Jun 30, 2022 | Campaign News
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a North Carolina case questioning whether state courts have the power to nullify legislative actions to regulate federal elections or draw congressional districts. Put another way, the case ponders whether a legislature can...
Jun 26, 2022 | Campaign News
Frederick Frazier, the Republican nominee for HD61 open (Likely R), has been indicted by a Collin Co. grand jury on two felony counts of impersonating a public servant. He was placed on administrative leave by the Dallas police department. The charges arose from a...
May 25, 2022 | Campaign News
Just over 1.4M Texans – 8.1% of registered voters – cast ballots in the primary runoff election, according to unofficial results reported by the Secretary of State’s office. Republican voters nearly out-numbered Democratic voters 2-to-1. A total of 927K votes were...
Apr 20, 2022 | Campaign News
The state has requested a stay of federal proceedings in the consolidated redistricting cases in part because the districts being challenged will only be in effect this election cycle. “A stay of these proceedings ensures that the Court will be reviewing the...
Mar 22, 2022 | Campaign News
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow (Wednesday) in a case challenging a portion of the Texas House map passed the last special session. In November, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus filed suit contending that the map violated the...
Mar 17, 2022 | Campaign News
A divided panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a trio of voting rights lawsuits because they were brought against the wrong state agency. Broadly, the three suits sought: To restore single-punch, straight-party voting in the general election...
Mar 7, 2022 | Campaign News
Harris Co. failed to include around 10K absentee ballots in its unofficial results and will release updated election results tomorrow (Tuesday), a week after the primary. The roughly 6K Democratic and 4K Republican ballots were scanned by election officials but were...
Feb 13, 2022 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 1 primary begins tomorrow (Monday). GOV (Likely R): The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Beto O’Rourke (D) for their respective party’s nominations. LTGOV (Lean R): The Dallas Morning News...
Feb 2, 2022 | Campaign News
LTGOV (Lean R): The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Mike Collier for the Democratic nomination. AG (Lean R): U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert’s (R-Tyler) campaign released a new ad contending that Democrats are “licking their chops” to face Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R). We just...
Jan 8, 2022 | Campaign News
A state appellate court has rejected Rep. Art Fierro’s (D-El Paso) attempt to force declare Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez (D-El Paso) ineligible based on not meeting the residency requirement. In a per curiam ruling (PDF), the 8th Court of Appeals concluded “Ordez Perez...
Dec 15, 2021 | Campaign News
An Election Code provision granting the Office of Attorney General the ability to prosecute criminal election fraud cases is unconstitutional, the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled in an 8-1 decision. The case arises from an alleged campaign finance violation by the...
Dec 9, 2021 | Campaign News
Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election concludes Monday. Applications must be received by the relevant party official by 6 p.m. that day. Our Crib Sheets are updated throughout the day to reflect the latest filings and...
