Dec 9, 2019 | Campaign News
Today (Monday) was the filing deadline for most candidates seeking partisan office in 2020. At least 53 were “new” candidates for federal, state or legislative office in the sense that we were not tracking them, had not reported on them this cycle and did not have...
Dec 1, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 primary elections and nominating conventions continues through December 9. We expect this to be a busy week, and we would not be surprised if a third of all candidates file on the last day. Our Crib Sheets will keep track of candidates of whose...
Nov 14, 2019 | Campaign News
An arrest warrant has been issued for Rep. Poncho Nevárez (D-Eagle Pass), who has been charged with a third-degree felony for possessing between one and four grams of cocaine. Nevárez was caught on surveillance video dropping an envelope containing cocaine at the...
Oct 21, 2018 | Campaign News
LTGOV: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Democratic challenger Mike Collier over Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). Courts: The Houston Chronicle endorsed Justice Jeff Brown (R) and Democratic challengers Steven Kirkland over Justice Jimmy Blacklock (R) and R.K. Sandill...
Oct 5, 2017 | Campaign News
Correction: In yesterday’s report, we erroneously identified the Williamson County Judge as former Rep. Dan Gattis (R-Georgetown). Judge Dan A. Gattis is of course the father of former Rep. Gattis. We regret the error. AG: The office of Kaufman Co. District Attorney...
Oct 3, 2017 | Campaign News
GOV: Austin Democratic Party activist Garry Brown established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as a Democrat. Brown ran unsuccessfully for Travis Co. Commissioner in 2014, receiving 14% of the vote in a three-way primary. HD31:...
Nov 16, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
Voters in Fort Bend Co. set new records last week for straight-ticket votes cast (both Republican and Democratic). Countywide, the number of straight-ticket Democratic votes was 36% higher than the 2012 total. The number of straight-ticket Republican votes was also...
Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign News
AG: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to consider Ken Paxton’s appeal to have three criminal securities fraud indictments dismissed. Paxton, who has denied any wrongdoing, still faces two first-degree charges and one third-degree felony charge. A Paxton...
Aug 3, 2015 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update (No. 84-27). Highlights include: AG Ken Paxton’s indicted, plus explanation of process for filling a vacancy in a statewide office should one occur Crownover retiring...
Jul 10, 2014 | Political Climate
Not since 1982 has the Democratic candidate for the ballot’s top office prevailed. Five times since, the top ballot candidate was the worst performing Democratic candidate for statewide office. In baseball, it’s easier to score runs if the leadoff batter gets on. In...
