Sep 20, 2017 | Campaign News
HD98: Keller council member, attorney and gubernatorial appointee Armin Mizani formed a campaign committee and announced he would challenge Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake) in the Republican primary. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appointed Mizani as a consumer...
Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign News
HD52: Rep. Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) reported having $256K on hand as of June 30, and he raised just under $15K during the last 12 days of June. Potential primary opponent Jeremy Story raised less than $1K. HD59: Rep. J.D. Sheffield (R-Gatesville) reported having...
Jun 5, 2017 | Campaign News
Early voting concludes tomorrow in jurisdictions holding June 10 runoff elections and continues in jurisdictions holding June 17 runoff elections. SD10: Burleson real estate developer and Burleson ISD trustee Beverly Powell has established an ActBlue fundraising page...
Nov 22, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
Tarrant Co. remains reliably red, but Democrats made minor inroads in straight-ticket voting in several legislative districts. Countywide, the Republicans’ straight-ticket advantage dipped to 54K from 67K in 2012. Significant increases in the number of straight-ticket...
Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Eight-day-out campaign finance reports were due yesterday for state and legislative candidates (and some local candidates) with general election opponents. The reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between September 29 and October 29. From this...
Oct 16, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Early voting in person begins one week from tomorrow (Monday, October 24). SC: The Houston Chronicle endorsed incumbent Justices Debra Lehrmann (SC3) and Eva Guzman (SC9) and challenger Dori Contreras Garza (SC5). SD12: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram endorsed Sen. Jane...
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...
Feb 11, 2016 | Campaign News
RRC open: Former Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) endorsed former Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth). SC: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed incumbents Debra Lehrmann (SC3), Paul Green (SC5) and Eva Guzman (SC9). SD24 open: Former Comptroller Susan Combs endorsed Dawn...
Feb 10, 2016 | House Race Analyses
Filed under HD92, HD94,...
Feb 2, 2016 | Campaign Finance
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,...
Jan 27, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC recently filed a campaign finance report triggered by its involvement in the HD118 special runoff election. It discloses nearly $200K in expenditures over the first 16 days of the year, including $20K to a House challenger. Among the...