Mar 13, 2022 | Political Climate
Now that the dust has (almost) settled from the March 1 primary election, we like to go back and look at the storylines we were watching heading into Election Day. Statewides in Runoff or Runoffs? Turns out, it was runoffs. For the first time since 2002, more than one...
Nov 10, 2021 | Campaign News
The filing period begins Saturday for candidates seeking partisan nomination or intending to run as an independent candidate for the 2022 general election. Partisan candidates seeking offices and districts with territories located entirely within a single county must...
Oct 5, 2021 | Campaign News
On a party-line vote, the House Redistricting Committee approved House Bill 1 by Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi), the proposed state House map, with amendments. The map did not change much after considering dozens of amendments, but there were a couple of...
Sep 22, 2021 | Campaign News
Reps. Celia Israel (D-Austin) and Chris Paddie (R-Marsahll) announced they would not seek re-election to the House. “After four legislative sessions and all the special sessions that came with them, I am ready for a new challenge,” Israel said in a statement...
Nov 11, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election is underway. Our Crib Sheets have up-to-date filing status of the candidates we are tracking. At least 119 candidates have already filed. HD1: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) endorsed Rep. Gary VanDeaver (R-New Boston) for re-election. HD26: Two-time...
Jul 28, 2019 | Campaign News
President Trump tweeted that he would nominate U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Heath) to become the next Director of National Intelligence following Dan Coats’s August 15 departure. Ratcliffe’s nomination requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Trump would name an acting...
Sep 14, 2017 | Campaign News
Campaign Finance Reports: Legislators and state officials were required to file legislative special session reports by the end of the day. These reports must disclose contributions accepted during the special legislative session, including all in-kind contributions....
Sep 6, 2017 | Campaign News
Voter ID: Oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals have been scheduled for the first week of December. The state has appealed a lower court decision ruling that invalidated the state’s Voter ID law and determined that legislation passed during the...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. The full reports are not yet available online, but we’re able to report summary totals for most candidates this morning. In this post, we summarize some of the hottest...
Feb 18, 2016 | House Race Analyses
Filed under HD1, HD4.
Feb 17, 2016 | By the Numbers
13 Number of state representatives who have returned to the House after missing at least one term since 2000. All but two of those representatives returned in the election cycle immediately following the one they left. At least one former representative has returned...
Feb 15, 2016 | Campaign News
HD1: The Paris News endorsed the challenger, former Rep. George Lavender (R-Texarkana). HD2: Land Commissioner George P. Bush endorsed Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). HD20: The Williamson County Sun endorsed Rep. Marcia Farney (R-Georgetown). CD17: The Austin...
