May 18, 2020 | Campaign News
SEN: Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) accused U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R) of using a “racist dogwhistle” when the incumbent’s campaign referred to West as “Restful Royce.” A spokesperson for Cornyn’s campaign said there was no racist intent as the term was meant to mock...
May 6, 2020 | Campaign News
HD25 open: The Texas Home School Coalition PAC endorsed Cody Vasut in the Republican runoff over Ro’Vin Garrett. The group did not endorse in this race for the primary. HD26 open: The Texas Home School Coalition PAC endorsed Jacey Jetton in the Republican runoff over...
Apr 21, 2020 | Campaign News
The race to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) in CD22 is currently the fifth most expensive in the nation, according to a national analysis of campaign finance data. The 15 Republicans and 5 Democrats seeking the office have raised a collective...
Apr 15, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Today (Wednesday) was the deadline for federal officeholders and candidates to file their April quarterly reports. For most candidates, these reports disclose contributions received between February 13 and March 31. We have updated our Crib Sheet for key races, except...
Mar 18, 2020 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has suspended portions of the Election Code to permit local governments to postpone their general elections to November 3 from May 2 and to require county officials to enter into contracts to administer those elections if requested. He encouraged...
Mar 16, 2020 | Campaign News
SD14 special: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered a July 14 special election to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), who is resigning effective April 30. Abbott declined to set the election to coincide with the May 2 uniform election, citing the...
Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign News
Heading into last week’s primary elections, we outlined four principal storylines we’d be watching as the results came in. Final official results, and the results of any recounts and contests, are still to come, but we have answers to all the questions we...
Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign News
Slow reporting of numbers – early voting and Election Day – muddled some views that are normally clear much earlier in the evening, but we now have a fairly complete picture of the winners, losers and runoff participants. Vote percentages below are unofficial and as...
Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign News
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the primary election in Texas. Our live coverage of results and analysis will begin at about 7 p.m. CT and can be found at https://txelects.com/live/. Here are some of the storylines we’re watching. Fallen incumbents? At least five incumbent...
Feb 20, 2020 | Campaign Finance, Federal Race Analyses
Federal candidates’ pre-primary reports were due today (Thursday). These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made between January 1 and February 12. Most candidates have filed as of our press time, and our Crib Sheets have been updated with the...
Feb 19, 2020 | By the Numbers, Campaign Finance
76% Percent of the time an open-seat candidate with the highest contribution total has either won a multi-way primary race outright or advanced to a runoff since 2006. Campaign cash is one of the best indicators of potential success in contested primary races where at...
Feb 14, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election begins on Tuesday. RRC: The Dallas Morning News and the San Antonio Express-News endorsed Comm. Ryan Sitton (R) and Chrysta Castañeda (D) for their respective party’s nominations. Courts: The San Antonio Express-News...