Aug 23, 2019 | Campaign News
SD19: San Antonio attorney Xochil Pena Rodriguez established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Pete Flores (R-Pleasanton) as a Democrat. SD21: Seguin pastor Frank Pomeroy established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Judith...
Jun 20, 2019 | Campaign News
AG: It took nearly six months, but the Court of Criminal Appeals declined the special prosecutors’ request to reconsider its November ruling striking down their fees. The judges did not explain their decision, although it seldom reconsiders any of its rulings. Atty....
Apr 28, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Tuesday in most jurisdictions holding local elections on Saturday. Turnout continues to be light across most of the state. Bexar Co.: Through Saturday, just over 35K people have voted in person, which is around 3.5% of registered voters....
Apr 25, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Tuesday in most jurisdictions participating in the May 4 uniform election. Generally speaking, turnout is light across the state: In Dallas Co., turnout is just north of 2% through the first four days. Turnout exceeds 5% in around three...
Dec 27, 2018 | Campaign News
Longtime Bexar Co. Comm. Paul Elizondo, 83, passed away earlier today (Thursday). He served two terms in the House of Representatives from 1979-83 before being elected to the Commissioners Court. He unsuccessfully ran for Bexar County Judge in 1984 before returning to...
Oct 31, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday. Tuesday’s turnout was the second lowest of any single day so far, topping only Sunday, and preliminary numbers from a few of the larger counties suggests today’s (Wednesday) turnout was a little lower. Despite the decline,...
Oct 28, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting on Saturday surpassed the corresponding Saturday in 2016 and exceeded the last three gubernatorial elections’ Saturdays combined in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. It was the highest Saturday vote total ever for early voting in those...
Oct 27, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting turnout has officially surpassed total early turnout in 2014. Through the first five days of early voting, 2.43M people have voted in person and by mail in the 30 counties with the most registered voters. A little over 2.55M people voted during the entire...
Oct 25, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continued today (Thursday). Preliminary reports suggest in-person turnout remains record-setting for a gubernatorial election but is losing ground on the 2016 pace. In Harris Co., in-person early voting dipped a bit from the last three days. Almost 59K...
Oct 24, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continues across the state. In-person turnout on Day 3 appeared steady, and thus record-setting, in the counties for which we have seen data or heard reports. Before we get to today’s (Wednesday’s) numbers, let’s look back at Day 2 (Tuesday). In the 30...
Oct 23, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting in person began Monday and runs through November 2. First, a look back at historic Day 1. More than 572K people voted early in person on Monday, or their mail ballots were returned by Monday, in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. That is...
Oct 22, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting in person began today (Monday) and runs through November 2. In general, turnout was brisk, shattering records for gubernatorial general elections and even eclipsing the record-setting turnout of Day 1 in 2016, the last presidential election. Some...