Early Voting: Monday is the beginning of the early voting period for the May 6 uniform election in most jurisdictions holding those elections.
CD21: The first of five planned Democratic candidate forums has been set for May 1 in San Marcos. At least eight candidates will participate, including three for which we had not yet been aware of any campaign activity:
- Ryan Allen, Burnet emergency physician
- Chad Kissinger, Austin tech entrepreneur; and
- Mary Wilson, Austin pastor.
The other participating candidates are former Congressional staffer Derrick Crowe, tech entrepreneur Joseph Kopser, affordable housing activist Elliott McFadden, musician Rixi Melton and attorney Chris Perri. A Democratic group called Race to Replace is organizing the series of forums.
At least 10 individuals are actively pursuing a challenge of U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) as Democrats.
CD30: The Dallas Morning News’s Gromer Jeffers Jr. reported that “people close to” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Dallas) expect she will seek re-election. Earlier this week, we noted that Johnson raised just $1K during the first three months of 2017 and has $54K on hand, adding to speculation that she might retire. A pair of fundraisers have been scheduled in Washington for next month.
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