Campaign News for April 1

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...

RRC: Key Industry Association Endorses Christian

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...

Endorsement News for March 21

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...

Key House Race 8-day-out Totals, Part 2

State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. The full reports are not yet available online, but we’re able to report summary totals for most candidates this morning. In this post, we summarize some of the hottest...

House Campaign Finance Update

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,...

Endorsement News for January 21

CD29: The Houston Chronicle endorsed U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston). SC9: Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed Justice Eva Guzman. HD14: Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) endorsed challenger Jess Fields. HD73: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans endorsed challenger...

Initial Thoughts on House Campaign Finance Reports

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,...

Endorsement News for January 13

SC5: Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and Rep. Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth) endorsed challenger Rick Green. HD73: CLEAT endorsed Rep. Doug Miller (R-New Braunfels). HD81: Gun Owners of America PAC endorsed challenger Josh Crawford. HD106: Texas Values Action endorsed...

Endorsement News for January 8

HD33 Open: Texans for Life’s Life PAC endorsed Lorne Leichty. HD73: The Texas State Rifle Assoc. PAC endorsed Rep. Doug Miller. HD150: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans endorsed challenger Valoree Swanson. PRES: The Texas Patriots PAC endorsed U.S....

Election Update for July 28

A few things we wanted to share with you today: HD12: Rep. Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) announced he would seek re-election. He may be facing a possible general election opponent in College Station resident Gene Perez, who filed a CTA this week. Perez indicated he...

Election Update for July 20

A few things we wanted to share with you today: RRC2: Commissioner David Porter announced he would seek re-election. The only known challenger so far is Robert Cody Garrett of Del Valle, who filed his CTA in late April. SD22: Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) announced...