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,...
Nov 1, 2016 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Eight-day-out campaign finance reports were due yesterday for state and legislative candidates (and some local candidates) with general election opponents. The reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between September 29 and October 29. From this...
Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Correction: We inadvertently used Rep. Gilbert Peña’s July semiannual report in our initial analysis. His 30-day-out report is not yet available online. We have corrected it below. State and legislative candidates with general election opponents were required to...
Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign News
Registration Deadline: October 11 is the last day a Texan can register to vote in order to participate in this year’s general election. HD111: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Rep. Yvonne Davis (D-Dallas). HD113: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Rep. Cindy Burkett...
Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our ongoing look at straight-ticket voting trends in competitive or potentially competitive districts shifts to HD113 on the eastern edge of Dallas Co. Comprised of portions of Balch Springs, Dallas, Garland, Mesquite and Rowlett and all of Seagoville and Sunnyvale,...
Mar 3, 2016 | By the Numbers
Filed under HD102, HD105, HD107, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD114,...
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 11, 2016 | Campaign News
RRC open: Former Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) endorsed former Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth). SC: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed incumbents Debra Lehrmann (SC3), Paul Green (SC5) and Eva Guzman (SC9). SD24 open: Former Comptroller Susan Combs endorsed Dawn...
Feb 2, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Filed under HD11, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD12, HD121, HD127, HD128, HD130, HD131, HD134, HD14, HD150, HD17, HD2, HD20, HD27, HD33, HD36, HD4, HD47, HD49, HD5, HD55, HD59, HD60, HD65, HD73, HD75, HD8, HD81, HD84, HD89, HD92, HD94,...
Jan 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Filed under HD113, HD114, HD115, HD121, HD128, HD14, HD150, HD17, HD18, HD2, HD47, HD5, HD55, HD58, HD59, HD60, HD7, HD8, HD81, HD84, HD92, HD94,...
Jan 23, 2016 | Campaign News
CD29: The Houston Black-American Democrats endorsed challenger Adrian Garcia. SC5: The Dallas Morning News and the Texas Patriots Tea Party PAC endorsed Justice Paul Green. SC9: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Justice Eva Guzman. CCA: The Dallas Morning News endorsed...
Jan 21, 2016 | Campaign News
CD29: The Houston Chronicle endorsed U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston). SC9: Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed Justice Eva Guzman. HD14: Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) endorsed challenger Jess Fields. HD73: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans endorsed challenger...
