks off. .. We’ve been in playoff mode for quite a while now. I’m more looking forward to it now than worrying about all the what-ifs of what can happen that can take you out. During the course of my career, I’ve had just about all the what-ifs actually happen. It’s good to know we’ve got nothing to lose at this point.”

Everyone involved also understands the capricious nature of a NASCAR playoff title. Several months of hard work and steady improvements can put a driver in a strong position, but it can all be undone in one race, particularly at the end.

Yet Hamlin is clearly peaking at the right time. The victory in Darlington was his first of the year, and he still racked up a second-place and ninth-place finish before his second win at Vegas. Hamlin has an impressive 21 top-10 finishes this season.

“Certainly our team has been really capable all year long,” Gabehart said. “Every metric other than the win column has been astounding for our team. It’s really been our best year together thus far. You stay upfront as much as we have, the wins are going to finally come.

“They’re coming at the right time.”

Source: www.click2houston.com

Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

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Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico
This undated photo made available by the National Park Service in September 2021 shows fossilized human fossilized footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. According to a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, the impressions indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, much earlier than scientists previously thought. (NPS via AP)Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

The first footprints were found in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park in 2009. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey recently analyzed seeds stuck in the footprints to determine their approximate age, ranging from around 22,800 and 21,130 years ago.

The findings may shed light on a mystery that has long intrigued scientists: When did people first arrive in the Americas, after dispersing from Africa and Asia?

Most scientists believe ancient migration came by way of a now-submerged land bridge that connected Asia to Alaska. Based on various evidence — including stone tools, fossil bones, and genetic analysis — other researchers have offered a range of possible dates for human arrival in the Americas, from 13,000 to 26,000 years ago or more.

The current study provides a more solid baseline for when humans definitely were in North America, although they could have arrived even earlier, the authors say. Fossil footprints are more indisputable and direct evidence than “cultural artifacts, modified bones, or other more conventional fossils,” they wrote in the journal Science, which published the study Thursday.

“What we present here is evidence of a firm time and location,” they said.

Based on the size of the footprints, researchers believe that at least some were made by children and teenagers who lived during the last ice age.

David Bustos, the park’s resource program manager, spotted the first footprints in ancient wetlands in 2009. He and others found more in the park over the years.

“We knew they were old, but we had no way to date the prints before we discovered some with (seeds) on top,” he said Thursday.

Made of fine silt and clay, the footprints are fragile, so the researchers had to work quickly to gather samples, Bustos said.

“The only way we can save them is to record them — to take a lot of photos and make 3D models,” he said.

Earlier excavations in White Sands National Park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, Columbian mammoth, and other ice age animals.

Source: www.click2houston.com

Walmart to offer ‘buy now, pay later’ option instead of layaway this year

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Walmart to offer ‘buy now, pay later’ option instead of layaway this year
(Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)Walmart has scrapped its popular layaway option for the 2021 holiday season, paving the way for a new financing method for shoppers.

A spokesperson for Walmart told that customers’ needs have changed throughout the past year and they’re confident that their payment options “provide the right solutions for our customers.”

Shoppers will now have a “buy now, pay later” option through Affirm, a third-party company partnered with Walmart offering affordable monthly payments depending on their eligibility. Instead of putting items on layaway from August through mid-December, shoppers will now have the option to take the item home immediately.

Walmart will continue to offer layaway options on select jewelry items at select stores throughout the U.S, the spokesperson confirmed.

Source: www.click2houston.com

Migrants arrested by Texas in border crackdown are being imprisoned for weeks without legal help or formal charges

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Migrants arrested by Texas in border crackdown are being imprisoned for weeks without legal help or formal charges
A migrant is readied to board a law enforcement van after being apprehended by Department of Public Safety officers at a train depot in Spofford on Aug. 25, 2021.

Hundreds of migrants arrested under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “catch and jail” border security push have been sitting in prison for weeks with no charges filed against them, and dozens were imprisoned for more than a month without being appointed lawyers.

Most of the men are Latino and many don’t speak English. Arrested on the border and dropped in prisons hundreds of miles away, they’ve spent weeks or months with little to no legal help, few opportunities to talk to their families and often fewer chances to find out what is happening to them or how long they will be imprisoned.

Citing the widespread violations of state laws and constitutional due process rights that have mushroomed as local justice systems remain overwhelmed by the volume of arrests, defense attorneys and immigrant advocacy groups are asking courts to release the men.

“We can’t have a country or a system where people are being rounded up like this and sort of tucked away and hidden without the oversight and respective rights that the Constitution demands,” said Amrutha Jindal, a Houston defense attorney whose organization, Restoring Justice, was recently assigned to represent dozens of migrants. “The system crumbles without due process.”

Abbott’s office did not respond to questions Friday about the judicial delays. He has continued to praise Texas Department of Public Safety officers for making the arrests and slam the federal government’s immigration policies, which he blames for recent surges in border crossings.

Under Texas law, criminal defendants must be assigned an attorney within three days of asking for one. State statute also requires that defendants be released from jail if prosecutors delay cases by not filing charges quickly. For trespassing, the charge on which the vast majority of the imprisoned migrants were arrested, that deadline is set at 15 or 30 days, depending on the charge level.

Both of those deadlines have fallen by the wayside as Abbott, a former Texas Supreme Court justice and state attorney general pursues his initiative for state police to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the country for state crimes such as trespassing or human smuggling. Since the effort began in July, about 1,000 migrants have been sent to two Texas prisons converted into immigration jails. On Friday, nearly 900 men remained locked up, prison officials reported.

Jindal said her organization was assigned to represent about 50 of those men a week and a half ago, but many had been arrested in early August and sat in prison without attorneys for nearly six weeks. After meeting with the men last week, she said most were unaware whether they could bond out and did not know how long they could expect to stay locked up. For some, the attorneys still didn’t have all their records from the county where they were arrested.

“They didn’t have anyone communicating to them about their cases or their process,” Jindal said, adding that for most of them it was their first time in the United States. “You’re just sitting in jail, and the clerk doesn’t have records of you existing.”

Kinney County, a conservative rural region near Del Rio, has seen by far the most migrant arrests — accounting for more than 80% of all those jailed under Abbott’s initiative on Friday. Jindal said almost all of her new clients who had been without attorneys for weeks were arrested in Kinney, and they were not unique.

Tully Shahan, the Kinney County judge, said Thursday that some men did not request counsel, and even if they had there were no local defense attorneys to take their cases. In a court motion filed this month challenging the new criminal justice system for migrants, Texas defense attorneys and an immigrant rights lawyer argued the arrested migrants were told by local officials to sign documents waiving their right to counsel without knowing what they were signing, as the documents were in English.

Another court petition states that as of mid-September, 300 men had been in prison with no charges filed within the 15-day deadline for trespassing. Most were arrested in Kinney County. The petition was filed by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, which is defending most of the arrested migrants and calls for their immediate release on no-cost bonds.

By last week, the county’s misdemeanor prosecutor, Brent Smith, had filed criminal charges against about 50 to 75 men, according to the county clerk. Nearly 730 of the migrants in Texas prisons Friday had been arrested in Kinney County starting in July.

Smith, who took office in January and has repeated anti-immigration rhetoric in memos and spoken against migrants for allegedly causing damage on his property, did not respond to calls or emails for this story.

In neighboring Val Verde County, home to Del Rio where the migrant arrests began, a handful of court hearings — for about 15 to 20 men each — have led to the release from prison of defendants who either accepted plea offers of 15-day sentences, which the migrants had already served, or had their charges dismissed. Those men are sent to federal immigration authorities for either deportation, more detention or release in the United States pending asylum hearings.

Still, about 50 men arrested in Val Verde County had been awaiting formal charges for more than 15 days this month, according to the TRLA petition. Val Verde County Attorney David Martinez said he was unavailable to speak to The Texas Tribune on Friday.

In Kinney County, none of the hundreds of men arrested had a court date set as of last week because of the delays.

Shahan said on Thursday six court dates were being set over the next two months. He explained the delays by saying his county is small — with only about 3,000 residents and a judicial system with few employees. He handles the county budget and operations as well as misdemeanor cases, and Smith is the only lawyer who prosecutes misdemeanors.

“This has been a massive rush of people, and we just had a bottleneck there,” Shahan said. “It’s not an excuse, it’s just a real issue with the sheer numbers.”

Defense groups and county officials agree the local systems weren’t ready for the massive influx of arrests they’ve seen. After arrests began and legal and logistical problems quickly emerged, state officials worked behind the scenes to quickly provide judicial support and pay legal costs. When the state discovered Kinney County had processed more than a hundred men without giving them lawyers last month, officials moved for a new state system to take over initial bookings as it had for Val Verde arrests.

But still, there were prolonged delays. To help provide defense services, the Lubbock Private Defenders Office was assigned by the state in July to appoint attorneys to jailed migrants. Shannon Evans, executive director of the office, said they waited on paperwork from Kinney County for weeks in those initial arrests. Once they received court records, they had to sift through handwritten and unorganized court documents to match them to arrestees.

“There was a big gap in communication and the technology part of it [in Kinney County],” she said, adding she believed under the new system the issue would be fixed.

But as time goes on and more cracks surface, the hundreds of men are left waiting in prison, prompting recent court filings to release them from the new system that defense lawyers claim is unconstitutional.

“The program has resulted in a separate and unequal criminal legal system for individuals suspected of entering the United States unlawfully,” said a motion filed in state district court this month by Texas defense attorneys and a national immigrant rights attorney. “In this farcical alternative, constitutional rights are suspended, and due process is non-existent.”

The motion, which is one of a few set to be heard Tuesday in the district court that covers Val Verde and Kinney counties, argues for the release of one defendant based partly on claims that his detention is unconstitutional because he was held for 41 days without a lawyer and the state’s border security initiative arrests on trespassing charges only men who are primarily Hispanic. In another hearing the same day, state district Judge Roland Andrade will weigh TRLA’s request for the release of 300 men.

In the backlog and chaos, attorneys fear migrants are getting lost in the system. Jindal said her attorneys couldn’t find one of their assigned clients when they went to visit prisons last week. It was assumed he had been able to post a bond to be released, but there wasn’t clear communication or documentation detailing that, she said, or any indication if the man would be deported while on bond. For other clients, she said attorneys were hard-pressed to find any paperwork describing when or why they were arrested.

“When it comes to people’s rights, the Constitution, the criminal legal system, it’s not really a situation where you should be building the plane as you fly it,” Jindal said.

Source: www.click2houston.com

Governor Abbott, TDEM Launch COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In Waco

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Governor Abbott, TDEM Launch COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In Waco
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will launch a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Waco. The infusion center will begin accepting patients tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 who have a referral from a doctor.

This treatment is available at no cost to the patient. Local partners include McLennan County, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest, Waco-McLennan County Public Health District, Texas State Technical College, the Waco-McLennan County Office of Emergency Management, and the City of Waco.

“Thank you to our partners in Waco and McLennan County for working with the State of Texas to launch this infusion center,” said Governor Abbott. “This facility will expand access to this free and effective treatment for Central Texans who test positive for COVID-19.”

“We are grateful to the State and our community partners for bringing this invaluable weapon in our fight against COVID-19 to our community,” said McLennan County Judge Scott Felton.

Governor Abbott, TDEM, and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) have established and expanded antibody infusion centers in communities across the state over the past several months. COVID-19 antibody infusion treatment can prevent a patient’s condition from worsening and requiring hospital care. These facilities also help increase bed capacity in hospitals so that resources are available for the most ill patients. The State deployed similar measures beginning in November 2020 to communities across Texas.

These state-sponsored infusion centers are in addition to the infusion treatment centers provided by more than 200 private health providers across the state.

Antibody infusion centers are currently operating in the following communities, with more coming online in the coming days:
•    Amarillo (TDEM)
•    Austin (DSHS)
•    Beaumont (TDEM)
•    Corpus Christi (DSHS)
•    Edinburg (TDEM)
•    Fort Worth (DSHS)
•    Harlingen (TDEM)
•    Houston (DSHS)
•    Laredo (DSHS)
•    Livingston (TDEM)
•    Lubbock (TDEM)
•    McKinney (TDEM)
•    Nacogdoches (TDEM)
•    Odessa (TDEM)
•    San Antonio (DSHS)
•    Seguin (TDEM)
•    Tyler (TDEM)
•    The Woodlands (DSHS)
•    Victoria (TDEM)
•    Waco (TDEM)

The treatment is free and available to Texans who test positive for COVID-19 and have a doctor’s referral. Texans can visit meds.tdem.texas.gov to find a therapeutic provider near them.

Source: gov.texas.gov

WHAT’S NEW AT DQ RESTAURANTS IN TEXAS? CHEESY STEAK FINGERS INFUSED WITH CREAMY PEPPER JACK CHEESE

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WHAT’S NEW AT DQ RESTAURANTS IN TEXAS? CHEESY STEAK FINGERS INFUSED WITH CREAMY PEPPER JACK CHEESE

Fans who have experienced steak fingers at DQ® restaurants in Texas know they are crispy, tender, and oh so delicious. But now there’s a new twist on the classic steak finger with an unexpected flavor combination.  Infused with creamy pepper jack cheese, the new Cheesy Steak Fingers are so good that fans better get them early as they are only available for a limited time.

“The Cheesy Steak Fingers are a must experience item before they disappear,” said Lou Romanus, CEO of the Texas Dairy Queen Operator’s Council. “Only found in Texas, we are confident the bold flavor of pepper jack cheese paired with our classic steak fingers will delight fans.”

The Cheesy Steak Finger Country Basket® is served with crispy fries, Texas toast, and the best creamy ranch dressing anywhere. This delectable combination only is offered for a limited time via drive-thru windows, pick-up, and take-out, as well as delivery and online ordering, where available.

Be sure to pair the Cheesy Steak Finger Country Basket with a Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Treat, a Pecan Pie Blizzard Treat or the Reese’s® Pieces Cookie Dough Blizzard Treat, at participating DQ locations in Texas for a limited time only.

Fans can keep up with all the innovative ways to quench their cravings with “The Best Treats & Eats in Texas” in the DQ® Texas mobile app.

There are few brands as iconic as the DQ brand. Innovative DQ treats and eats, along with the unique DQ restaurant concepts, have positioned DQ restaurants in Texas as a leader in the quick-service restaurant industry. The Texas Dairy Queen Operators’ Council is a nonprofit organization made up of DQ franchisees operating in Texas. The Council develops the advertising and marketing program for DQ franchisees in Texas and controls the Texas Country Foods menu along with managing supply/distribution for the nearly 600 DQ restaurants in Texas. The DQ restaurants in Texas are franchised by American Dairy Queen Corporation and the DQ franchise system includes approximately 7,000 franchised locations in the United States, Canada, and more than 20 other countries, including the nearly 600 DQ restaurants in Texas.

Cypress man sentenced to life in prison New Year’s Day murder

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Cypress man sentenced to life in prison New Year’s Day murder

A 21-year-old man who lured two people to a phony drug buy and robbed then shot them, killing one, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of capital murder, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Monday. A second defendant, who has pleaded guilty, is to be sentencing in the coming weeks by a judge.

“This man-made a cold-blooded plan to lie, rob and kill and then carried it out,” Ogg said. “A Harris County jury agreed that it was capital murder, and justice mandates that he spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Christopher Rodriguez was 16 when he and Faith Deleon lured two 18-year-olds to a Cypress theater parking lot on New Year’s Day 2017 by saying they wanted to buy a small amount of marijuana.

Daniel Gerding and Colyn Timmons met the duo at the Studio Movie Grill in the 8500 block of State Highway 6. Rodriguez and Deleon got into Gerding’s Toyota Camry and demanded money. Then Rodriguez shot Gerding twice in the back and when Timmons tried to get out of the car, Rodriguez shot him in the face

Deleon and Rodriguez fled in their pickup truck and were arrested after an investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Gerding died and Timmons survived. 

Rodriguez was initially charged as a juvenile and then certified to be tried as an adult. He was convicted of capital murder on Friday after a week-long trial and was automatically sentenced to life in prison. Because he was a juvenile when the crime was committed, he will be eligible for parole after 40 years.

Assistant District Attorneys Katie Warren, Chris Condon, and George Lindsey prosecuted the case. Warren said jurors made the right decision.

“We appreciate the efforts and attention of the jury, and we are happy to see that justice is finally done,” she said.

Deleon, who was 17 at the time of the crime, has admitted her guilt in the case and is expected to be sentenced by a judge on October 4.

 

Se formo la tormenta subtropical Teresa en el Atlántico

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Se formo la tormenta subtropical Teresa en el Atlántico
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La Oficina de Seguridad Nacional y Manejo de Emergencias del Condado Harris (HCOHSEM, por sus siglas en inglés) está monitoreando el curso de la tormenta subtropical Teresa, la cual se formó ayer al noroeste de las Bermudas. Según el pronóstico actual del Centro Nacional de Huracanes, Teresa no representa una amenaza para Texas o la costa del Golfo de México. Actualmente, la tormenta continua desorganizada y podría ser degradada más tarde hoy.

La tormenta subtropical Teresa es la decimonovena en la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico, la cual finaliza el 30 de noviembre de 2021. Ahora es el momento preciso de revisar su kit y plan de emergencia. Manténgase informado por medio de las actualizaciones de HCOHSEM en línea, en las redes sociales o regístrese para recibir Ready Harris Alerts.

Para obtener más información sobre cómo prepararse, consulte nuestra guía de preparación y evacuación para huracanes. También puede enviar un mensaje de texto con GULF2021 al 888777 para recibir actualizaciones sobre la temporada de huracanes.

Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Texas Officials’ Audit of the 2020 Election

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Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Texas Officials’ Audit of the 2020 Election

Hours after former President Donald Trump released a public letter Thursday demanding Texas Governor Greg Abbott audit the results of the 2020 election in Texas, the Office of the Texas Secretary of State announced it was conducting a “comprehensive forensic audit” of the 2020 election results in four Texas counties, including Harris County, the largest county in Texas.

Christian D. Menefee, the County Attorney for Harris County, stated:

“Governor Abbott taking orders from Donald Trump and auditing elections in Harris County from 10 months ago is just another example of why Texans are losing confidence in our state’s leadership. Governor Abbott’s and Trump’s motives here are clear—to sow distrust in our elections, to intimidate election officials and workers, and to appease conspiracy theorists. Texans are better than this. Our Governor should be too.”

About the Harris County Attorney’s Office
Christian D. Menefee was elected as County Attorney for Harris County in November 2020. His office represents the largest county in Texas in all civil legal matters, including lawsuits.

Despite his victory in Texas and no credible evidence of widespread fraud, Donald Trump calls for election audit legislation

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Despite his victory in Texas and no credible evidence of widespread fraud, Donald Trump calls for election audit legislation

Gov. Greg Abbott, left, addresses former President Donald Trump during a border security briefing to discuss further plans in securing the southern border wall on June 30, 2021, in Weslaco.

Former President Donald Trump has asked Gov. Greg Abbott to add an election audit bill to this year’s third special session, continuing his push to cast doubts on the election results of the 2020 presidential election despite winning in Texas.

In a letter published Thursday, Trump said, “Texans have big questions about the November 2020 Elections,” and time is running out to conduct an audit of the “2020 Presidential Election Scam” because paper ballots are kept for only 22 months after an election.

“Governor Abbott, we need a ‘Forensic Audit of the 2020 Election’ added to the call,” Trump wrote. “We’re quickly running out of time and it must be done this week.”

There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and the Texas secretary of state’s office previously declared the election “smooth and secure.”

During a special session, the governor sets the topics the Legislature is to pass laws on. Abbott did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Don Huffines, one of his challengers in the GOP primary for governor next year, has called for election audits to be added to the call.

Trump’s request comes nearly 11 months after he lost his presidential reelection bid to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump has pushed baseless claims of massive voter fraud for much of the year — as he did after winning in 2016 — and mounted numerous legal challenges to the certification of the 2020 election’s results.

On Thursday, Trump said that Texans “know voting fraud occurred in some of their counties.”

This summer, Texas Republicans passed a voting law that they said would make it “easier to vote and harder to cheat,” even while opponents said it would make it harder for communities of color to vote. Texas officials said they had confidence in the 2020 elections but wanted to address concerns from some voters about election security.

Trump continued to stoke those flames by writing to Abbott that Texans “don’t trust your election system, and they want your leadership on this issue, which is the number one thing they care about.”

Trump threw support behind House Bill 16 filed by state Rep. Steve Toth, a staunch social conservative Republican from The Woodlands, which would allow for forensic audits of future elections as well as the 2020 presidential election.

Source: www.click2houston.com

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