Oct 23, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting in person began Monday and runs through November 2. First, a look back at historic Day 1. More than 572K people voted early in person on Monday, or their mail ballots were returned by Monday, in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. That is...
Oct 19, 2018 | Political Climate
We have been exploring seats potentially in play by looking at specific metrics defining not only how a district voted in the most recent election but also how those voting patterns have changed over time. We also looked at fundraising totals and their historic impact...
Oct 18, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting for the November 6 general election begins Monday. GOV: The campaign of former Dallas Co. Sheriff Lupe Valdez (D) released a new ad, “Lone Star,” a biographical spot. Meanwhile, the Dallas Morning News, San Antonio Express-News and Longview News-Journal...
Oct 17, 2018 | Political Climate
Back in July, as part of our series of analyses identifying districts potentially in play, we found that a challenging party’s candidate raised at least half as much as the incumbent party’s candidate in 90% of the Texas legislative and congressional seats that were...
Oct 10, 2018 | Campaign Finance
Note: This report has been updated since we issued our Breaking News alert. State, legislative and local (where required) candidates facing general election opponents were required to file 30-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. Most of those have become...
Oct 3, 2018 | Political Climate
Last week we explored the shift in straight-party voting advantage in Republican-held districts toward the Democrats. Today we explore each party’s roles in those shifts. Between 2012 and 2016, Democrats either cut into the Republican straight-party advantage or...
Oct 2, 2018 | Campaign News
SD16: Quorum Report reported former Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) endorsed Democratic challenger Nathan Johnson over Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) a day after endorsing the Democratic challenger to Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood), who ousted Deuell in the 2014 Republican...
Oct 1, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released a two-minute ad, “Hope: Julie’s Story,” telling the story of a mother whose son was paralyzed in the Sutherland Springs mass shooting. LTGOV: The campaign of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) released a new ad focused on...
Sep 27, 2018 | Political Climate
We continue our look at districts potentially in play in November with our first statewide exploration of straight-party voting trends in Republican-held districts. Prior analyses have looked at districts that are bluer than the state as a whole, districts won by...
Sep 18, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
TXBIZ PAC: The Texas Assoc. of Business TXBIZ PAC released its slate of legislative endorsements for the general election. In general, the PAC endorsed Republican incumbents and open-seat nominees. Notably, the PAC endorsed Democratic challenger Julie Johnson over...
Sep 16, 2018 | Campaign News
SD30 open: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Bridgeport council member Kevin Lopez (D) over Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Frisco). HD65: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Rep. Ron Simmons (R-Carrollton). HD115: Rep. Matt Rinadi’s (R-Irving) campaign released a new ad, “Our...
Sep 14, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: The campaigns of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) have agreed to three debates: September 21 in Dallas September 30 in Houston; and October 16 in San Antonio. The candidates will stand behind podiums for the Dallas and San Antonio...
