Jun 7, 2022 | Special Elections
Early voting continues for the June 14 special election for CD34 open (Lean R) through Friday. As of yesterday (Mon.), just over 8K people – 2.1% of registered voters – have cast ballots early in person (78%) or by mail (22%). About three quarters of all early votes...
May 19, 2022 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) endorsed former Waller Co. Comm. Stan Kitzman (R) in the runoff over Rep. Phil Stephenson (R-Wharton), one of four Republican legislators forced into runoffs this cycle. Abbott is at least the third statewide election official to endorse Kitzman,...
May 18, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the May 24 primary runoff election continues through Friday. Through yesterday (Tues.), the second day of early voting, a total of 193K people had voted in the Republican primary in person (68%) or by mail (32%) and 129K people had voted in the...
May 10, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the May 24 runoff election begins Monday. AG (Lean R): The campaign of Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R) released a new ad criticizing “liberal Land Commissioner” George P. Bush (R) for his “woke plan” for the Alamo....
May 4, 2022 | Campaign News
A new Univ. of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, 48%-37%, a 1-point larger margin from the school’s February poll. Abbott’s favorability rating is 46/40 (+6) while O’Rourke is underwater at 38/47...
May 1, 2022 | Campaign News
Jolanda Jones (D) out-raised Danielle Keys Bess (D), $41K to $36K, and outspent her, $53K to $22K, according to the HD147 (Safe D) special election candidates’ 8-day-out campaign finance reports. Jones has a $63K to $14K advantage in cash on hand going into this...
Apr 26, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting continues for the May 7 general, special and constitutional amendment elections. Around 1% of Texas registered voters cast ballots in person or by mail through Monday, the first day of early voting, in the constitutional amendment election. Because there...
Feb 22, 2022 | Campaign News
Corrections: We have at various times erroneously called CD8 open (Safe R) candidate Morgan Luttrell (R) by his twin brother’s name, Marcus. We have corrected these reports online and regret the errors. Campaign Finance: State and legislative candidates facing primary...
Feb 9, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 1 primary begins Monday. AG (Lean R): The National Rifle Assoc. endorsed Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R), who received an A+ grade from the group. The group rated his primary challengers Land Comm. George P. Bush (R) as A, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert...
Feb 7, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 1 primary begins Monday. RRC (Likely R): The Dallas Morning News endorsed Dawayne Tipton (R) over Comm. Wayne Christian (R). SD11 open (Likely R): The Mayes Middleton (R) campaign released a new ad leading with former President Trump’s...
Feb 2, 2022 | Campaign News
LTGOV (Lean R): The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Mike Collier for the Democratic nomination. AG (Lean R): U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert’s (R-Tyler) campaign released a new ad contending that Democrats are “licking their chops” to face Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R). We just...
Jan 25, 2022 | Campaign News
LTGOV (Lean R): Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s (R) campaign released a new ad, “Promise,” featuring former President Trump’s endorsement and a familiar pickup truck. SD25 (Likely R): Sen. Donna Campbell’s (R-New Braunfels) campaign released a new ad, “HealthCare,” focusing on...
