Feb 5, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Through today (Monday), the eighth day of early voting, a total of 1,835 people have voted in person, amounting to around 1.8% of registered voters. Because Bexar Co. does not release ballot-by-mail totals until Election Day, turnout is likely above 2%...
Jan 31, 2019 | Campaign News
Days after announcing up to 95K registered voters might be non-citizens, the Secretary of State’s office has been telling counties that the lists contain numerous errors, potentially amounting to tens of thousands of voters. Erroneously included were voters who...
Jan 29, 2019 | Special Elections
Art Fierro, the chair of the El Paso Community Coll. board, won a three-way race outright to succeed former Rep. Joe Pickett (D-El Paso). Fierro received 53% of the vote, defeating El Paso council member Michiel Noe (27%) and Republican candidate Hans Sassenfeld...
Jan 28, 2019 | Campaign News
Special Elections: Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Election Day in HD79 and HD145. We will have live returns and analysis beginning at 7 p.m. CST at https://txelects.wpengine.com/live. Early voting began (Monday) for the HD125 special election to fill the unexpired term of...
Jan 27, 2019 | Special Elections
Three seats in the House of Representatives were vacant when the Legislature convened two weeks ago: HD79, an El Paso Co. seat vacated by former Rep. Joe Pickett (D-El Paso), who resigned in December, citing health reasons. HD125, a Bexar Co. seat vacated by former...
Jan 25, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting has concluded for the January 29 special elections in HD79 and HD145. Early voting for the February 12 special election in HD125 begins on Monday. HD79 special: Through Thursday, the last day for which numbers are available, a total of 2,198 people have...
Jan 16, 2019 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
HD79 special: The three candidates running to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Joe Pickett (D-El Paso) reported raising just over $5K combined, and they have just over $3K on hand, as of December 31. During the highly abbreviated period covered by their January...
Jan 14, 2019 | Campaign News
Five filed for the HD125 special election to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Justin Rodriguez (D-San Antonio), who resigned to accept an appointment to the Bexar Co. Commissioners Court: Steve Huerta (D), a San Antonio social justice advocate Ray Lopez (D), a...
Jan 13, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the HD79 and HD145 special elections. Just three weeks have passed since the elections were ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), giving candidates very little time to connect with the likely low number of voters. HD125 special:...
Jan 9, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Fred Rangel, who unsuccessfully sought the vice chairmanship of the Republican Party of Texas last year, announced he would seek the seat vacated by former Rep. and current Bexar Co. Comm. Justin Rodriguez (D-San Antonio). Rangel unsuccessfully ran for...
Jan 7, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered a special election for February 12 to fill the term of former Rep. Justin Rodriguez (D-San Antonio), who was appointed to the Bexar County Commissioners Court last week. Candidates must file with the Secretary of State...
Jan 4, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 open: Former Rep. Justin Rodriguez (D-San Antonio) has been appointed to the Bexar Co. Commissioners Court by County Judge Nelson Wolff (D). Rodriguez took the oath of office today (Friday). He replaces the late Co. Comm. Paul Elizondo (D), who passed away last...
