Jan 17, 2021 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
HD68 special: Jacksboro attorney and Jacksboro ISD trustee David Spiller (R) leads the five-candidate field with $102K in contributions (includes two daily reports) and $82K in expenditures. Cooke County Judge Jason Brinkley (R) raised $14K and spent $19K, and Nocona...
Dec 7, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Between campaign contributions to candidates and independent expenditures made to support or oppose them, $300M went into the U.S. Senate race and 36 Congressional races in the state. For the election cycle, the federal candidates on the general election ballot raised...
Oct 28, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Yesterday’s report about campaign finance results for key House races was missing details about a number of Democratic candidates’ 8-day-out reports. To be clear, they filed their reports on time, but the contribution and expenditure details were not yet available...
Oct 27, 2020 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
State candidates in contested races raised nearly $53.5M during the past month, of which $39.3M went to candidates in competitive state House races (We cover the House in detail here.). Our Crib Sheets have been fully updated. Candidates with general election...
Oct 27, 2020 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
The battle for the Texas House got expensive. Candidates in competitive seats collectively raised $39.3M during the past month, much of through in-kind contributions from a handful of sources. Republicans, bolstered by huge spending by Texans for Lawsuit Reform...
Oct 22, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Congressional candidates on the general election ballot were required to file their pre-general election reports today (Thursday). These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made during the first two weeks of October. Contribution totals include...
Oct 15, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Congressional candidates on the general election ballot raised more than $60M during the third quarter of 2020. In a number of races – the U.S. Senate race an exception – the candidates’ fundraising totals exceeded the same period in 2018. SEN (Lean Republican):...
Oct 6, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Statewide and legislative candidates facing general election opposition reported raising nearly $27M since July 1. Democrats accounted for $12.4M of that figure, and Republican candidates raised $14.6M. Sixteen challengers out-raised their incumbent opponents for the...
Jul 16, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) reported more cash on hand ($38.2M) than all of the Republican legislative incumbents and candidates on the 2020 general election ballot combined ($32.1M) and all of the Republican congressional incumbents and candidates on the 2020 general...
Jul 15, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Today (Wednesday) was the deadline for all federal and state officeholders and candidates to file campaign finance reports covering various periods ending June 30 (except state runoff candidates). Federal candidates’ July semiannual reports become available online as...
Jul 7, 2020 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Runoff reports were due yesterday (Monday) for state candidates on the July 14 primary runoff ballot. Candidates in the SD14 special election were required to file 8-day-out reports. These runoff reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made between...
Jul 2, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Today (Thursday) was the deadline for federal candidates on the July 14 primary runoff ballot to file their pre-runoff reports. The reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made between April 1 and June 29.* Collectively, the runoff candidates raised...
