Jan 16, 2020 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Yesterday (Wednesday) was the deadline for state officeholders and candidates to file their January semiannual campaign finance reports, disclosing contributions received and expenditures made between July 1 and December 31, or a shorter period if the campaign...
Jan 14, 2020 | Campaign News
Campaign Finance: January semiannual campaign finance reports are due tomorrow (Wednesday) for state officeholders and candidates and, where required, local officials and candidates. We expect these reports will be available online beginning sometime Thursday, and we...
Nov 21, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election continues through December 9. Our Crib Sheets have up-to-date filing status of the candidates we are tracking. At least 302 candidates have already filed. SEN: Mansfield tax attorney John Castro established a campaign committee for a...
Nov 1, 2019 | Campaign News
As they have been for some time, Texas registered voters are fairly evenly split when it comes to President Trump’s job approval (47/48), according to a new Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll (PDF), and that fairly even split extends into other areas of his presidency....
Jul 16, 2019 | Campaign Finance
Most of 2019’s early money went to the 2022 ballot. July semiannual campaign finance reports were due yesterday (Monday) for state officeholders and candidates, including legislators and those running against them, and generally became available online today...
Jul 15, 2019 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Campaign Finance Reports were due today (Monday) for federal, state and local (where required) officeholders and candidates. Federal officeholders and candidates filed July quarterly reports, which disclose contributions received and expenditures made between April 1...
Jun 17, 2019 | Campaign News, Political Climate
A new Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows a fairly evenly divided electorate that has not moved much since October. We will have more to say about the poll and its potential implications for 2020 once the crosstabs are released later this week. For now, here are...
Jun 6, 2019 | Campaign News
HD25: Lake Jackson nurse Rhonda Seth established a campaign committee for a potential primary challenge of Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton). Seth made a small donation to Bonnen’s 2018 primary opponent, Damon Rambo, whose Facebook page continues to be highly...
Mar 4, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Early voting began today (Monday) for the special runoff election between Fred Rangel and former San Antonio council member Ray Lopez. A total of 845 people voted in person on the first day. It took four days to reach this total for last month’s...
Jan 16, 2019 | Campaign Finance
On the day he was inaugurated to a second term, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) set new campaign finance records: Abbott reported having $18.3M cash on hand, which is not only the highest post-election figure ever for a Texas state official or candidate, but also more than the...
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...
