The State of Texas: Who are you supporting on Election Day?

What Texas is talking about today No Images? [Click here]( [Your New Gameday Tradition]( [Texas Monthly]( October 26, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I know the presence in there doesn't like women going in. He's just a grumpy old fart and I don't let him bother me." —Connie LaFave, who co-owns the Olde Park Hotel in Ballinger with her husband, Dan. [The two-story hotel](, built in the 1880s, is supposedly a paranormal hotspot complete with a sexist ghost. THE LATEST [Who Are You Supporting on Election Day?]( CARLOS SANCHEZ Take our online poll to see where you compare with other Texas Monthly readers on the political candidates of the day. [Read more.]( Election Day 2018 is only 10 days away, and we’ll be live blogging all night. Join senior political editors Carlos Sanchez and R.G. Ratcliffe on Twitter @texasmonthly and at [texasmonthly.com]( for up-to-date election news and analysis throughout the night. And check out all our [election coverage here](. #TMWANDERS READER PHOTOS Sierra Diablo Mountains by Andy Ellis • [@andywellis]( We love seeing how our readers enjoy Texas. Want to join the fun? Tag your best Texas photos #TMwanders on Instagram, and we'll reach out if yours is chosen! We'll feature a new reader post here each Friday. QUIZ ANSWERS Congratulations to Robbie, who won a $25 gift card to the [TM General Store]( for participating in our quiz! Look here every Thursday for our weekly news quiz, and reply to this email with your answers to enter. Below are the answers for yesterday’s quiz: 1. In his [Far West Texas episode]( of Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain visited Marfa, Alpine, Van Horn, Marathon, and then went south of the border to a restaurant in Ojinaga. 2. Austin is currently [under a boil water advisory]( due to flooding, which has put silt and sludge into the water supply. In order to drink or cook with the water, the city advises that you bring it to a boil for three minutes. 3. Senator Ted Cruz [fully endorsed the idea]( of building a border wall during a rally held for him in Houston by President Trump. 4. Justin Tucker, a former Longhorn, [missed his first-ever extra point kick]( this week. 5. Early voting started this week, and [it's off to a roaring start](. During the 2016 presidential contest, 73 percent of all the Texas votes were cast during the early voting period. [Your New Gameday Tradition]( OUR TOP STORIES [On Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain Asks If West Texans Are the Platonic Ideal of Texans]( Spoiler: The answer is yes. [Read more.]( [What You Need to Know About Austin’s Water Shortage]( Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. [Read more.]( [The Poo-Pourri Founder Has a “Supernatural” New Cleaning Company]( The unlikely success story from Addison looks for a repeat. [Read more.]( THE STATE OF TEXAS Voting Matters If you're voting straight ticket in Texas, [be sure to double check]( your ballot. The Texas Civil Rights Project has reported that it has heard of issues across the state with Hart eSlate voting machines. "We’ve been hearing reports of voters who go to the booths, they try to vote straight ticket and then the next screen they see it appears that their vote has been selected for a candidate of the opposing party,” James Slattery, a senior staff attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, told KUT. An Invasion The [Californians (and Chicagoans) are coming](. The Dallas Morning News reported that homeowners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago are fleeing toward Dallas. Home sales firm Redfin examined where people looking to leaving high-cost metro areas were heading to, and Dallas landed in the top ten U.S. metro areas. According to the Redfin data, a quarter of the people landing in Dallas are coming from Los Angeles. The data also noted that Austin and Houston were getting an influx of out-of-staters. Brace yourselves! Astroworld The season may be over, but there is [still good news]( for the Astros: three team members are finalists for the prestigious American League Gold Glove Awards: third baseman Alex Bregman, pitcher Dallas Keuchel and catcher Martín Maldonado. They won't have long to wait before finding out the results—winners will be announced on November 4. Keuchel was the last Astro to win a Golden Glove, in 2016. Now who's playing in the World Series, again? LONGFORM [Meet the Flamboyant, Fame-Seeking Heavyweight Champ of Texas Personal-Injury Law]( ERIC BENSON Is Thomas J. Henry an unrepentant huckster, or is he a righteous warrior for the little guy? Can he be both? [Read more.]( [Tailgate Like A Texan]( [Tailgate Like A Texan]( Join Texas Monthly for a tailgate as the Texas Longhorns take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday, October 27th! We'll enjoy drinks from Deep Eddy Vodka, tailgate games, BBQ from The Switch, and much more. [Read more]( [Your New Gameday Tradition]( MORE FROM TEXAS MONTHLY [Feast Around the World]( PATRICIA SHARPE [Partisan Primary Voters Cast 70 Percent of the Ballots on the First Day of Early Voting]( R.G. RATCLIFFE [Inside Famed Photographer Dan Winters’s Hill Country Studio]( LAUREN SMITH FORD [Subscribe to Texas Monthly today and save!]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may opt-out from Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. If you would like to manage which Texas Monthly Editorial newsletters you are receiving, click Preferences, below. 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