Nov 13, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign News
U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston) announced he would not seek re-election. He is the sixth member of Congress to announce plans not to seek re-election. “I have been fortunate to have never lost an election since 1972, and I am confident that I still have the support...
Apr 9, 2017 | Campaign News
HD45: Driftwood resident Elizabeth Bryant filed paperwork to form a campaign account for a potential challenge to Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs). Her personal Twitter stream suggests she would run as a Democrat. SEN: Denton architect Roman McAllen and Mansfield...
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,...
Feb 15, 2016 | Campaign News
HD1: The Paris News endorsed the challenger, former Rep. George Lavender (R-Texarkana). HD2: Land Commissioner George P. Bush endorsed Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). HD20: The Williamson County Sun endorsed Rep. Marcia Farney (R-Georgetown). CD17: The Austin...
Feb 2, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Federal candidates were required to file end-of-year reports covering by January 31. These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made during the last quarter of 2015. We have a few quick observations about these reports: Very few primary challengers...
Jan 26, 2016 | Tweets from the Trail
The campaigns of U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston) and challenger Adrian Garcia clashed on Twitter as the rhetoric between them heats up. The war of 140 words began when Garcia, sharing a link to a Houston Chronicle story on the race, tweeted, “We’re on...
Jan 23, 2016 | Tweets from the Trail
From time to time, we’ll share some tweeted photos of candidates on the campaign trail. Getting used to blockwalking with a stroller. Teaching William a bit about grassroots campaigning! pic.twitter.com/F62fSBIMSj — Joe Moody (@moodyforelpaso) January 23,...
Jan 23, 2016 | Campaign News
CD29: The Houston Black-American Democrats endorsed challenger Adrian Garcia. SC5: The Dallas Morning News and the Texas Patriots Tea Party PAC endorsed Justice Paul Green. SC9: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Justice Eva Guzman. CCA: The Dallas Morning News endorsed...
Jan 19, 2016 | Campaign News
Texas Assoc. of Realtors: TREPAC announced its primary election endorsements. The group sided mostly with incumbents but endorsed these three challengers: HD4: Former Rep. Lance Gooden over Rep. Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman) HD55: Former Rep. Hugh Shine over Rep. Molly...
Jan 6, 2016 | Campaign News
HOSPAC: The Texas Hospital Assoc. PAC recently released its complete list of 2016 endorsements. The PAC endorsed most incumbents, but it also endorsed three challengers: HD4: Former Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Terrell) over Rep. Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman) HD92: Scott Fisher...
Dec 22, 2015 | Archived Updates
Tomorrow is the deadline for the parties to certify their lists of candidates. We have received what we believe are the final lists from the Green and Libertarian Parties. We have requested a list of independent candidates who filed their declarations of candidacy...
Dec 14, 2015 | Archived Updates
The filing period is now over. It may take a few days for all the filed candidates to appear in the reporting systems, but we know most of what there is to know. Attached please find our Crib Sheets (up to date as of 9:50 p.m. today) in an Excel format that show what...
