Oct 2, 2019 | Campaign News
HD2: Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van) announced he would seek re-election to a 10th term. HD65: Carrollton civil engineer and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD board president Nancy Cline announced she would challenge Rep. Michelle Beckley (D-Carrollton) as a Republican. Cline was...
Jul 28, 2019 | Campaign News
President Trump tweeted that he would nominate U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Heath) to become the next Director of National Intelligence following Dan Coats’s August 15 departure. Ratcliffe’s nomination requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Trump would name an acting...
Mar 5, 2018 | Political Climate
Tomorrow is Primary Election Day, the earliest mid-term primary election in the Nation. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CST in every county except El Paso and Hudspeth Cos., which are located in the Mountain Time Zone. We will begin our live coverage of...
Mar 4, 2018 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
Primary Election Day is Tuesday. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time across the state. Counties begin releasing early voting results shortly after polls close. We will have live returns and analysis beginning at 7 p.m. CST at https://txelects.wpengine.com/live....
Mar 1, 2018 | Campaign Finance
SD19: Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) will hold “an important announcement on his plans for working together with the communities of Senate District 19 on moving forward” on March 10 in San Antonio. Gutierrez is unopposed for re-election to HD119. Earlier this...
Feb 27, 2018 | Campaign Finance
After 5 p.m. today, the Texas Ethics Commission posted totals for the 8-day-out reports candidates filed on Monday. The actual reports are generally not yet available, but we were able to determine many candidates’ largest donors between January 26 and February 24. We...
Feb 13, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 6 primary election begins Tuesday. GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released its first re-election ad focused on the Texas economy and business climate. LAND: The Dallas Morning News endorsed former Comm. Jerry Patterson (R) over...
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 20, 2017 | Campaign News
Certified Candidates: The state’s political parties were required to submit their certified lists of candidates to the Secretary of State yesterday. We have matched those final lists to our Crib Sheets. However, we have not yet received a final list of...
Nov 16, 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. HD99: Fort Worth security solutions businessman and 2016 primary challenger Bo French announced he would seek a rematch against...
Nov 2, 2017 | Campaign News
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans released a series of legislative primary endorsements focusing on challengers and open-seat races. HD2: The group endorsed challenger Bryan Slaton in his rematch against Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). The group previously...
