Early Voting Begins in HD145 and Other News for February 25

HD145 special: Early voting began today (Monday) and runs through Friday for the runoff election between Houston funeral home executive Christina Morales and former Houston council member Melissa Noriega. A total of 300 people voted on the first day, 143 in person and...

Texas Drops to 30th and Other Election News for August 7

Primary Turnout: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington held primary elections today. Preliminary results show turnout in all four states exceeded the turnout in Texas, dropping the state to 30th out of the 36 states that have held primaries so far this year. Three...

Recounts, Removal Petitions and Other News for June 4

Early voting concludes tomorrow (Tuesday) for June 9 local runoffs and continues until June 12 for June 16 local runoffs. Primary Turnout: Eight states hold primary elections tomorrow (Tuesday), which will bring the total primaries to date to 21. Texas currently ranks...

Election News for October 5

Correction: In yesterday’s report, we erroneously identified the Williamson County Judge as former Rep. Dan Gattis (R-Georgetown). Judge Dan A. Gattis is of course the father of former Rep. Gattis. We regret the error. AG: The office of Kaufman Co. District Attorney...

Election News for September 8

Voter ID: Plaintiffs have asked the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear and overturn a three-judge panel’s decision staying a lower court’s Voter ID ruling. Earlier this week, a divided Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel stayed District Judge Nelva...

Election News for September 7

CD16: El Paso resident John Carrillo formed a campaign committee for a potential race to seek the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso). Meanwhile, former El Paso ISD trustee Dori Fenenbock is holding a “Making It...