Jan 31, 2018 | Campaign Finance
Year-end campaign finance reports were due today for federal officeholders and candidates. We have updated our Crib Sheet with all reports we’ve seen as of midnight tonight. We will continue to update our numbers as filings become available. Expect it to take at least...
Jan 24, 2018 | Campaign News
LTGOV: The campaign of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) released its first television ad, which focuses on boarder security and sanctuary cities. “Big city liberals want open borders,” Patrick said in the ad, “But I won’t back down.” Also, the Texas Oil & Gas Assoc. PAC...
Jan 22, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19: The federal criminal fraud trial of Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) began today and is expected to take about three weeks. Uresti has maintained his innocence since he and two others were indicted in May. HD126 open: Harris Co. Constable Mark Herman (R)...
Jan 15, 2018 | By the Numbers
46% Success rate of incumbent Texas legislators running for Congress since 2000. Two incumbent Texas senators and three state representatives are seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress in 2018. Since 2000, six of the 13 incumbent legislators running for Congress have won...
Jan 7, 2018 | Campaign News
Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court could announce as early as tomorrow whether it will hear the state’s appeal of federal court rulings invalidating two of the state’s congressional and nine state House districts. The case was scheduled to be considered as part of...
Jan 3, 2018 | Campaign News
Green Party: The Green Party of Texas filed paperwork with the Secretary of State to register as a political party for the 2018 general election. The party lost automatic access to the ballot when none of its 2016 statewide candidates received at least 5% of the vote....
Dec 20, 2017 | Campaign News
Certified Candidates: The state’s political parties were required to submit their certified lists of candidates to the Secretary of State yesterday. We have matched those final lists to our Crib Sheets. However, we have not yet received a final list of...
Dec 18, 2017 | Campaign News
The filing deadline for a spot on the 2018 primary ballot has passed, but the candidate rosters are not yet finalized. The parties have until tomorrow to submit their final certified candidate lists to the Secretary of State. CD27 open: Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew...
Dec 9, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on Monday. About two thirds of all federal, statewide, legislative and Board of Education seats on the 2018 ballot are being contested by candidates of both the Republican and Democratic Parties, the...
Dec 8, 2017 | Campaign News
SEN: Houston resident Edward Kimbrough filed in the Democratic primary to challenge U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R). CD4: Emory resident Catherine Krantz filed as a Democrat to challenge U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Rockwall). CD5 open: A David Williams filed in the Republican...
Dec 5, 2017 | Campaign News
CD2 open: Humble merger and acquisition firm partner Justin Lurie established a campaign committee for a potential run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Humble) as a Republican. CD5 open: Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Terrell) announced he would seek the seat...
Nov 29, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on December 11. Please see our Crib Sheets for candidates’ filing status. GOV: Dallas Co. Sheriff Lupe Valdez (D) is considering resigning her office as early as the end of next week in order to seek the...
