Mar 3, 2022 | Special Elections
In yesterday’s report, we made a logical leap between a couple of sentences that needed some sentences in between. We’ll fill in the details here. Rep. Chris Paddie (R-Marshall), who was not seeking re-election, has resigned. A special election will be required to...
Mar 2, 2022 | Political Climate
Note: We will not have percentages for some races, including all statewide races, because of delays in counting Harris Co.’s votes (and some others including Dallas and Tarrant Cos.). Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) cruised to their...
Feb 27, 2022 | Campaign Finance, House Race Analyses, Senate Race Analyses, Statewide Race Analyses
We previously analyzed historical campaign finance data and election results since 2006 to see how open-seat candidates fared in open primary races based on their relative fundraising ranks. Unsurprisingly, we found a strong correlation between fundraising rank and...
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...
Dec 1, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election continues through December 13. Our Crib Sheets are updated frequently with the latest candidate filings. SD2 (Safe R): Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) filed for re-election, ending any...
Nov 21, 2021 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads Democratic challenger Beto O’ Rourke, 45%-39%, in the latest UT-Tyler/Dallas Morning News poll (pdf). Abbott’s job approval rating is 49/41, which is lifted by his 88/14 rating among Republicans. Independents are on balance negative, giving...
Nov 18, 2021 | Campaign News
Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), the fifth most senior member of the House, announced he will not seek re-election, and the Dean of the Senate confirmed he would run for mayor of Houston in 2023. “I am proud to have represented the people of District 147 for the last...
Oct 7, 2021 | Campaign News
SD24 open: Castroville homebuilder Raul Reyes Jr. announced he would run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dawn Buckingham (R-Lakeway). Reyes unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for CD23 in 2020, losing the runoff to eventual U.S. Rep. Tony...
Nov 20, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election continues through December 9. Our Crib Sheets have up-to-date filing status of the candidates we are tracking. At least 289 candidates have already filed, and likely many more have done so. We are seeing far less information from county...
Dec 7, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on Monday. So far, at least 377 candidates have filed for statewide, legislative and board of education offices, and at least 167 have filed to represent Texas in Congress. This means about 30% of all...
Aug 25, 2017 | Campaign News
GOV: Plano entrepreneur and music executive Byron Bradford established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as an independent. SD8: The Phillip Huffines campaign announced the endorsement of 39 Republican precinct chairs. Meanwhile,...
Sep 11, 2015 | Archived Updates
A few things we’d like to share with you today: SD24: Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene) formed an exploratory committee to explore a run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay). King also said he did not intend to run for re-election to HD71...
