Jun 21, 2017 | Campaign News
HD46: Austin computer programmer and gay rights activist Michael Hendrix told the Austin American-Statesman’s Marty Toohey that he is considering a primary challenge of Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin). HD47: Austin registered nurse and health policy consultant Candace...
Jun 8, 2017 | By the Numbers
32 Number of current members of the Texas Legislature who have not had a primary opponent for their current office in at least eight years, despite an overall rise in the number of contested primaries for legislative seats. Ten members’ last primary challenge...
May 5, 2017 | Campaign News
Election Day is tomorrow (Saturday) for many local jurisdictions across the state. We will have live coverage of selected races beginning at 7 p.m. SD8: The Dallas Morning News’s Gromer Jeffers Jr. reported Rep. Matt Shaheen (R-Plano) is waiting for Sen. Van Taylor...
Apr 4, 2017 | Campaign News
HD46: District Judge Brad Urrutia denied a motion by attorneys representing Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) to dismiss four felony counts against her. Her attorneys argued last month that a waiver signed by Dukes waiving the statute of limitations was invalid. Had the...
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...
Jan 24, 2017 | Campaign News
HD46: The Central Texas Democratic Forum held a candidates’ forum today (Tuesday) attended by four Democrats actively seeking the seat. Former Austin council member Sheryl Cole, software engineer Greg Harrington, tech executive Nnamdi Orakwue and attorney Chito Vela...
Jan 18, 2017 | Campaign News
A Travis Co. grand jury has indicted Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) on two misdemeanor counts of abuse of official capacity and at least one 13 felony counts of tampering with public records. In a Facebook post, Dukes said she is “disappointed but I expected that if I...
Jan 17, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing Begins: Starting tomorrow (Wednesday), candidates may begin filing for offices on the May 6 uniform election date ballot. We have a list of those offices for the state’s 100 largest municipalities available here. Campaign Finance: January semiannual campaign...
Jan 12, 2017 | Campaign News
GOV: The campaign of Gov. Greg Abbott will report raising $9M during the second half of 2016 and has more than $34M on hand as of January 1. The latter figure is likely more than the entire U.S. House delegation has on hand, collectively, as of the same time. The 36...
Jan 11, 2017 | Campaign News
HD46: Various outlets reported that Texas Rangers will present evidence against Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) to a grand jury next week. Meanwhile, former Austin council member Sheryl Cole released a list of pledged supporters, including Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin),...
Jan 9, 2017 | Campaign News
LTGOV: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced he would seek re-election in 2018. Patrick also endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott for re-election (Abbott has not yet announced a re-election bid.), saying that he wanted to put to rest any “distraction” about Patrick’s potentially...
Jan 7, 2017 | Campaign News
Updated at 9:15 p.m. Travis Co. District Attorney Margaret Moore has told the Austin American-Statesman that Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) will not be stepping down on Tuesday as planned. Moore said an attorney representing Dukes called her Saturday to inform her of...
