May 11, 2020 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott has extended the early voting period for the July 14 runoffs by one week. Early voting will begin June 29 (instead of July 6) and conclude July 10. In his proclamation, Abbott said it was necessary so that “election officials can implement appropriate...
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...
Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign News
Heading into last week’s primary elections, we outlined four principal storylines we’d be watching as the results came in. Final official results, and the results of any recounts and contests, are still to come, but we have answers to all the questions we...
Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign News
Tuesday is the primary election in Texas. Our live coverage of results and analysis will begin at about 7 p.m. CT and can be found at https://txelects.com/live/. Friday was a record-setting early voting day for the Democratic primary in the 15 counties with the most...
Feb 28, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person has concluded. Ballots by mail that arrive after today (Friday) are also included as early votes, so the final totals will be higher than any reported prior to Election Day. Through yesterday (Thursday), the 10th day of early voting, turnout in...
Feb 27, 2020 | Campaign Finance
SD14 open: Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) announced he has formed an exploratory committee for the seat being vacated by Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin). The committee’s co-chairs are Reps. Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin), Donna Howard (D-Austin) and Celia Israel (D-Austin)....
Feb 26, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday for the March 3 primary election. Through yesterday (Tuesday), the eighth day of early voting, more than 400K people have voted in the Democratic primary and 320K people have voted in the Republican primary in the 15 counties with...
Feb 25, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday for the March 3 primary election. Through yesterday (Monday), the seventh day of the early voting period, 2.8% of registered voters had cast ballots in the Democratic primary statewide and 3.4% had voted in the Republican primary...
Feb 24, 2020 | Campaign News
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are tied as the top two choices of “likely Democratic primary voters,” according to a new Univ. of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs survey (PDF). Biden (22.5%) and Sanders (22.1%) are followed by Elizabeth Warren (18%), Michael...
Feb 23, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election continues through February 28. Turnout continues to be brisk for a primary election but dwarfed by a general election. Through Saturday, Republican turnout in the 15 counties with the most registered voters remains at a...
Feb 21, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election continues through February 28. The early turnout numbers we report here are unofficial and subject to change. We noticed an increasing gap between the numbers a couple of counties have published to their websites and the...
Feb 20, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election continues through February 28. We feel more confident about the data counties are reporting to the Secretary of State and note that several counties updated their initial Day One numbers. Through the first two days, 97K...
