Mar 2, 2022 | breaking-news, Election Night Returns
Overnight developments: Dallas and Harris Cos. are still not reporting full results, and Tarrant Co. may be reporting full resorts (Report says not all precinct results are posted, but it’s vote center status report says all are completely reported.). Dallas Co. may...
Feb 28, 2022 | Political Climate
Tomorrow (Tuesday), Texas voters will cast ballots in the first-in-the-Nation primary election of this mid-term cycle. Our live coverage of results and analysis will begin at about 7 p.m. CT and can be found at txelects.com/live. Here are some of the storylines we’re...
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....
Feb 1, 2022 | Campaign Finance
Statewide and legislative candidates facing primary opposition raised just over $10.3M and spent at least $22.1M during the first 20 days of 2022, according to 30-day-out reports filed yesterday (Monday) and available online today. Collectively, the candidates have...
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 13, 2022 | Campaign News
The Travis County Clerk’s office reported that it has rejected about half of the applications for an absentee (mail) ballot because of a recent change in law. A provision of Senate Bill 1 by Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) requires for the first time an applicant to...
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...
Nov 15, 2021 | Campaign News
GOV (Likely R): Seeking to recapture the mojo of 2018 without any of the side effects from his 2020 presidential campaign, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) announced he would challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R). O’Rourke came within 3 points of ousting U.S. Sen....
Nov 11, 2021 | Campaign News
Thank you to all who serve and have served our country. Tom Bean salon owner and former SD30 candidate Shelley Luther is planning to announce campaign plans on Monday after she re-authorized her campaign account but did not specify a state office she might seek. Tom...
Nov 3, 2021 | Campaign News
Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) has invited supporters to an “important announcement” and press conference in Harlingen tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Some capitol insiders believe he will announce his retirement. Lucio was first elected to SD27 (Lean D) in 1990...
Aug 9, 2019 | Campaign News
SD27: State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez (D-Brownsville) said on Facebook that he will challenge Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) in the Democratic primary. San Benito attorney Sara Stapleton-Barrera is already in the race. Lucio raised less than $5K...
Jul 28, 2019 | Campaign News
President Trump tweeted that he would nominate U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Heath) to become the next Director of National Intelligence following Dan Coats’s August 15 departure. Ratcliffe’s nomination requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Trump would name an acting...
