Apr 17, 2022 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) is “not a target” of a federal investigation that included an FBI raid on his home and campaign headquarters earlier this year, according to his attorney. The raid occurred less than a month before early voting began for the March...
Mar 20, 2022 | By the Numbers
83% Winning percentage of runoff candidates who finished 10% or more ahead of their challenger in the primary election since 2002. There have been 204 “open” primary runoff elections for state, legislative and federal offices since 2002, and the candidate who finished...
Feb 13, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 1 primary begins tomorrow (Monday). GOV (Likely R): The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Beto O’Rourke (D) for their respective party’s nominations. LTGOV (Lean R): The Dallas Morning News...
Dec 14, 2021 | Campaign News
Yesterday (Monday) was the deadline to file for partisan nomination or independent candidacy for statewide, legislative, congressional and county offices on the 2022 general election ballot. Today (Tuesday) was the deadline to withdraw that application. Our Crib...
Dec 13, 2021 | Campaign News
Today (Monday) was the deadline to file for partisan nomination or independent candidacy for statewide, legislative, congressional and county offices on the 2022 general election ballot. Our Crib Sheets have the latest known status of more than 1,000 candidates for...
Dec 10, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election concludes at 6 p.m. local time on Monday. Our Crib Sheets have the latest information on the 893 candidates for statewide, legislative and congressional offices we are tracking,...
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...
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...
Jun 2, 2021 | Campaign News
As expected, Land Comm. George P. Bush (R) announced he would challenge Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R). At a campaign kickoff event in Austin, Bush called Paxton “a career politician” who has “brought way too much scandal and too little integrity to this office.” But a...
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 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...
