Jun 14, 2022 | Election Night Returns, Special Elections
Republican Mayra Flores won tonight’s CD34 special election (Lean R) with 51% of the vote. She will serve the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela’s (D-Brownsville) term and will head to the general election as an incumbent. Flores won the Republican...
Jun 12, 2022 | Special Elections
Four out of every nine early votes for Tuesday’s CD34 (Lean R) special election have been cast by Democratic primary voters, according to our analysis of voter rosters for all 11 counties in the district. Not quite a third of special election voters participated in...
Feb 16, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 1 primary election is underway. We try not to draw too many conclusions from the first two days of early voting, but it is not off to the record-breaking starts we have observed in recent elections. In the 15 counties with the most...
Feb 18, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting has begun across Texas for the March 3 primary election and continues through February 28. Turnout is generally up for the Democratic primary over four years ago, with what appears to be record-setting numbers in Harris, Travis, Denton, Hidalgo,...
Oct 22, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting in person began today (Monday) and runs through November 2. In general, turnout was brisk, shattering records for gubernatorial general elections and even eclipsing the record-setting turnout of Day 1 in 2016, the last presidential election. Some...
Jun 28, 2018 | Campaign News
CD27 special: Saturday is Election Day across the 13 counties that comprise CD27. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT, and we will begin our live coverage shortly after polls close. Updates will be posted on our web site at https://txelects.wpengine.com/live/ and...
Jun 28, 2018 | Campaign News
The Secretary of State has certified eight independent candidates for the November general election ballot. All but one of the certified candidates are seeking congressional seats: Scott Cubbler of Houston for CD2 Benjamin Hernandez of Houston for CD9 Kesha Rogers of...
Feb 20, 2018 | Campaign News
This report has been updated to remove ballots that have been mailed but not yet returned from Tarrant Co.’s totals. The new totals are more in line with the experiences of other counties and no longer the highest ever seen for a primary there. We accidentally...
Sep 12, 2017 | Campaign News
RRC: Christi Craddick, chair of the Railroad Commission, announced she would seek re-election. HD62: Rep. Larry Phillips (R-Sherman) said he intends to support Reggie Smith, the Grayson Co. Republican Party chair, in the race to succeed him. Phillips is not seeking...
Dec 15, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
We have explored the shifts in straight-ticket voting in several of the state’s largest counties and found significant Democratic gains, particularly in Republican-held state House seats, with some exceptions, notably in districts held by African-American Democrats....
Apr 5, 2016 | Campaign News
SD24 open: The Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND endorsed Dawn Buckingham. CD19 open: The Jodey Arrington campaign announced the endorsement of nine mayors, including Abilene Mayor Norm Archibald, which we reported yesterday. The other eight mayors are: Throckmorton Mayor Will...