Sep 24, 2019 | Campaign News
SD12: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to appear at Sen. Jane Nelson’s (R-Flower Mound) re-election campaign kickoff event in Grapevine next month. SD29 open: State Board of Education Member Georgina Pérez (D-El Paso) endorsed Rep. Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso) for the...
Aug 6, 2019 | Campaign News
A new Emerson Coll. poll conducted for the Dallas Morning News shows former Vice President Joe Biden (28%), former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (19%), Bernie Sanders (16%) and Elizabeth Warren (14%) leading the Democratic field in Texas. Former San Antonio Mayor Julián...
Aug 12, 2018 | Campaign News
CD15: Patriot Majority USA released a new ad, “Hard Work,” supporting U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s (D-McAllen) re-election. The ad focuses on health care for seniors. Local Filing Period: Candidates for local offices seeking a spot on the November general election...
Nov 16, 2017 | Campaign News
SEN: North Richland Hills television executive Bruce Jacobson Jr. announced he would challenge U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in the primary. We previously reported that he was “prayerfully considering” the race. CD2 open: Houston businessman David Balat filed in the...
Oct 26, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 6 general and constitutional amendment election. Turnout continues to be very light across most of the state. Fewer than 64K of the 9.8M registered voters (0.65%) in the state’s 15 most populous counties voted early in person or...
May 26, 2016 | Campaign News
Candidates seeking a recount have until June 6 to file their petition. RRC: A spokesman for Gary Gates says it is “unlikely” he would seek a recount, according to the Texas Tribune’s Jim Malewitz. HD33: John Keating said he would let the overseas ballots be counted...
May 26, 2016 | Political Climate, Runoff Elections
A few days ago, we listed some storylines we’d be watching as the runoff election votes were tallied. Here we revisit those storylines and a couple of others from previous posts. Wayne Christian Christian or Gates? We knew one of the candidates was going to buck...
May 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Through three days of early voting, fewer than 1.5% of registered voters have cast ballots by mail or in person in the primary runoff election in the state’s 15 most populous counties. Republican runoff turnout through three days is 60% below 2012 and 54% below 2014....
May 15, 2016 | Campaign News
Early voting begins Monday and runs through Friday for the primary runoff elections. Monday is the deadline for primary runoff candidates to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports – our first look into their fundraising efforts since late February. These reports...
May 9, 2016 | Campaign News
RRC open: The Dallas Morning News made no endorsement in the Republican runoff between former Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) and Gary Gates. The paper endorsed Grady Yarbrough in the Democratic runoff. SD24 open: The Dawn Buckingham campaign released a new radio ad...
Apr 28, 2016 | Campaign News
RRC open: The Kaufman Co. Tea Party endorsed former Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center). His runoff opponent Gary Gates came in first in Kaufman Co. with 28% of the vote. Christian finished fourth there with 12% of the vote, trailing Weston Martinez (22%) and Lance...
Feb 21, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Federal candidates’ pre-primary reports were due on Friday. These reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between January 1 and February 10. While some reports have (still) not yet posted to the Federal Election Commission’s web site,...
