Apr 13, 2016 | Campaign News
TREPAC Endorsements: The Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC announced its runoff endorsements: RRC open: Gary Gates SD1 open: Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) SD24 open: Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene) HD5 open: Cole Hefner HD18 open: Ernest Bailes HD27: Rep. Ron Reynolds...
Apr 1, 2016 | Campaign Finance
SD24 open: A temporary injunction against releasing records related to a 9-1-1 call to Rep. Susan King’s (R-Abilene) house in October will remain in place until after the general election, ruled District Judge Lora Livingston. King sued AG Ken Paxton, whose office...
Mar 28, 2016 | House Race Analyses
Former Frisco Mayor John Keating faces Heath council member Justin Holland in the runoff to succeed retiring Rep. Scott Turner (R-Frisco). Keating received 38% of the vote while Holland received 33%. Heath Mayor Lorne Liechty finished third with 29% and has endorsed...
Mar 28, 2016 | Campaign News
The Texas Oil & Gas Assoc. Good Government Committee PAC endorsed former Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) in the Republican runoff for Railroad Commissioner. Christian faces Richmond real estate investor Gary Gates. The group made no endorsement for the primary. As...
Mar 21, 2016 | Campaign News
BACPAC: The Texas Assoc. of Business’ BACPAC released its endorsements for the primary runoff election: SD1: Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) SD24: Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene) HD18: Ernest Bailes HD33: Justin Holland HD54: Scott Cosper HD64: Lynn Stucky HD73: Rep. Doug...
Mar 10, 2016 | Campaign News
HD33: Heath Mayor Lorne Liechty, who finished third in the primary with 29% of the vote, endorsed former Heath council member Justin Holland, who finished second with 33% of the vote. Holland’s runoff opponent is Frisco Mayor Pro Tem John Keating, who finished...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. Some of the full reports are now available online, so we will add color commentary to the summary totals where we can. In this post, we summarize the open-seat House...
Feb 3, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas), who headed Rand Paul’s organization in Texas, is now supporting U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz following Paul’s departure from the presidential race today. Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) tweeted that he has endorsed Cruz, and the Texas Tribune...
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 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...
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,...
Jan 14, 2016 | Campaign News
The Texas Association of Business’ BACPAC announced its primary endorsements. For the most part, the group endorsed Republican incumbents. Challengers endorsed by the group include: SC3: Michael Massengale over Justice Debra Lehrmann HD55: Former Rep. Hugh Shine over...
