Mar 29, 2017 | By the Numbers, Federal Race Analyses
38% Average share of the vote received by the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in a gubernatorial election cycle since 1990. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) has scheduled a “major announcement” for Friday that most observers believe will serve as his formal entry...
Mar 1, 2017 | By the Numbers, Straight-ticket Voting
Forty Texas House districts saw one party’s candidate have at least a 20K-vote advantage in straight-party voting for the 2016 general election, up from 27 in 2012. Of the 40 seats, Republicans held the advantage in 27 seats, and Democrats held the advantage in 13. On...
Feb 1, 2017 | By the Numbers
11.99 Amount, in millions of dollars, that Gov. Greg Abbott reported having on hand as of December 31 in excess of the total cash on hand reported as of the same date by all 36 U.S. Representatives from Texas combined. Abbott reported having $34.4M on hand, the second...
Jan 2, 2017 | By the Numbers
1,142 Number of pre-filed House and Senate bills and joint resolutions as of December 31, 2016, the most ever pre-filed by this same point in time for any Texas legislative session. The number of pre-filed bills and joint resolutions this year is 31% above the...
Dec 12, 2016 | By the Numbers
7 Number of Texas U.S. representatives who exit the 2015-16 federal election cycle with more than $1M cash on hand. Post-general campaign finance reports were due late last week for federal candidates on the general election ballot. Seven of the state’s 36 incumbents...
Nov 16, 2016 | By the Numbers
6 Number of Democrats, all incumbents and unopposed, elected to county-level office in Foard Co. despite the fact that 48% of all votes cast there were straight-ticket Republican. Democratic Sheriff/Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Brown, County Attorney Marshall Capps,...
Oct 23, 2016 | By the Numbers
39 Percent of all straight-ticket Republican votes cast in Travis Co. in 2012 by residents of HD47. Travis Co. has been reliably blue in recent history as a whole, but portions of it are quite red. Rep. Paul Workman (R-Austin) received nearly 18K more votes than his...
Oct 19, 2016 | By the Numbers
Secretary of State Carlos Cascos announced that just over 15.1 million Texans are registered to vote for the general election, an increase of a little over 85K from his previous announcement. This includes nearly 1.7 million “suspense voters.” These are voters whose...
Aug 30, 2016 | By the Numbers
149 Number of counties where 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis received fewer votes than Democratic Gov. Allan Shivers received in his 1954 re-election bid. Texas was conservative but politically different 60 years ago. Shivers received 85% of the vote...
Aug 23, 2016 | By the Numbers, Political Climate
1966 The most recent year when a Democratic gubernatorial candidate won all 254 counties in Texas. Garry Mauro, top Clinton ally in Texas, tells reporters: "No, we're not a battleground state and we shouldn't be a battleground state." — Patrick...
Aug 9, 2016 | By the Numbers, Political Climate
7 Percent of the voting-age population (VAP) who voted for Greg Abbott or Wendy Davis in 2014 in Dallas Co. precincts where at least 75% of the population is Hispanic/Latino. That’s about one out of every 13 people of eligible voting age in those precincts. The...
Jul 28, 2016 | By the Numbers
101 Number of days the Texas House of Representatives has had 150 members since the 84th Legislature convened on January 13, 2015, out of 563 days. Just two of those 101 days occurred while the House was in session. The HD120 special runoff election will once again...
