May 11, 2017 | Campaign Finance
KoryWatkins GOV: Lone Oak gun rights activist Kory Watkins has filed paperwork establishing a campaign committee to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott, and he announced he would seek the Libertarian Party’s nomination. Watkins was the head of Open Carry Tarrant County...
Apr 27, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Early Voting continues for the May 6 elections in jurisdictions holding them. Redistricting: At a status conference today (Thursday) in San Antonio, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said the court would issue an order Monday setting a schedule for further...
Apr 18, 2017 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Congressional Campaign Finance: Quarterly campaign finance reports were due over the weekend for federal officeholders and certain candidates. Highlights include: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R) report is not currently available. We previously reported that U.S. Sen. Ted...
Jan 19, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Yesterday, we reported that Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) had the third-highest cash-on-hand figure in the state. We overlooked Speaker Joe Straus’s (R-San Antonio) $10.4M on hand, which makes Whitmire’s $8.0M the fourth-highest, trailing Gov. Greg Abbott ($34.4M),...
Jan 19, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Campaign finance reports covering either the last six months of 2016 or, for candidates who had a contested general election, the period from October 29 to the end of the year, were due Tuesday. We have begun to incorporate those fundraising numbers into our Crib...
Jan 18, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Campaign finance reports covering either the last six months of 2016 or, for candidates who had a contested general election, the period from October 29 to the end of the year, were due Tuesday. We have begun to incorporate those fundraising numbers into our Crib...
Nov 3, 2016 | Campaign Finance
With so many Texans voting early in general elections and a paucity of competitive races, the impact of “late-train” money in close campaigns is muted. As a result, we are seeing fewer, and smaller, infusions of cash and in-kind contributions during the campaigns’...
Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Eight-day-out campaign finance reports were due yesterday for state and legislative candidates (and some local candidates) with general election opponents. The reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between September 29 and October 29. From this...
Nov 1, 2016 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Eight-day-out campaign finance reports were due yesterday for state and legislative candidates (and some local candidates) with general election opponents. The reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between September 29 and October 29. From this...
Oct 20, 2016 | Campaign Finance, House Race Analyses
Freshman Rep. Rick Galindo (R-San Antonio) faces a rematch against former one-term Rep. Philip Cortez (D-San Antonio) in HD118, one of five Republican-held House seats where Democrats have the historical advantage in straight-ticket voting in presidential election...
Oct 19, 2016 | Campaign Finance, House Race Analyses
In HD105, Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) has about double the resources of Democratic challenger Terry Meza, according to the candidates’ 30-day-out reports filed last week. Anderson out-raised Meza, $179K to $103K, between July 1 and September 29, and he has...
Oct 18, 2016 | Campaign Finance, House Race Analyses
At least in terms of campaign finances, HD107 is the state’s hottest legislative race. Rep. Kenneth Sheets VictoriaNeave Rep. Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas) entered the campaign’s final weeks with significant advantages over Democratic challenger Victoria Neave in cash on...
