Apr 8, 2018 | Campaign News
HD13 special: The three candidates vying in the special for the unexpired term of former Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell) filed 30-day-out reports late last week: Jill Wolfskill reported $56K in contributions, $21K in expenditures and has $47K on hand. Three donors...
Apr 4, 2018 | Campaign News
Deadlines: Tomorrow (Thursday) is the deadline to register to vote for the May 5 uniform and special elections. Also, 30-day-out campaign finance reports are due for candidates running in jurisdictions that require them, including the three candidates running in the...
Mar 28, 2018 | Campaign News
Jeff continues to be in the Big Bend area with limited connectivity and mobile service. We will resume our regular schedule on Monday. GOV: Twenty-two Democratic state representatives endorsed Lupe Valdez in the Democratic runoff. Of those, only Reps. Jessica Farrar...
Mar 20, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) endorsed Lupe Valdez in the Democratic runoff. HD13 open: The Jill Wolfskill campaign announced she has been endorsed by former Republican primary opponents Dan McCarthy and Marc Young, who each received 6% of the vote. Wolfskill...
Mar 12, 2018 | Campaign News
HD13 special election: Shoreacres municipal administrator David Stall and Sealy rancher Marc Young have withdrawn from the special election to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell). Neither qualified for the Republican runoff, receiving...
Feb 16, 2018 | Special Elections
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called a special election for May 5, the uniform election day, to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell), who resigned. Candidates must file by March 5, which is the day before the primary election. Early voting...
Feb 7, 2018 | Campaign Finance
Last week, we explored how the success rate of open-seat primary candidates varied with how their contribution totals ranked among their rival candidates. In general, money has been a pretty good predictor of primary success since at least 2006, the first year of our...
Jan 28, 2018 | By the Numbers
4 Number of Republican candidates for state representative whose vote percentage was exceeded by Donald Trump in the 2016 general election. There were 53 state House seats contested by a Republican and a Democrat in 2016. In 49 of those races, the Republican state...
Jan 27, 2018 | Campaign News
Schubert Resigning: Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell) announced he would resign effective February 4 to join Blinn College in its legal affairs office. A special election will be held to fill Schubert’s unexpired term. It is highly unlikely that it will coincide...
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 12, 2017 | Campaign News
The deadline to file for a place on the 2018 ballot has passed. Please see our Crib Sheets for candidates’ filing status. Reps. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) and Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) filed this afternoon, former Rep. John Lujan (R-San Antonio) filed for another...
Dec 9, 2017 | Campaign News
GOV: Houston council member Dwight Boykins has scheduled a “special announcement” for Sunday morning. He has been exploring a run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R). COMP: Austin culinary entrepreneur Joi Chevalier established a campaign...
