Sep 10, 2018 | House Race Analyses, Political Climate, Senate Race Analyses
The general election is eight weeks away, and early voting begins six weeks from today. Traditionally, we have rated contested elections on a 5-star scale, which one star indicating a very low-interest race with no chance of flipping and five stars indicating a...
Aug 19, 2018 | Campaign News
Filing Deadlines: Monday is the deadline for write-in candidates to file for a place on the general election ballot. It is also the deadline for municipal, school board and other local candidates to file for offices on the general election ballot. HD109 open: Glenn...
Aug 9, 2018 | Campaign News
EMILY’s List: EMILY’S List endorsed three legislative Democratic challengers: Beverly Powell over Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) in SD10 Terry Meza over Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) in HD105, and Julie Johnson over Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) in HD115....
Jul 23, 2018 | Political Climate
Today we continue our exploration of districts that may be in play in the general election by looking at the contribution totals of the candidates as of their July semiannual (state) and July quarterly (federal) campaign finance reports. Since 2004, 62 Texas...
Jul 17, 2018 | Campaign Finance
State candidates and officeholders were required to file their July semiannual campaign finance reports yesterday (Monday). These reports include contributions received and expenditures made between the last date covered by a report and June 30. The reporting period...
Jul 15, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the emergency special election to fill the unexpired term of former Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). Four Democrats, three Republicans and a Libertarian are in the race. The San Antonio Express-News endorsed...
Jun 6, 2018 | Political Climate
Today we begin our exploration of districts that may be in play in the general election by examining a metric we call “relative performance factors,” which measure the partisan lean of a district relative to the state. Two dozen Texas congressional and...
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 18, 2018 | Campaign News
We’ve updated our Crib Sheets with additional campaign finance report filings. Almost every candidate has now filed a report. LTGOV: Former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff (R) endorsed challenger Scott Milder over Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). AGRIC: Former Gov. Rick Perry...
Jan 16, 2018 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider the Texas Democratic Party’s partisan gerrymandering case for “want of jurisdiction.” The claim was separate from two Texas racial gerrymandering cases the high court has already agreed to hear this spring. The...
Jan 8, 2018 | Campaign News
Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court did not indicate whether it will hear the state’s appeal of federal court rulings invalidating two of the state’s congressional and nine state House districts. No new cases were included in orders issued by the court this morning....
Nov 30, 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. HD145: Rep. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) announced she would seek re-election, passing on open CD29 seat. In an email to...