Nov 14, 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. GOV: Houston resident Khis DeJean formed a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Gov. Greg Abbott (R). She campaigned...
Oct 4, 2017 | Campaign News
HD9: Marshall commercial lender and former council member Garrett Boersma established a campaign committee for a potential primary challenge of Rep. Chris Paddie (R-Marshall). Boersma was elected to the council in 2012 and re-elected in 2014. He did not seek...
Sep 26, 2017 | Campaign News
Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court denied plaintiffs’ request for an expedited hearing schedule to resolve the stay it issued on rulings invalidating several congressional and state House districts. SD2: The Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC endorsed Rep. Cindy Burkett...
Jul 25, 2017 | Campaign Finance
The 12 members of the Texas House Freedom Caucus and three ideologically similar Republican candidates raised over $1.1M during the first half of the year, accounting for a third of the total of all contributions received by the incumbent members and announced...
Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign News
HD52: Rep. Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) reported having $256K on hand as of June 30, and he raised just under $15K during the last 12 days of June. Potential primary opponent Jeremy Story raised less than $1K. HD59: Rep. J.D. Sheffield (R-Gatesville) reported having...
Jun 4, 2017 | House Race Analyses, Straight-ticket Voting
In a state where single-punch, straight-party voters continue to gain influence in determining election outcomes, it was the voters who work their way through the whole ballot that swung HD115 last year. By just over a thousand votes, Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) won...
May 30, 2017 | Campaign News
Early voting is underway in most jurisdictions holding June 10 runoff elections. AG: The Fifth Court of Appeals agreed with attorneys representing Attorney General Ken Paxton that District Judge George Gallagher has no jurisdiction outside Collin Co., unless the...
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 | 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 20, 2016 | Campaign News
Early voting in person begins Monday. MPACT: The Texas Assoc. of Manufacturers MPACT announced its endorsement of 29 incumbent legislators and open-seat candidates of the current incumbent’s party. All endorsed candidates were Republicans except for Sen. Chuy Hinojosa...
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 3, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: The San Antonio Express-News, El Paso Times and Corpus Christi Caller-Times endorsed Hillary Clinton. HD23: The Houston Chronicle endorsed former Rep. Lloyd Criss (D-La Marque). HD70: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Rep. Scott Sanford (R-McKinney). HD115: The...
