Feb 9, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person for the March 3 primary elections begins one week from Tuesday. SD19: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Xochil Peña Rodriguez for the Democratic nomination over Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) and two other candidates. The nominee will...
Feb 4, 2020 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
State candidates in contested primary elections were required to file their 30-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday (Monday). These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made during the first 23 days of 2020. Historically, these reports...
Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign News
The first votes of the 2020 presidential campaign have now been cast by Iowans attending caucus meetings. Some Texans may have already cast votes by mail, but the first in-person votes will be cast on February 18, two weeks from tomorrow (Tuesday). HD26 open: Rep....
Jan 30, 2020 | Campaign News
Federal District Judge Orlando Garcia granted a preliminary injunction sought by Democratic and voting rights groups as part in a case over the state’s compliance with provisions in the federal National Voter Registration Act commonly referred to as “motor voter”...
Jan 29, 2020 | Campaign News
President Trump polls at or just over 50% and leads four prospective Democratic challengers by 3-8 percentage points according to Texas Lyceum’s 2020 statewide survey (PDF), but is within the margin of error of Bernie Sanders, who polls strongest among the four...
Jan 27, 2020 | Campaign News
Special Runoff Elections: Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Election Night for voters in HD28, HD100 and HD148. We will have live coverage beginning at 7 p.m. CST at txelects.com/live. Registration Deadline: Monday is the deadline for Texans to register to vote in order to cast...
Jan 25, 2020 | House Race Analyses, Special Elections
Special elections are strange animals, and anything can happen in them (e.g. Laura Thompson becoming the first independent to win a House since 1936), but an Eliz Markowitz victory on Tuesday must be considered an upset were it to occur. Markowitz faces Rosenberg real...
Jan 19, 2020 | Campaign News
An abbreviated early voting begins Tuesday and runs through Friday for the HD28, HD100 and HD148 special runoff elections. January 28 is Election Day. In HD28, Republican Gary Gates faces Democrat Eliz Markowitz for a Fort Bend Co. seat that has gone from 14 points...
Jan 16, 2020 | Campaign Finance
Note: This report has been updated to correct the names of two contributors to the Jon Francis campaign (HD60). For whatever reason, our initial sorting of contributions on his report mis-aligned the contributor names and amounts. Farris and Jo Ann Wilks each...
Dec 16, 2019 | Campaign News
HD26 open: No candidates filed during the extended filing period. Three Republicans and four Democrats filed before the regular deadline, which was extended one week because of Rep. Rick Miller’s (R-Sugar Land) late withdrawal. HD60 open: Cisco finance director Jon...
Dec 10, 2019 | breaking-news, Campaign News
Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington) has formally withdrawn from the 2020 primary ballot and will not seek re-election, citing health issues. He was facing a primary challenge from Mansfield Mayor David Cook, who filed yesterday (Monday) just before the deadline. Because of...
Dec 3, 2019 | breaking-news, Campaign News
Rep. Rick Miller (R-Sugar Land) announced he was abandoning his re-election bid hours after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) rescinded his endorsement of the four-term lawmaker for comments Miller made to the Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Zelinski that his primary opponents were...