Dec 30, 2019 | Campaign News
We have updated our Crib Sheets to remove Republican and Democratic candidates who did not file by the deadline. We have left in place a couple of candidates who are challenging administrative determinations that they are ineligible to seek the office for which they...
Apr 2, 2019 | Campaign News
“Our Freedom Caucus rolled over and played dead. Then got up, wagged their tail, and acted like it was a victory,” wrote NE Tarrant Tea Party leader Julie McCarty in an open letter to the caucus. “For those of us in the trenches daily, it was horrifying and...
Mar 24, 2019 | Campaign News
Former Harris Co. Comm. El Franco Lee, who passed away in January 2016, still has more than $3.6M in his campaign account, reported the Houston Chronicle’s Zach Despart. His widow, Ethel Kaye Lee, is its treasurer and has sole discretion on how the funds may be spent....
Feb 7, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125: With one day of early voting remaining, 2,763 voters have cast ballots in person, including 416 today (Thursday), the largest single-day total so far, amounting to around 2.7% of registered voters. Of those, 1,205 have been cast at the Maury Maverick Library in...
Sep 11, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) out-raised Pleasanton retired game warden Pete Flores (R), $369K to $307K, between July 22 and September 8, according to their runoff campaign finance reports. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s (R) campaign...
Jul 19, 2018 | Campaign Finance, Political Climate
In 2014, Democrats and their donors aimed high, and they missed badly. By this point in that election cycle, Democratic general election nominees running for statewide, legislative and federal office had raised a total of $49.3M. Then-Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth),...
Jul 15, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the emergency special election to fill the unexpired term of former Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). Four Democrats, three Republicans and a Libertarian are in the race. The San Antonio Express-News endorsed...
Jul 12, 2018 | Campaign News
LTGOV: The campaign of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced he raised $4.5M since February 24, which was the end of the reporting period for the primary election, which is the second-highest contribution figure ever reported by a LTGOV candidate for any single reporting...
Jul 11, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) announced his campaign raised more than $10.4M during the second quarter. He received donations “from 215,714 individual contributors, most of them from Texas, giving $15, $25, $50 bucks at a time,” O’Rourke said in a Facebook...
Jul 9, 2018 | Campaign News
At least four Democratic congressional challengers will report raising at least $1M each during the second quarter of 2018: Colin Allred, challenging U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Dallas), will report raising $1.1M and having $900K on hand Lizzie Pannill Fletcher,...
Apr 8, 2018 | Campaign News
HD13 special: The three candidates vying in the special for the unexpired term of former Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell) filed 30-day-out reports late last week: Jill Wolfskill reported $56K in contributions, $21K in expenditures and has $47K on hand. Three donors...
Mar 4, 2018 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Primary Election Day is Tuesday. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time across the state. Counties begin releasing early voting results shortly after polls close. We will have live returns and analysis beginning at 7 p.m. CST at https://txelects.wpengine.com/live....