Oct 20, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the November 5 constitutional amendment, general and special elections. Houston: Mayor Sylvester Turner leads the field of mayoral candidates but lacks enough support to win outright, according to a new Univ. of Houston Hobby...
Oct 8, 2019 | Campaign Finance, Special Elections
Candidates in the three November 5 legislative special elections were required to file their 30-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday (Monday). Most of them became available online today (Tuesday). These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures...
Sep 27, 2019 | Campaign News
Rep. Mike Lang (R-Granbury) will seek re-election after all, making the announcement just two days after announcing he would run for county office. The two-term representative and chair of the House Freedom Caucus had previously announced plans for re-election and...
Sep 22, 2019 | Campaign News
HD76 open: Lisa Tamayo, a legislative aide to the retiring Sen. Jose Rodriguez (D-El Paso) and a former aide of Rep. Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso), established a campaign committee for a potential run for Blanco’s seat, which he is vacating to run for Rodriguez’s seat....
Sep 18, 2019 | Campaign News
HD28 special: Annie’s List endorsed Eliz Markowitz, the lone Democrat in the field. HD55: Rep. Hugh Shine (R-Temple) announced he would seek re-election to a fifth term. HD91: Haltom City resident Charlie Levitt established a campaign committee for a potential primary...
Sep 4, 2019 | Special Elections
Today (Wednesday) was the deadline for candidates to file for the HD28, HD100 and HD148 special elections, which will coincide with the November 5 constitutional amendment election. Seven candidates filed to run for HD28, the seat being vacated by Rep. John Zerwas...
Sep 2, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing Deadline: Wednesday is the deadline for candidates to file for the HD28, HD100 and HD148 special elections. Entering this weekend, there were seven, two and seven candidates filed for those races, respectively. See our Crib Sheets for the latest filed and...
Aug 27, 2019 | Campaign News
HD14: Rep. John Raney (R-Bryan) announced he would seek re-election to a fifth term. HD28 special: Four candidates have filed so far for the November 5 special election to fill the unexpired term of Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond), who is resigning effective September...
Aug 9, 2019 | Campaign News
SD27: State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez (D-Brownsville) said on Facebook that he will challenge Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) in the Democratic primary. San Benito attorney Sara Stapleton-Barrera is already in the race. Lucio raised less than $5K...
Aug 7, 2019 | Campaign News
HD27: Rep. Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) has been disbarred by the State Bar of Texas following a July 26 hearing. Reynolds was convicted on misdemeanor criminal barratry charges in November 2014. He has been re-elected twice since his conviction. Reynolds also owes...
Jul 14, 2019 | Campaign News
Campaign Finance Reports are due tomorrow (Monday) for federal, state and local (where required) officeholders and candidates. Federal officeholders and candidates will file July quarterly reports, which disclose contributions received and expenditures made between...
Jul 11, 2019 | Campaign News
President Trump said his administration will no longer seek to include a question about U.S. citizenship on the Census form that is sent to all households. He instead issued an executive order instructing agencies to provide data that the Census Bureau could use to...
