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Top Stories: Runoff Election Races In North Texas; Failing Schools In Fort Worth

JORGE SANHUEZA-LYON
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KUT

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

Polls have opened for runoff elections to settle races from the March primaries.

If a single candidate did not win a majority of the votes in the primary, the two candidates who earned the most votes head into a runoff election.

The most high-profile statewide race is the Democratic gubernatorial runoff between former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and Houston businessman Andrew White. Here’s what you need to know about other North Texas races.

Other stories this morning:

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.