Sep 26, 2017 | Campaign News
Redistricting: The U.S. Supreme Court denied plaintiffs’ request for an expedited hearing schedule to resolve the stay it issued on rulings invalidating several congressional and state House districts. SD2: The Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC endorsed Rep. Cindy Burkett...
Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Our first sweep through the July semiannual reports for the House of Representatives will focus on seats we already know are being contested, either in the primary or in the general election. This post has been updated to reflect further information about loans made...
Jun 27, 2017 | Campaign News
HD2: Royse City financial services businessman and 2016 Republican primary candidate Bryan Slaton is asking for endorsements via social media for another race against Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van), who won last year’s primary, 51%-49%. HD14: Bryan resident and Democratic...
Mar 1, 2017 | By the Numbers, Straight-ticket Voting
Forty Texas House districts saw one party’s candidate have at least a 20K-vote advantage in straight-party voting for the 2016 general election, up from 27 in 2012. Of the 40 seats, Republicans held the advantage in 27 seats, and Democrats held the advantage in 13. On...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. The full reports are not yet available online, but we’re able to report summary totals for most candidates this morning. In this post, we summarize some of the hottest...
Feb 15, 2016 | Campaign News
HD1: The Paris News endorsed the challenger, former Rep. George Lavender (R-Texarkana). HD2: Land Commissioner George P. Bush endorsed Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). HD20: The Williamson County Sun endorsed Rep. Marcia Farney (R-Georgetown). CD17: The Austin...
Feb 7, 2016 | House Race Analyses
Filed under HD2.
Feb 5, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) endorsed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. RRC open: SREC member and longtime GOP activist Rhonda Lacy endorsed John Greytok. SC3: Former Gov. Rick Perry endorsed challenger Michael Massengale, who he appointed to the First Court of Appeals...
Feb 2, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Filed under HD11, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD12, HD121, HD127, HD128, HD130, HD131, HD134, HD14, HD150, HD17, HD2, HD20, HD27, HD33, HD36, HD4, HD47, HD49, HD5, HD55, HD59, HD60, HD65, HD73, HD75, HD8, HD81, HD84, HD89, HD92, HD94,...
Jan 28, 2016 | Campaign News
SD1 open: The Texas Academy of Family Physicians PAC endorsed Rep. Bryan Hughes. SD24 open: Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) endorsed Dawn Buckingham. HD2: Former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). HD7...
Jan 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Filed under HD113, HD114, HD115, HD121, HD128, HD14, HD150, HD17, HD18, HD2, HD47, HD5, HD55, HD58, HD59, HD60, HD7, HD8, HD81, HD84, HD92, HD94,...
Jan 19, 2016 | Campaign News
Texas Assoc. of Realtors: TREPAC announced its primary election endorsements. The group sided mostly with incumbents but endorsed these three challengers: HD4: Former Rep. Lance Gooden over Rep. Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman) HD55: Former Rep. Hugh Shine over Rep. Molly...
