Sep 25, 2020 | Campaign News
Single-punch, straight-party voting is back … for now. With 17 days to go before voters will begin going to the polls (assuming that lawsuit fails), a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcing a state law, enacted in 2017, that eliminated the...
Sep 9, 2020 | Campaign News
SD30 special (Safe Republican): The Texas Oil & Gas Assoc. PAC endorsed Rep. Drew Springe (R-Muenster). HD96 open (Toss Up): Gov. Greg Abbott (R) endorsed Republican nominee David Cook. HD138 open (Lean Democratic): The Texas State Teachers Assoc. endorsed...
Sep 9, 2020 | Campaign News
Newly required filing fees do not “unreasonably burden minor-party candidates” ruled a panel of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. The decision overturns a temporary injunction issued in December that prevented state and county officials from enforcing the requirement....
Aug 25, 2020 | Campaign News
A new poll from Democrat-aligned Public Policy Polling shows Democratic challenger Joe Biden leading President Trump, 48%-47%, well within the margin of error. Biden leads among self-identified independents, 54%-37%, with 9% undecided. In the firm’s August 2016 poll,...
Jul 13, 2020 | Runoff Elections
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Election Day for primary runoffs and special elections ordered for July 14. Our live coverage will begin at 7 p.m. CDT, when the polls close in all but El Paso and Hudspeth Cos. While we do not expect it to be as late of a night as the primary...
Mar 18, 2020 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has suspended portions of the Election Code to permit local governments to postpone their general elections to November 3 from May 2 and to require county officials to enter into contracts to administer those elections if requested. He encouraged...
Feb 5, 2020 | Campaign News
The Secretary of State’s office confirmed it would report presidential primary votes at the Senate district level on Election night as it has in past presidential primaries. This is important, because a majority of the delegates a Democratic presidential candidate...
Jun 22, 2017 | Campaign News
The state’s ninth most populous county will be going back to paper ballots beginning in 2018. The Denton Co. Commissioners Court voted to purchase a new voting tabulation system that produces and scans only paper ballots. The new Hart system will print ballots on...
May 14, 2017 | Legislation
The 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session is down to its final two weeks. We have already passed two of the session’s most significant end-of-session deadlines: the last day a House committee may report a House bill (May 8) and the last day the House may consider 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...
