Nov 29, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. GOV (Likely R): In a video, actor Matthew McConaughey announced that a run for governor is a “path I am choosing not to take.” He said he would...
Nov 24, 2021 | Campaign News
Happy Thanksgiving! The filing period for partisan nomination for the 2022 elections continues through December 13. Our Crib Sheets are updated frequently as we learn of new campaign committees, candidate filings and announcements. GOV (Likely R): Gov. Greg Abbott (R)...
Nov 21, 2021 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads Democratic challenger Beto O’ Rourke, 45%-39%, in the latest UT-Tyler/Dallas Morning News poll (pdf). Abbott’s job approval rating is 49/41, which is lifted by his 88/14 rating among Republicans. Independents are on balance negative, giving...
Nov 18, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), the fifth most senior member of the House, announced he will not seek re-election, and the Dean of the Senate confirmed he would run for mayor of Houston in 2023. “I am proud to have represented the people of District 147 for the last...
Nov 17, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont) announced he would not seek a 13th term, and Rep. Alex Dominguez (D-Brownsville) won’t seek a third term as he instead runs to succeed the retiring Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville). “After over half my life in some sort of public...
Nov 15, 2021 | Campaign News
GOV (Likely R): Seeking to recapture the mojo of 2018 without any of the side effects from his 2020 presidential campaign, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) announced he would challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R). O’Rourke came within 3 points of ousting U.S. Sen....
Nov 9, 2021 | Campaign News
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a primary challenge of Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R). Gohmert said he needed to raise $1M in the next 10 days to enter the race for AG (Lean R). To put that in perspective, he has...
Nov 7, 2021 | Political Climate
Contradicting a recent poll showing a dead heat, the latest Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leading hypothetical challenger Beto O’Rourke (D), 46%-37%. One in 10 respondents had no opinion, and 7% said they would vote for “someone else.”...
Nov 1, 2021 | Political Climate
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) are statistically tied in a new poll (PDF) conducted by the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation, a finding largely demonstrating the balance of strong partisans within the state. Abbott leads O’Rourke,...
Oct 25, 2021 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday for the November 2 constitutional amendment, general and special elections. Through yesterday (Sunday), the seventh days of early voting, turnout statewide was still south of 2%. Counties with the highest turnout percentage so far...
Oct 8, 2021 | Campaign News
The Don Huffines (R) campaign released a new ad, “Stop the Invasion,” criticizing Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) handling of the recent surge of migrants in Del Rio. The ad is part of an “aggressive, six-figure media buy” in 15 markets, including “prominently” airing during...
Sep 28, 2021 | Campaign News
Four out of five Republicans believe Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “deserves to be re-elected,” but he is underwater among all registered voters, according to a new Quinnipiac Univ. poll. A slight majority of registered voters do not believe Abbott deserves re-election,...
