Aug 26, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 special: Early voting concludes tomorrow (Friday) for Tuesday’s special election. Through yesterday (Wednesday), the third day of early voting, just under 2,600 people had cast ballots in Ellis Co., representing 2.1% of registered voters. All but 18 of those...
Aug 24, 2021 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
HD10 special: The candidates’ 8-day-out reports were due yesterday (Monday), and five reports were available online today. Our Crib Sheet has the latest numbers. Kevin Griffin (R) led the field with $121K in contributions, 99% of which came from two donors: Dallas...
Aug 22, 2021 | Campaign News
An abbreviated early voting period begins tomorrow (Monday) for the HD10 special election and ends on Friday. August 31 is Election Day. The frontrunners appear to be former Rep. John Wray (R-Waxahachie) and former U.S. Health and Human Services Dept. official Brian...
Aug 19, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Leo Pacheco’s (D-San Antonio) resignation is effective today (Thursday), triggering a special election to fill his unexpired term. With HD10 also vacant, the House now has 148 members, which temporarily lowers the threshold for establishing a quorum to 99. While...
Aug 17, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 special: U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Waxahachie) endorsed former Rep. John Wray (R-Waxahachie) to fill his unexpired state House term. HD3: Magnolia real estate agent and Montgomery ISD trustee Kelly McDonald established a campaign committee for a potential primary...
Aug 15, 2021 | Campaign News
Correction: In Thursday’s report, we mis-named the federal agency where HD10 candidate Brian Harrison served as chief of staff. He served at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. We regret the error and have corrected the online edition of the report. SD31:...
Aug 12, 2021 | Campaign News
Eight candidates filed for the August 31 special election to fill the unexpired state House term of U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Waxahacie): Kevin Griffin (R), Midlothian rancher Brian Harrison (R), Midlothian former U.S. Health & Human Services official and former...
Aug 10, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 special: Thursday is the filing deadline for the August 31 special election. We did not see any new filings reported today (Tuesday). Midlothian rancher Kevin Griffin, Midlothian real estate agent and council member Leland Wickliffe and former Rep. John Wray...
Aug 9, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 special: Midlothian rancher Kevin Griffin, Midlothian real estate agent and council member Leland Wickliffe and former Rep. John Wray (R-Midlothian) have filed for the August 31 special election as Republicans. Texas Right to Life PAC endorsed former U.S. Health...
Aug 7, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Leo Pacheco (D-San Antonio) announced he would resign in the next few weeks to accept a teaching position at San Antonio College. A special election will be required to fill his unexpired term. Southside ISD trustee Katie Farias (D), daughter-in-law of former...
Aug 4, 2021 | Campaign News
AG: After a district judge ordered the whistleblower lawsuit against Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R) to proceed, Paxton’s team filed an appeal, further stalling the case. A three-judge panel of the Third Court of Appeals has set oral arguments for September 22. The order,...
Aug 1, 2021 | Campaign News
HD10 open: Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed former Rep. John Wray (R-Waxahachie) to succeed now-U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Waxahachie). HD114 open: Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Luisa del Rosal (R) for the seat being vacated by Rep. John Turner...