Aug 2, 2020 | Campaign News
SD14: Sen. Sarah Eckhardt (D-Austin) was sworn in following Rep. Eddie Rodriguez’s (D-Austin) decision to withdraw from the special runoff election. There are now 10 women serving in the Texas Senate for the first time in state history. CD23 open (Lean Democratic):...
Jul 20, 2020 | Campaign News
Delegates to the Republican Party’s virtual state convention elected Army veteran and former one-term Florida congressman Allen West over incumbent state chairman James Dickey, who conceded the race around 4 a.m. this morning (Monday) while Senate district caucuses...
Jul 17, 2020 | Campaign News
SD14 special: Travis Co. officials counted an additional 1,308 absentee ballots. About 1K provisional ballots await further action by the people who voted them. Former Travis Co. Judge Sarah Eckhardt (D) inched closer to a majority vote but remains below 50%. She is a...
Jul 13, 2020 | Campaign News, Political Climate
Election Day for the primary runoff and special elections is tomorrow (Tuesday). We’ll have live coverage beginning at 7 p.m. CDT. Here are the storylines we’ll be watching as votes are counted. Incumbents vs. History: Six legislative incumbents were...
Jul 9, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting concludes tomorrow (Friday) for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Through yesterday (Wednesday) – the seventh or eighth day of early voting in person depending on the county – 482K people have voted in the Democratic runoff statewide (38%...
Jul 8, 2020 | Campaign News
Houston officials have canceled next week’s Republican state convention, which was to be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Mayor Sylvester Turner asked Houston First, the nonprofit manager of the convention center, to cancel the convention after David...
Jul 7, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person continues through Friday for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Through yesterday (Monday), the eighth day of the early voting period but only the fifth or sixth day polls were open, nearly 375K people had voted in the Democratic...
Jul 6, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections continues through Friday. Polls were closed Friday and Saturday for the Fourth of July holiday, and it appears that fewer than 50 counties operated early voting sites yesterday (Sunday). We would...
Jul 2, 2020 | Campaign News
A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds President Trump leading presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, 48%-44%. “Independents,” comprising 12% of respondents, preferred Trump, 41%-27%, with nearly a third undecided. The poll found a 10-point gap...
Jun 30, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting continues for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Because of the inherent “lumpiness” of runoff elections across the state, meaningfully comparing turnout year-to-year is difficult. On top of that, the early voting period was extended by a...
May 31, 2020 | Campaign News
Correction: In our most recent report, we mangled the name of CD4 candidate Jason Ross by combining it with Gov. Greg Abbott (R). We regret the error and have corrected it online. State Conventions: The Texas Democratic Party kicks off its virtual state convention...
Apr 19, 2020 | Campaign News
On Friday, District Judge Tim Sulak (D) issued a temporary injunction enjoining Travis Co. Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, and by extension any election official in the state, from “rejecting any mail ballot applications received from registered voters who use the disability...
