Apr 17, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: In a fundraising email, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pounced on former Dallas Co. Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s (D) comments that, as governor, she would “eviscerate” Senate Bill 4, sanctuary city legislation passed last year. The email identified Valdez as the “Democratic...
Apr 15, 2018 | Campaign Finance
Federal candidates and officeholders were required to file April quarterly reports by today (Sunday). These reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between February 15 and March 31. Not all of the reports or totals are available online as of this...
Apr 10, 2018 | Campaign News
HD4 open: Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed former Rep. Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman) over Keith Bell. HD13 open: Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Ben Leman in the Republican runoff and special election over Jill Wolfskill. CD5 open: Vice President Mike Pence...
Mar 20, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) endorsed Lupe Valdez in the Democratic runoff. HD13 open: The Jill Wolfskill campaign announced she has been endorsed by former Republican primary opponents Dan McCarthy and Marc Young, who each received 6% of the vote. Wolfskill...
Mar 12, 2018 | Campaign News
HD13 special election: Shoreacres municipal administrator David Stall and Sealy rancher Marc Young have withdrawn from the special election to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell). Neither qualified for the Republican runoff, receiving...
Mar 12, 2018 | Federal Race Analyses
Historically, runoff turnout drops precipitously from the primary election, especially in years when primary turnout approaches record levels. One brake on plunging turnout is the presence of local races on the ballot. For example, the number of voters participating...
Mar 11, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19: As expected, Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) announced his candidacy for the seat currently held by Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio), who is not up for re-election until 2020. Uresti was convicted last month on 11 felony counts including wire fraud,...
Mar 8, 2018 | Campaign News
House Speaker: Rep. Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), chair of the House Republican Caucus, filed paperwork establishing his candidacy for Speaker. He joins Reps. Phil King (R-Weatherford) and John Zerwas (R-Richmond), who filed in September and October, respectively....
Mar 7, 2018 | Election Night Returns
It’s after 2 a.m., and another primary election is now in the record books, or will be when those last 97 boxes are counted. We wanted to highlight a few facts and observations about the election tonight. We will go into more detail in the coming days. For now,...
Feb 25, 2018 | Campaign Finance
We have explored the recent historical relationship between open-seat candidates’ rank in total contributions and their success rate in winning their primary outright or advancing to a runoff. Our findings for two-person primary races and primaries involving at...
Feb 23, 2018 | Campaign Finance
Pre-primary reports were due today for federal candidates on the March 6 primary ballot. These reports include contributions received and expenditures made between January 1 and February 14. Many of the reports themselves, and some of the totals, are not yet...
Feb 8, 2018 | Campaign Finance
We have explored the recent historical relationship between open-seat candidates’ rank in total contributions and their success rate in winning their primary outright or advancing to a runoff. Our findings for two-person primary races and primaries involving at...
