May 25, 2022 | Campaign News
Just over 1.4M Texans – 8.1% of registered voters – cast ballots in the primary runoff election, according to unofficial results reported by the Secretary of State’s office. Republican voters nearly out-numbered Democratic voters 2-to-1. A total of 927K votes were...
Feb 22, 2022 | Campaign News
Corrections: We have at various times erroneously called CD8 open (Safe R) candidate Morgan Luttrell (R) by his twin brother’s name, Marcus. We have corrected these reports online and regret the errors. Campaign Finance: State and legislative candidates facing primary...
Jan 4, 2022 | Campaign News
Correction: Yesterday, we reported Rep. Ben Leman (R-Iola) had endorsed Ben Bius to succeed him in HD12 (Safe R). All of that is true except the “succeed him” part – Bius is challenging Rep. Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) in HD12. Leman is not seeking re-election to...
Oct 5, 2021 | Campaign News
On a party-line vote, the House Redistricting Committee approved House Bill 1 by Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi), the proposed state House map, with amendments. The map did not change much after considering dozens of amendments, but there were a couple of...
Oct 1, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville) announced he would not seek re-election. “It is with sincere gratitude, yet a heavy heart, that I have decided that I will not seek re-election to the Texas House,” Lucio said in a statement. “It has been one of the greatest honors...
Aug 15, 2021 | Campaign News
Correction: In Thursday’s report, we mis-named the federal agency where HD10 candidate Brian Harrison served as chief of staff. He served at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. We regret the error and have corrected the online edition of the report. SD31:...
Jul 11, 2021 | Campaign News
After a nearly 24-hour hearing, a House committee advanced the special session’s key election legislation, a provision of which would prevent counties from offering 24-hour voting opportunities. House Bill 3 by Rep. Andrew Murr (R-Junction) passed out of the Select...
Apr 13, 2021 | Campaign News
Early voting for the May 1 general and special elections begins on April 19. The nonpartisan League of Women Voters has released Voters Guides for municipal and other local elections in many areas of Texas. Correction: In our most recent report, we erroneously...
Feb 19, 2021 | Campaign News
Correction: In yesterday’s report, we erroneously said Tuesday’s special runoff election for HD68 was Saturday. It is indeed Tuesday. HD68 special: Early voting concluded today (Friday) as North Texas continued to dig out of this week’s winter storms. Through...
Jul 15, 2020 | breaking-news, Runoff Elections
Correction: In HD119, Liz Campos defeated Jennifer Ramos, 56%-44%, not the other way around, as we reported late last night. The report on our website has been corrected. We regret the error. Campaign Finance: Today is the deadline for federal and state officeholders...
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 29, 2020 | Campaign News
Correction: In yesterday’s (Tuesday) report, we erroneously listed Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington) as representing open HD96, which is represented by the retiring Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington). We have corrected the mistake in our online report and regret the...
