Mar 30, 2017 | Local Elections
Corpus Christi: Former council member Mark Scott announced he was dropping out of the special election for mayor one day after a court ruled he was eligible to run. “The best thing for the voters is to let them focus on the issues, not on this politically motivated...
Mar 29, 2017 | Local Elections
Corpus Christi: Former council member Mark Scott is eligible to run for mayor in the May 6 special election and must be included on the ballot, the a three-judge panel of the 13th Court of Appeals ruled. “The plain language of the City Charter supports Scott’s...
Mar 28, 2017 | Local Elections
Corpus Christi: Mayoral candidates, minus former council member Mark Scott, drew for positions on the May 6 ballot this morning (Tuesday). The city council previously determined Scott to be ineligible, and Scott has filed a petition with the 13th Court of Appeals...
Mar 27, 2017 | Campaign News, Special Elections
Voter ID: By a nearly party-line 21-10 vote, the Senate gave its preliminary approval today (Monday) to a bill to update the state’s Voter ID law. Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) was the only Democrat to vote for the bill, joining the chamber’s 20 Republicans....
Mar 16, 2017 | Campaign News
Turnout: A study released today (Thursday) by Nonprofit Vote and the U.S. Elections Project found Texas posted the third-lowest turnout in the 2016 presidential election. The groups calculated turnout as ballots counted out of their estimate of the voting-eligible...
Mar 13, 2017 | Campaign News
Voter ID: The Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously approved a bill updating the state’s Voter ID law consistent with last year’s court ruling. Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) largely codifies a court-ordered process by which voters with a...
Mar 12, 2017 | Campaign News
CD21: Austin musician Rixi Melton filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission to challenge U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) as a Democrat. Bexar Co.: “At least once a year, staffers in one of Texas’ largest election offices scour the web...
Mar 7, 2017 | Campaign News
CD3: Collin Co. Judge Keith Self (R-McKinney) has formed an exploratory committee as he considers a race for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Plano). The act of forming an exploratory committee does not trigger resign-to-run laws as it does not...
Mar 2, 2017 | Campaign News
LTGOV: Mike Collier, a Houston accountant and Texas Democratic Party finance chair, announced he would challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Collier, who received 38% of the vote in his 2014 race for COMP against Glenn Hegar, had also been mentioned as a potential...
Mar 1, 2017 | Campaign News
Gerrymandering: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a lower court applied an incorrect legal standard when it determined that 11 Virginia legislative districts were not racially gerrymandered. The lower court required plaintiffs to prove “an actual conflict between the...
Feb 28, 2017 | Campaign News
Voter ID: Following a roughly three-hour hearing today in Corpus Christi, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ordered attorneys to file more briefs focused on how legislative proposals (Senate Bill 5, House Bill 2481) would affect the court case. Plaintiffs...
Feb 21, 2017 | Campaign News
CD7: Houston cancer physician Jason Westin is considering challenging U.S. Rep. John Culberson (R-Houson) as a Democrat. Beaumont: A candidate filed for two offices on the May 6 ballot has dropped his bid to run for city council. Kevin Reece will instead run for...
