Feb 23, 2022 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance, House Race Analyses
House candidates facing primary opposition raised nearly $11M and spent over $13M during the roughly monthlong period covered by their 8-day-out reports. While that’s a fair amount, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) outspent the entire slate of House candidates by himself....
Jan 19, 2022 | Campaign Finance
Statewide and legislative candidates on the ballot this year raised more than $75M during the last half of 2021 and ended the year with more than $200M on hand. Nearly $3 out of every $7 raised by those candidates went to Gov. Greg Abbott (R), two of his primary...
Jan 10, 2022 | Campaign News
The 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session beings one year from today (Monday). LAND (Likely R): Sen. Dawn Buckingham’s (R-Lakeway) campaign released a list of endorsements from 44 Republican state representatives including Rep. James White (R-Hillister), who is...
Dec 13, 2021 | Campaign News
Today (Monday) was the deadline to file for partisan nomination or independent candidacy for statewide, legislative, congressional and county offices on the 2022 general election ballot. Our Crib Sheets have the latest known status of more than 1,000 candidates for...
Dec 9, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election concludes Monday. Applications must be received by the relevant party official by 6 p.m. that day. Our Crib Sheets are updated throughout the day to reflect the latest filings and...
Dec 7, 2021 | Campaign News
Note: We apologize that our Crib Sheets were unavailable for a big chunk of the day today (Tuesday). It was connected to the widespread AWS outage that affected numerous websites and app providers. They are back online and fully updated with the latest filings. Filing...
Dec 6, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. GOV (Likely R): The campaign of former Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) released a new ad highlighting his conservative credentials. SD27 open (Lean R):...
Dec 3, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. SD8 (Likely R): Plano ophthalmologist Matt Rostami established a campaign committee for a potential primary challenge of Sen. Angela Paxton...
Dec 2, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. SD11 open (Likely R): Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Rep. Mayes Middleton (R-Wallisville) for the seat being vacated by Sen. Larry Taylor...
Nov 30, 2021 | Campaign News
Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) announced he will not seek re-election, and Rep. Mayes Middleton (R-Wallisville) announced he filed for the seat. Taylor was first elected to the Senate in 2012 following five terms in the House. “Having the privilege of representing...
Aug 3, 2021 | Campaign News
The state reached a settlement with plaintiffs seeking to bring it in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the relevant portion of which is commonly referred to as “Motor Voter,” ending nearly seven years of litigation. Under the...
Jan 21, 2020 | Campaign News
More than 16.1M Texans are registered to vote – the largest number in state history – according to new voter registration numbers released by the Secretary of State’s office. Since January 2016, the number of registered voters has grown by 14%, significantly higher...
