Dec 11, 2018 | Campaign News, Special Elections
By 59 votes, Rep. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) has won the four-way SD6 special election outright. She will serve the remaining two years of former Sen. and now U.S. Rep.-elect Sylvia Garcia’s (D-Houston) term. Alvarado received 50.4% of the vote. Rep. Ana Hernandez...
Jun 16, 2018 | Campaign News
Abilene: Challenger Jack Rentz defeated incumbent council member Bruce Kreitler, 55%-45%. Rentz received nearly 1K more votes today than in the May election, while Kreitler received about 400 more votes. The third-place finisher in the May election endorsed Rentz....
Jun 6, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting has concluded for June 9 local runoffs and continues until June 12 for June 16 local runoffs. In Abilene, 2,535 people have voted early in the council runoff between incumbent Bruce Kreitler and challenger Jack Rentz. Just over 9,200 people voted in the...
Jun 3, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continues Monday and concludes Tuesday for June 9 local runoffs and begins Monday for June 16 local runoffs, continuing until June 12. In Mission, 3,795 people have voted early during the first five days of early voting (Two days remain.) for the June 9...
May 11, 2018 | Campaign News
A federal judge has given the state seven until Thursday to create a path for voters to register automatically when they go online to obtain or renew their driver’s licenses. The Texas Dept. of Public Safety’s website currently redirects voters to the Secretary of...
May 6, 2018 | Election Night Returns
A few quick highlights of tonight’s election results: The special election for HD13 settled nothing. Ben Leman (43%) and Jill Wolfskill (37%) are headed to a special runoff election, assuming the loser of their May 22 primary runoff match wishes to press on with...
Apr 22, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the May 5 uniform and special elections. Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the Texas redistricting case on Tuesday. GOV: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Andrew White in the Democratic...
Jun 7, 2017 | Campaign News
SD10: Burleson real estate developer and Burleson ISD trustee Beverly Powell announced she would challenge Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) as a Democrat. She also formally established a campaign committee. We previously reported that Powell established an ActBlue...
Jun 4, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues tomorrow and Tuesday in jurisdictions holding June 10 runoffs and begins tomorrow in jurisdictions holding June 17 runoffs. HD114: We can confirm that Dallas attorney John Turner, son of former U.S. Rep. Jim Turner (D-Crockett), has formed a...
May 16, 2017 | Local Elections
Abilene: The mayoral runoff election between council member Anthony Williams and Robert Briley has been set for June 17, a week after most other entities are holding their runoff elections. Corpus Christi: The city council approved a timeline for appointing a...
May 9, 2017 | Campaign News
Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 11 is the deadline to register to vote for any runoff election being held June 10. Rep. RonSimmons Single-punch Elimination: House Bill 25 by Rep. Ron Simmons (R-Carrollton) will be heard in the Senate Business & Commerce...
May 7, 2017 | Local Elections
Abilene: Anthony Williams (48%) and Robert Briley (46%) advanced to a runoff to succeed Mayor Norm Archibald, who won re-election over Briley three years ago. Amarillo: Ginger Nelson easily won the mayor’s race with 79% of the vote, and voters elected four new council...
