Nov 13, 2018 | General Elections, Political Climate
Now that most of the dust has settled, we take a look back at our predictions about the overall state climate and specific legislative and congressional races. We’ll take each of our five predictions in order. 1. Republicans sweep statewide races, including the...
Nov 8, 2018 | General Elections, Political Climate
Texas, which ranked last out of the 50 states in turnout in the 2010 and 2014 mid-term elections, appears to rank around 35th this year. An estimated 46% of voting-eligible Texans cast ballots for a U.S. Senate candidate, a significant jump from the 28% who voted for...
Nov 7, 2017 | breaking-news
Please point your browser to https://txelects.wpengine.com/live/ for our real-time coverage of tonight’s general and constitutional amendment election. We will begin our coverage around 7 p.m. CST, when polls close across most of Texas and counties begin to release...
Nov 10, 2016 | General Elections
A few notes on Tuesday’s presidential election results: A record 8.93M Texans cast votes in this general election, and 6.17M registered voters didn’t. The number of votes cast is 10.5% more than the previous record set in 2008 and 11.7% more than in 2012. Just over...
Nov 10, 2016 | Election Night Returns
We emailed these live reports and updates throughout Tuesday night to our subscribers and friends. General Election Update – Midnight Texas officially sets record for number of votes cast in presidential election as 8.1M votes have been counted, breaking 2008...
Nov 10, 2016 | Election Night Returns
We emailed these live reports and updates throughout Tuesday night to our subscribers and friends. General Election Update – 9:40 p.m. CD23: Hurd doing surprisingly well in Val Verde Co., down just 700 votes despite 1,300-vote straight-ticket disadvantage there....
Nov 10, 2016 | Election Night Returns
We emailed these live reports and updates throughout Tuesday night to our subscribers and friends. General Election Update – 7:15 p.m. EARLY VOTING ONLY Dallas Co. HD102: Koop 54-46 HD105: Anderson 52-48 (1,061 vote margin) HD107: Neave 50.04-49.96 (29 votes...
Dec 13, 2015 | Election Night Returns
Houston Runoff Elections December 12, 2015 Final Runoff Update – 10:25 p.m. Rep. Sylvester Turner has been elected mayor of Houston, 51%-49%, over Bill King. Final vote margin is 4,082. Tu.ner wins Harris Co. by 678 votes; In District F, challenger Steve Le defeated...
