Feb 9, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting in person for the March 6 primary begins in 10 days. Early voting begins on a Tuesday this year because Monday, February 19 is a federal holiday. SD30: Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R) endorsed Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Frisco) over Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls)....
Feb 6, 2018 | Campaign Finance
State candidates with primary opponents were required to file 30-day-out campaign finance reports on Monday. These are normally accessible online early the next morning, but today they were not available until late afternoon. We are in the process of going through the...
Jan 17, 2018 | Campaign Finance
January semiannual reports were due for state officeholders and candidates on Tuesday. They cover contributions received and expenditures made during the second half of 2017. For most primary challengers and open-seat candidates, they are the first window into their...
Dec 2, 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. HD116: As expected, former Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) announced he would seek his old seat and challenge freshman...
Nov 28, 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. SD30: Nocona church restorer Craig Carter established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Craig Estes...
Nov 27, 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. SC2: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he would appoint his general counsel Jimmy Blacklock to succeed Justice Don Willett (R) upon...
Nov 19, 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. SD9: Fort Worth educator Gwenn Burud established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North...
Oct 31, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 7 general and constitutional amendment election through November 3. CD5 open: Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) is considering running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas). Because Hughes is not up for...
Oct 19, 2017 | Campaign News
HD116: Former Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) may be gearing up, and securing the financial resources, to run for his former seat against Rep. Diana Arévalo (D-San Antonio). Arévalo defeated Martinez Fischer’s endorsed candidate Martin Golando and one other...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. Some of the full reports are now available online, so we will add color commentary to the summary totals where we can. In this post, we summarize the open-seat House...
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 2, 2016 | Campaign News
HD5 open: Texas Alliance for Life PAC endorsed Philip Hayes. HD17: Texas Alliance for Life PAC endorsed Rep. John Cyrier (R-Lockhart). HD77 open: The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Assoc. endorsed Adolfo Lopez. HD92: The Texas Municipal Police Assoc. endorsed...
