Nov 30, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. AG (Lean R): U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) filed to challenge Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R) in the primary, joining Land Comm. George P. Bush (R)...
Oct 15, 2021 | Campaign Finance
Congressional incumbents and candidates raised more than $19.2M during the third quarter of 2021 and collectively reported having $46.7M on hand, according to October quarterly campaign finance reports filed through today (Friday). The 10 highest contribution totals...
Sep 27, 2021 | Redistricting
The draft Congressional redistricting map shows largely shores up incumbents’ districts (on both sides) but fails to create any new minority-majority or coalition districts. Based on 2020 election results, the map would result in 25 Republican (one competitive) and 13...
Sep 14, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 special: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered a September 28 runoff election to fill the unexpired state House term of U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Waxahachie). Early voting begins Monday. Former U.S. Health and Human Services official Brian Harrison (R) faces former Rep....
Sep 2, 2021 | Campaign News
The Legislature adjourned sine die this evening (Thursday) – a couple of days before it would have expired – stranding an election “audit” bill that rocketed through the Senate just two days since it was filed. Senate Bill 97 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) would...
Jul 15, 2021 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
The Texas congressional delegation and announced candidates raised more than $18M during the second quarter of 2021 and reported having more than $38M on hand. July quarterly reports were due today for all federal officeholders and candidates. Our federal Crib Sheet...
Jul 4, 2021 | Campaign News
State chair of the Republican Party of Texas and former one-term U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced he will challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in the primary. In a seven-minute announcement video, West speaks about legacies and the need to protect them before drawing...
Apr 15, 2021 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
April quarterly campaign finance reports were due today for federal officeholders and candidates, except those in the CD6 special election. These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made during the first three months of the year. Our federal Crib...
Feb 18, 2021 | Campaign News
Like many Texans, we were knocked offline for a while during the past week because of the winter weather. We hope each of you is safe, warm and healthy. HD68 special: Winter weather crippled early voting, which ends tomorrow (Friday). According to data posted by the...
Feb 10, 2021 | Campaign News
Friday is the deadline for candidates to file for offices on the May 1 general election ballot. HD68 special: The Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC endorsed David Spiller. NRCC Targets: The National Republican Campaign Committee released a list of about four dozen...
Dec 7, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Between campaign contributions to candidates and independent expenditures made to support or oppose them, $300M went into the U.S. Senate race and 36 Congressional races in the state. For the election cycle, the federal candidates on the general election ballot raised...
Nov 2, 2020 | Campaign News
Election Day is finally here. Our live coverage will begin at 7 p.m. at txelects.com/live. In addition to the results and analysis we normally provide, we’ve added a “scoreboard” powered by the Texas Tribune and its partner Decision Desk HQ. The scoreboard has been...
