Feb 16, 2018 | Campaign News
Filing deadline: Today was the deadline for candidates to file for offices on the May 5 uniform election. Write-in candidates must file by Tuesday. Early voting for the March 6 primary election begins Tuesday. GOV: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott (R)...
Feb 14, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 6 primary election begins Tuesday. Texas AFT COPE Endorsements: The Texas American Federation of Teachers PAC released its list of primary endorsements, which included two challengers of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). The union endorsed...
Jan 21, 2018 | Campaign News
AFL-CIO COPE Endorsements: Delegates to the Texas AFL-CIO COPE convention in Austin voted to endorse former Dallas Co. Sheriff Lupe Valdez. She and Andrew White appeared at the convention over the weekend. The union also endorsed Mike Collier (LTGOV), Justin Nelson...
Nov 28, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on December 11. Please see our Crib Sheets for candidates’ filing status. SD30: Nocona church restorer Craig Carter established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Craig Estes...
Oct 23, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting is underway for the November 6 general and constitutional amendment election. SD10: Democratic challenger Beverly Powell resigned her seat on the Burleson ISD Board of Trustees to “focus full-time on her race” for SD10. Powell will continue to serve until...
Aug 1, 2017 | Campaign News
SD15: Houston attorney Damian LaCroix said via Twitter that he is considering a primary rematch against Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston). LaCroix received 26% of the vote against Whitmire in the 2014 Democratic primary. HD46: In a statement, Travis Co. District Attorney...
Apr 20, 2017 | Campaign News
Redistricting: The maps drawn in 2011 for the Texas state house districts violate the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act, the three-judge panel presiding over the redistricting lawsuits ruled. Intentional vote dilution, racial gerrymandering and...
Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign News
Dallas Co. election officials concluded their recount of the HD105 race and confirmed Rep. Rodney Anderson’s (R-Grand Prairie) 64-vote win over Democratic challenger Terry Meza. It was the sixth-closest general election for a legislative seat since 1992, but it...
Nov 28, 2016 | Campaign News
Dallas Co. elections officials did not complete the recount today (Monday). They will reconvene at 8 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) to continue the process. Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) received 64 more votes than Democratic challenger Terry Meza out of more than...
Nov 21, 2016 | Campaign News
HD105: The final vote count shows Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) defeating Terry Meza by 64 votes. A recount will be conducted on November 28. Voter ID: The U.S. Dept. of Justice argued in a new filing that “discriminatory impact was not merely an unintended...
Nov 20, 2016 | Campaign News
Democratic challenger Terry Meza has filed a petition for recount, according to her campaign’s Facebook page. The latest results from Dallas Co. indicate she drew closer to Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) when provisional and overseas ballots were...
Nov 17, 2016 | Campaign News
HD105: A Dallas Co. election official said the count would likely continue until Monday. She did not know how many ballots were left to count or any indication as to which precincts the ballots belonged. The number of votes reported by the county did not change from...
