Dec 8, 2020 | Campaign News, Local Elections
Today (Tuesday) was the first of a string of Election Days for local jurisdictions where runoffs were required by charter or law. Arlington: Incumbent Victoria Farrar-Myers easily defeated Antoine Lane, 82%-18%. Coppell: John Jun won an open council seat, 60%-40%,...
Nov 23, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting is underway in various local jurisdictions holding December 8 runoff elections including Arlington, Coppell, Denton, Duncanville, Frisco, Haltom City, Irving, Keller, Mansfield, Odessa and Palmview. Early voting begins on Wednesday in local jurisdictions...
May 11, 2018 | Campaign News
A federal judge has given the state seven until Thursday to create a path for voters to register automatically when they go online to obtain or renew their driver’s licenses. The Texas Dept. of Public Safety’s website currently redirects voters to the Secretary of...
Apr 27, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Early Voting continues for the May 6 elections in jurisdictions holding them. Redistricting: At a status conference today (Thursday) in San Antonio, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said the court would issue an order Monday setting a schedule for further...
Apr 9, 2017 | Local Elections
Amarillo: The Amarillo Police Officer’s Assoc. endorsed Ginger Nelson (Mayor open) and challenger Elaine Hays (P1), Freda Powell (P2 open) and Eddy Sauer (P3 open) for city council. For Place 1, the group previously endorsed Elisha Demerson, the current incumbent, in...
Mar 1, 2017 | Campaign News
Gerrymandering: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a lower court applied an incorrect legal standard when it determined that 11 Virginia legislative districts were not racially gerrymandered. The lower court required plaintiffs to prove “an actual conflict between the...
Feb 16, 2017 | Local Elections
Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline for candidates to file for most municipal and other local offices on the May 6 uniform election ballot. A few local jurisdictions have other deadlines. In general, candidates have one week to withdraw from their respective races after...
Jun 14, 2015 | Election Night Returns
Final Runoff Update – 1:35 p.m. June 14 SAN ANTONIO Mayor: Taylor 51.7%, Van de Putte 48.3% — Taylor ends up winning Election Day (50.1%) voters to go with Early Voting (52.5%) P7: Medina 54, Aguirre-Rodriguez 46 We will need to see the precinct-level data after the...
