Dec 13, 2022 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Former Mayor and former Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) won Austin’s mayoral runoff, 50.4%-49.6%, over Rep. Celia Israel (D-Austin), a margin of 886 votes. Watson’s margin of victory came from the pockets of Austin outside Travis Co. He received 62% of the nearly 3,600...
Dec 6, 2022 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will nominate Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) to become the state’s 115th Secretary of State. “Senator Nelson’s lifelong commitment to public service and deep understanding of state government will be assets in her new role ensuring the critical...
Dec 6, 2022 | Campaign News
The “independent state legislature” theory gets its day in the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow (Wed.) as justices will ultimately decide whether the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures sole authority to regulate federal elections beyond the purview of state courts...
Dec 5, 2022 | Campaign News
The House Republican Caucus endorsed Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) for re-election by a reported 78-6 secret ballot vote. Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arligton) was the only other candidate nominated. “Every member will play a role in our legislative process,” Phelan...
Dec 1, 2022 | Campaign News
SD27 open: Adam Hinojosa (R) formally requested a recount of his 659-vote loss to Morgan LaMantia (D) in three of the district’s eight counties. “If honest mistakes were made in the counting, it would only be significant in a place where large numbers of paper or...
Nov 29, 2022 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) canvassed the statewide results of the 2022 general election yesterday (Mon.). As far as we can tell, no state races flipped from the unofficial election results. Just over 8.1M Texans cast a vote for a certified gubernatorial candidate,...
Nov 22, 2022 | Campaign News
The Texas Supreme Court granted the state’s motion for temporary relief to require Harris Co. to account around 2K late-cast provisional ballots separately as part of the county’s canvass of the official election results. However, it did not go so far as to reject the...
Nov 21, 2022 | Campaign News
SD27 open: Democrat Morgan LaMantia’s lead over Adam Hinojosa (R) has increased to 655 votes following the canvasses of Bee, Cameron, Hidalgo and Nueces Cos. The county-by-county breakdown is as follows: Cameron: LaMantia 41,643 (+63), Hinojosa 33,822 (+22) –...
Nov 16, 2022 | Campaign News
As expected, former President Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination last night (Tues.). During his hourlong address, Trump asserted that he received the most votes in the 2020 election and he won every community along the Texas...
Nov 14, 2022 | Campaign News
Today (Mon.) was the deadline for provisional voters to cure the reason they had to vote provisional (e.g., address did not match voter roll, left ID at home). Today was also the deadline for absentee voters to cure defects on their absentee ballot carrier envelopes...
Nov 6, 2022 | Campaign News
Tuesday is Election Day. Early voting ended below the 2018 mark, but daily turnout exceeded the 2018 numbers for the last three days of the early voting period. Statewide, just under 5.5M Texans voted early in person or by mail through Friday, the end of the early...
Nov 4, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting has ended for Tuesday’s general election. Turnout continues to be below 2018 levels overall, but it showed signs of gaining ground over the past couple of days. For the first time this year, the number of early voters exceeded the same day in 2018 in the...
