Jul 17, 2018 | Campaign Finance
We discovered additional campaign finance results of interest after our initial passes through the July semiannual reports today (Statewide, Legislature): LTGOV: Libertarian Kerry McKennon reported having $97K on hand, which is more than Democratic challenger Mike...
May 2, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: Democratic runoff candidates Lupe Valdez and Andrew White will reportedly debate May 11 in Austin. The debate will be organized by several Democratic groups, according to a press release issued by James Lee, Hispanic Caucus State Committeeman of the Texas...
Mar 8, 2018 | Campaign News
House Speaker: Rep. Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), chair of the House Republican Caucus, filed paperwork establishing his candidacy for Speaker. He joins Reps. Phil King (R-Weatherford) and John Zerwas (R-Richmond), who filed in September and October, respectively....
Dec 1, 2017 | Speakers Race
The House Republican Caucus unanimously voted to amend its bylaws to call for it to elect a favored Speaker candidate through a secret ballot. A candidate for Speaker must receive the support of two thirds of the caucus to be considered the caucus’s preferred...
Nov 8, 2017 | Campaign News
AG: Austin attorney Justin Nelson announced he would challenge Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) as a Democrat. Nelson founded the group One Nation One Vote, which seeks to elect the president by popular vote. Lubbock attorney John Gibson, who was mulling a challenge,...
Nov 1, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 6 general and constitutional amendment election through Friday. Through Tuesday, the ninth day of early voting, less than 1.6% of registered voters in the state’s 15 most populous counties had cast ballots in person or by mail,...
Oct 27, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 6 general and constitutional amendment election through November 3. Turnout continues to be very light across most of the state. Redistricting: The state of Texas filed its formal appeal (PDF) with the U.S. Supreme Court of a...
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 2, 2017 | Campaign News
SD19: U.S. District Judge Alan Ezra denied a request from Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) to dismiss one of the nearly two dozen criminal charges against him. Uresti sought to have a charge of failure to register as a securities broker dismissed. Uresti also faces...
Sep 22, 2017 | Speakers Race
Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) filed paperwork establishing his candidacy for Speaker of the House “in order to have an open discussion concerning the future of our Texas House.” The 10-term lawmaker has served as chair or co-chair of a committee under each of the...
Aug 10, 2017 | Campaign News
GOV: Austin musician Thor Harris announced on Twitter that he would challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R) but did not indicate a political affiliation. House Speaker: Rep. Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), chair of the House Republican Caucus, has called a meeting of the caucus...
Aug 3, 2017 | Campaign News
House Speaker: The House Freedom Caucus wrote to Rep. Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), chair of the Texas House Republican Caucus, asking him to call a meeting “for the sole purpose of discussing and/or adopting a procedure to determine our nominee for Speaker of the...
