Aug 9, 2020 | House Race Analyses
Dallas Co. was the epicenter of Democrats’ 2018 surge. They flipped five House seats, one Senate seat and one congressional seat. They swept every countywide office. Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) doubled up U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, beating him by 33 points....
Mar 1, 2017 | By the Numbers, Straight-ticket Voting
Forty Texas House districts saw one party’s candidate have at least a 20K-vote advantage in straight-party voting for the 2016 general election, up from 27 in 2012. Of the 40 seats, Republicans held the advantage in 27 seats, and Democrats held the advantage in 13. On...
Nov 14, 2016 | General Elections, Straight-ticket Voting
A surge of Democratic voters set new records for straight-ticket voting in Dallas Co. Meanwhile, a drop in the number of straight-ticket Republican voters contributed to the largest-ever countywide advantage in straight-ticket voting in the modern era. As a result,...
Feb 4, 2016 | Campaign Finance
SD1 open: The Texas Medical Assoc.’s TEXPAC endorsed Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola). SD19: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). SD24 open: The Texas Medical Assoc.’s TEXPAC endorsed both Dawn Buckingham and Rep. Susan King...
Feb 3, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas), who headed Rand Paul’s organization in Texas, is now supporting U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz following Paul’s departure from the presidential race today. Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) tweeted that he has endorsed Cruz, and the Texas Tribune...
Jan 9, 2016 | By the Numbers
Filed under HD1, HD11, HD110, HD115, HD118, HD12, HD17, HD4, HD58,...