Oct 25, 2020 | Campaign News
Democratic challenger Joe Biden leads President Trump, 48%-45%, with 5% undecided, according to a new Dallas Morning News/Univ. of Texas-Tyler poll (PDF). Prior UT-Tyler polls have shown Trump leading by two in September, Biden by five in July and a tied race in...
Oct 18, 2020 | Political Climate
Our latest model run moves the presidential race in Texas to Toss Up and projects a narrow Democratic majority in the Texas House when the Legislature convenes in January. Another four Republican-held House seats are within 2 percentage points of potentially adding to...
Oct 8, 2020 | Campaign News
SC6 (Lean Republican): The Dallas Morning News endorsed Justice Jane Bland (R). HD67 (Toss Up): Rep. Jeff Leach’s (R-Allen) campaign released a new ad, “Unfit,” criticizing Democratic challenger Lorenzo Sanchez on law enforcement issues. HD92 open (Lean Republican):...
Jul 19, 2020 | Campaign News
Texas Election Source has updated 27 race ratings based on the latest polling, July campaign finance reports and primary runoff results. Twenty of those races moved one column toward the Democrats’ advantage. Our complete ratings are located here. Thirteen...
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...
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 24, 2020 | Campaign News
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are tied as the top two choices of “likely Democratic primary voters,” according to a new Univ. of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs survey (PDF). Biden (22.5%) and Sanders (22.1%) are followed by Elizabeth Warren (18%), Michael...
Feb 23, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election continues through February 28. Turnout continues to be brisk for a primary election but dwarfed by a general election. Through Saturday, Republican turnout in the 15 counties with the most registered voters remains at a...
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 16, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election begins on Tuesday. Courts: The Houston Chronicle endorsed Larry Praeger (SC6) and Peter Kelly (SC8) for the Democratic nominations for their respective races. SD11: The Houston Chronicle endorsed Susan Criss for the...
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...
