Aug 4, 2017 | Campaign News
HD87: Panhandle resident and Fritch city manager Drew Brassfield established a campaign committee for a potential primary challenge of Rep. Four Price (R-Amarillo). HD109: Glenn Heights resident Casey Littlejohn established a campaign committee for a potential...
Dec 4, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
Harris Co. voters cast a record 472K straight-ticket Democratic votes in the general election, up 16% from 2012, while the number of straight-ticket Republican votes fell slightly from 2012. Democrats cut into Republicans’ advantage in all 11 state House districts won...
Nov 7, 2016 | General Elections, Political Climate
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Nov 3, 2016 | Campaign Finance
With so many Texans voting early in general elections and a paucity of competitive races, the impact of “late-train” money in close campaigns is muted. As a result, we are seeing fewer, and smaller, infusions of cash and in-kind contributions during the campaigns’...
Nov 1, 2016 | breaking-news, 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 13, 2016 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Yesterday, we provided a summary of the 30-day-out campaign finance reports for key Texas House races and other races which we found interesting, although probably not competitive. Several reports were not available online yesterday but have since been filed. HD26:...
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...
Jul 17, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Semiannual campaign finance reports were due Friday, covering either (1) the first six months of the year for candidates who had no primary opponent or (2) the period since the end of the 8-day-out reporting period of either the primary or primary runoff election (or...
Jul 5, 2016 | House Race Analyses, Straight-ticket Voting
Our look into straight-ticket voting trends in today’s competitive or potentially competitive districts shifts to Southeast Texas with HD144 in Harris Co. Comprised of portions of Baytown, Deer Park, Houston, Pasadena and South Houston, HD144 has switched partisan...
Feb 17, 2016 | By the Numbers
13 Number of state representatives who have returned to the House after missing at least one term since 2000. All but two of those representatives returned in the election cycle immediately following the one they left. At least one former representative has returned...
Jan 18, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Filed under HD1, HD106, HD112, HD114, HD115, HD116, HD117, HD120, HD121, HD126, HD128, HD130, HD131, HD139, HD14. HD92, HD144, HD148, HD149, HD150, HD18, HD2, HD20, HD27, HD33, HD4, HD47, HD49, HD5, HD54, HD55, HD58, HD60, HD64, HD7, HD71, HD73, HD75, HD77, HD8, HD81,...
