Federal Fundraising Period Ends Amid COVID-19 Shutdown

Today (Tuesday) was the last day of the campaign finance period for federal candidates and officeholders. April quarterly reports will disclose contributions received and expenditures made between February 13 and March 31 for most filers. Reports for Officeholders not...

Early Voting Begins on Day After Easter

Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) in most jurisdictionsfor the May 4 uniform election. HD67: Dallas resident Anthony Lo established a campaign committee for an undetermined state office, but an ActBlue page indicates it may be HD67, which is held by Rep. Jeff...

Just 10K Early Voters in SD6 and Other News for December 7

SD6 special: Early voting has ended for the special election to fill the unexpired term of former Sen. and current U.S. Rep.-elect Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston). Just over 10K people voted in person or by mail during the 12-day early voting period. Mail ballots represent...

May 6 Local Election Recap

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...

Local Election News for April 23

Early Voting: Tomorrow (Monday) is the beginning of the early voting period for the May 6 uniform election in most jurisdictions holding those elections. Abilene: The Abilene Reporter-News endorsed former two-term council member Robert Briley to succeed Mayor Norm...

Local Election News for April 9

Amarillo: The Amarillo Police Officer’s Assoc. endorsed Ginger Nelson (Mayor open) and challenger Elaine Hays (P1), Freda Powell (P2 open) and Eddy Sauer (P3 open) for city council. For Place 1, the group previously endorsed Elisha Demerson, the current incumbent, in...

Local Election News for February 17

Today (Friday) was the deadline for candidates to file for most municipal and other local offices on the May 6 uniform election ballot. A few local jurisdictions have other deadlines. In general, candidates have one week to withdraw from their respective races after...

Archived June 13 Uniform Runoff Election Results

Final Runoff Update – 1:35 p.m. June 14 SAN ANTONIO Mayor: Taylor 51.7%, Van de Putte 48.3% — Taylor ends up winning Election Day (50.1%) voters to go with Early Voting (52.5%) P7: Medina 54, Aguirre-Rodriguez 46 We will need to see the precinct-level data after the...

Archived May 9 Uniform Election Live Results

UNIFORM ELECTION LIVE RETURNS ARCHIVE May 9, 2015 9:45 p.m. San Antonio (95% of precincts reporting) Mayor: Van de Putte 30.5%, Taylor 28.4%, Villarreal 26.0%, Adkisson 9.8% P1: Trevino 67%, Scott 21% P2: Warrick 62%, Toney 23% P3: Viagran 58%, Aguillon 36% P4:...