Oct 12, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
SD19: Sen. Pete Flores (R-Pleasanton) was sworn in today (Friday) during a ceremony in the Senate Chamber. Flores defeated former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) in last month’s special runoff election, which was triggered by the resignation of former Sen....
Oct 5, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
Mission: Visiting Judge Bonner Dorsey voided the results of the June runoff in which Armando O’Caña ousted longtime Mayor Beto Salinas, 51%-49%. For two weeks, a series of witnesses testified, in varying degrees of clarity and consistency, about ways in which votes...
Oct 1, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released a two-minute ad, “Hope: Julie’s Story,” telling the story of a mother whose son was paralyzed in the Sutherland Springs mass shooting. LTGOV: The campaign of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) released a new ad focused on...
Sep 26, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
SD5: First a correction. In yesterday’s report about the Univ. of Texas’s investigation of explicit text messages allegedly sent by Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), we erroneously said an undergraduate student was the recipient of those alleged messages. She is...
Sep 25, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
LTGOV: The National Rifle Assoc. PAC endorsed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). TLR Endorsements: Texas for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed six of the seven non-judicial statewide incumbents seeking re-election, excluding Agriculture Comm. Sid Miller (R). SD5: The Austin...
Sep 24, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day. October 9 is the deadline for Texans to register to vote to participate in November 6 general election. GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released a new ad, “Keeping Texans Safe,” focused on border security and...
Sep 18, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
TXBIZ PAC: The Texas Assoc. of Business TXBIZ PAC released its slate of legislative endorsements for the general election. In general, the PAC endorsed Republican incumbents and open-seat nominees. Notably, the PAC endorsed Democratic challenger Julie Johnson over...
Sep 12, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
SD10: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Democratic challenger Beverly Powell over Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville). SD19 special: Through three days of early voting (out of five), 4,550 people have voted in person in Bexar Co. That figure excludes ballots by mail. A...
Sep 4, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released a pair of new ads, “Opportunities” and “Brighter Future,” focusing on jobs and education. respectively. The campaign also released one-minute radio ads on similar topics and highlighting his achievements in office....
May 8, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
GOV: The hourlong debate between Democratic runoff candidates Lupe Valdez and Andrew White will be held Friday at 7 p.m. in St. James Episcopal Church in Austin. It will not be televised but instead will be streamed live by KXAN-TV at kxan.com. HD46 open: Planned...
Jan 30, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
HD134: The Gov. Greg Abbott campaign released a second television ad attacking Rep. Sarah Davis (R-West University Place) for opposing his agenda. “Davis has sold out conservative values,” says the narrator, focusing on state spending and abortion, before the ad...
Sep 19, 2016 | Ads, Campaign News
Voter ID: U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos sided with the Voter ID suit plaintiffs who argued that state election officials were misleading voters about court-ordered remedies to the Voter ID law. She ordered the state to accurately describe the procedures a...
