Jan 18, 2018 | Campaign News
Texans could see up to eight parties on the ballot in November, but more than 235K voters will have to sign their petitions first. Five political parties filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office as a first step toward gaining spots on the ballot. The...
Nov 17, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
At least 5.32M straight-ticket Republican and Democratic votes were cast by Texans in last week’s general election, a new record for the state, and the number could top 5.5M. Straight-ticket Republican and Democratic votes represent 62% of all votes cast for president...
Jul 17, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Semiannual campaign finance reports were due Friday, covering either (1) the first six months of the year for candidates who had no primary opponent or (2) the period since the end of the 8-day-out reporting period of either the primary or primary runoff election (or...
Jun 1, 2016 | By the Numbers, Political Climate
Zero Number of presidential candidates to win Texas who were not either a Democrat or a Republican Recent national attention on potential independent candidates’ ability to prevent presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump from winning the White House, while somehow...
