Nov 19, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election is underway. Our Crib Sheets have up-to-date filing status of the candidates we are tracking. At least 280 candidates have already filed. New Republican PAC: Several House Republicans have launched the Leading Texas Forward PAC to defend...
Oct 31, 2019 | Campaign News
The campaign of Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) teased that it has scheduled a “BIG Campaign Announcement” for Saturday at its new campaign office in San Antonio. He is widely expected to announce a challenge of Sen. Pete Flores (R-San Antonio). Gutierrez...
Sep 26, 2019 | Campaign News
HD60 open: Graford rancher and veterinarian Glenn Rogers announced he would seek the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by Rep. Mike Lang (R-Granbury). Rogers is a former Graford ISD trustee. HD94: Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington) announced he would...
Sep 25, 2019 | Campaign News
Eight-term Rep. Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) and two-term Rep. Mike Lang (R-Granbury) announced they would not seek re-election. Rep. MikeLang Rep. Dwayne Bohac “It is time for me to focus on my family, new callings in life and allow someone else the opportunity to have...
Sep 9, 2019 | Campaign News
Sen. Pat Fallon (R-Prosper), who ousted longtime Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) in the 2018 Republican primary, announced he was exploring a primary challenge of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R) from the right. Fallon said he would meet with voters and Republican leaders...
Jun 18, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting ended today (Tuesday) in jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 22 and continued in jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 29. RRC: Comm. Wayne Christian (R) was elected Chair by his two colleagues, consistent with the customary rotation...
Jun 4, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting has concluded in most jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 8 and continues in jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 15. Turnout in Dallas Co. inched about 6% with more than 50K ballots cast, nearly all in person. Today (Tuesday) was the...
May 22, 2019 | Campaign News
Correction: In yesterday’s report, we erroneously referred to Ron Nirenberg as a “mayoral challenger.” He is the Mayor of San Antonio. We regret the error and have corrected it. CD8: Spring resident Jacob Osborne established a campaign committee for a potential...
Nov 27, 2018 | Campaign News
SD6 special: Early voting continues for the December 11 special election. In-person turnout fell to 292 people today (Tuesday) from 373 yesterday, but nearly 1K more ballots by mail were received today than yesterday and the days leading up to it. Through two days,...
Oct 30, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday. Through yesterday (Monday), Day 8, more than 3.35M people have voted in person or by mail in the 30 counties with the most registered voters. In 2014, a total of 3.59M votes were cast in those counties, including Election Day....
Oct 24, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: A new Ipsos/Reuters online poll shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leading U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso), 49%-44%, with “Other” polling at 3%. Libertarian nominee Neal Dikeman is the only other candidate on the ballot. The poll shows Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leading...
Oct 23, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: The Beaumont Enterprise and Marshall News-Messenger endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott (R). LTGOV: The Waco Tribune-Herald and Marshall News-Messenger endorsed Democratic challenger Mike Collier over Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). AG: The Marshall News-Messenger endorsed...
