Feb 13, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election begins Tuesday. Federal candidates’ pre-primary reports are due on February 20, and state candidates’ 8-day-out reports are due February 24. Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline for candidates to file for local offices on the...
Feb 12, 2020 | Campaign News
Friday is the deadline for candidates to file for local offices on the May 2 general election ballot. HD45: The Austin American-Statesman endorsed Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) and Bud Wymore (R) for their respective party’s nominations. HD47: The Austin...
Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign News, Federal Race Analyses
CD12: The campaign of U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) released a new ad, “The Real Chris Putnam,” highlighting her endorsement by President Trump and attacking her primary opponent. It is not terribly often that we see an incumbent member of Congress attack a...
Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person for the March 3 primary elections begins one week from tomorrow (Tuesday). SCCJ: The Dallas Morning News endorsed District Judge Amy Clark Meachum for the Democratic nomination to challenge Chief Justice Nathan Hecht (R). HD45: Texas Alliance...
Feb 9, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person for the March 3 primary elections begins one week from Tuesday. SD19: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Xochil Peña Rodriguez for the Democratic nomination over Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) and two other candidates. The nominee will...
Feb 6, 2020 | Campaign News
Judicial Poll: Incumbents on the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals were the top choices of respondents to the State Bar of Texas’s 2020 Judicial Poll (pdf). Chief Justice Nathan Hecht led all candidates with 2,706 votes, nearly 1K more than Democratic rival...
Feb 5, 2020 | Campaign News
The Secretary of State’s office confirmed it would report presidential primary votes at the Senate district level on Election night as it has in past presidential primaries. This is important, because a majority of the delegates a Democratic presidential candidate...
Feb 4, 2020 | Campaign News
We reported highlights of candidates’ 30-day-out campaign finance reports in another post. Our Crib Sheets have been fully updated. RRC: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans endorsed Comm. Ryan Sitton (R) for re-election. HD76 open: El Paso Co....
Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign News
The first votes of the 2020 presidential campaign have now been cast by Iowans attending caucus meetings. Some Texans may have already cast votes by mail, but the first in-person votes will be cast on February 18, two weeks from tomorrow (Tuesday). HD26 open: Rep....
Feb 2, 2020 | Campaign News
Joe Biden has twice the support as any other Democratic candidate in Texas but would still narrowly lose the state to President Trump, according to a new Dallas Morning News/Univ. of Texas-Tyler poll. Biden is the first choice of 38% of respondents “who identify as...
Jan 30, 2020 | Campaign News
Federal District Judge Orlando Garcia granted a preliminary injunction sought by Democratic and voting rights groups as part in a case over the state’s compliance with provisions in the federal National Voter Registration Act commonly referred to as “motor voter”...
Jan 29, 2020 | Campaign News
President Trump polls at or just over 50% and leads four prospective Democratic challengers by 3-8 percentage points according to Texas Lyceum’s 2020 statewide survey (PDF), but is within the margin of error of Bernie Sanders, who polls strongest among the four...
