Nov 8, 2017 | Campaign News
CD2: Seven-term U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Humble) announced he would not seek re-election. He is the fourth Republican incumbent from Texas to announce his retirement, joining U.S. Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas), Sam Johnson (R-Plano) and Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio). U.S....
Nov 2, 2017 | Campaign News
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans released a series of legislative primary endorsements focusing on challengers and open-seat races. HD2: The group endorsed challenger Bryan Slaton in his rematch against Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). The group previously...
Oct 31, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 7 general and constitutional amendment election through November 3. CD5 open: Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) is considering running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas). Because Hughes is not up for...
Oct 25, 2017 | Campaign News
The big news – the retirements of Speaker Straus and Chairman Cook – is covered here. HD127: Humble construction company executive Kyle Stephenson announced he would challenge Rep. Dan Huberty (R-Humble) in the Republican primary. Stephenson established a campaign...
Oct 25, 2017 | Campaign News
This post has been updated throughout since we sent out our Breaking News alert. Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) and State Affairs Committee Chair Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) announced they would not seek re-election. “I believe that in a representative...
Oct 16, 2017 | Campaign News
HD8: Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) told the Texas Tribune that he had not decided whether he would seek re-election, and he gave no timetable for his decision. His 2016 primary opponent, Corsicana businessman Thomas McNutt, has announced he is running for the seat....
Jul 25, 2017 | Campaign Finance
The 12 members of the Texas House Freedom Caucus and three ideologically similar Republican candidates raised over $1.1M during the first half of the year, accounting for a third of the total of all contributions received by the incumbent members and announced...
Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Our first sweep through the July semiannual reports for the House of Representatives will focus on seats we already know are being contested, either in the primary or in the general election. This post has been updated to reflect further information about loans made...
Apr 19, 2017 | Campaign News
HD8: Corsicana bakery owner Thomas McNutt intends to seek a rematch against Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana), who defeated McNutt by 225 votes in the 2016 Republican primary. Cook out-raised his opponent, $1.0M to $452K, and outspent him, $1.4M to $472M. Texans for...
Jul 21, 2016 | Campaign News
Voter Fraud Investigation. The Secretary of State’s Director of Elections has asked the Attorney General for “assistance in reviewing allegations of criminal activity in Hill County elections.” A complaint filed by Philip Harris of Direct Action Texas alleges that as...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
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...
