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%,...
Feb 18, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting has begun across Texas for the March 3 primary election and continues through February 28. Turnout is generally up for the Democratic primary over four years ago, with what appears to be record-setting numbers in Harris, Travis, Denton, Hidalgo,...
Oct 31, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Friday. Tuesday’s turnout was the second lowest of any single day so far, topping only Sunday, and preliminary numbers from a few of the larger counties suggests today’s (Wednesday) turnout was a little lower. Despite the decline,...
Oct 28, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting on Saturday surpassed the corresponding Saturday in 2016 and exceeded the last three gubernatorial elections’ Saturdays combined in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. It was the highest Saturday vote total ever for early voting in those...
Oct 27, 2018 | Campaign News
Early voting turnout has officially surpassed total early turnout in 2014. Through the first five days of early voting, 2.43M people have voted in person and by mail in the 30 counties with the most registered voters. A little over 2.55M people voted during the entire...
Feb 23, 2018 | Campaign News
Early Voting for the March 6 primary election continues until March 2. Data from a few counties last night indicated Day Three (Thursday) turnout had rebounded slightly from Day Two (Wednesday). Today, data from the 15 counties with the most registered voters...
Feb 20, 2018 | Campaign News
This report has been updated to remove ballots that have been mailed but not yet returned from Tarrant Co.’s totals. The new totals are more in line with the experiences of other counties and no longer the highest ever seen for a primary there. We accidentally...
Feb 7, 2018 | Campaign News
LAND: The campaign of Comm. George P. Bush (R) released an ad listing some of Bush’s accomplishments in office and highlighting his endorsements of Ted Cruz (R) and Donald Trump. AGRIC: The campaign of Comm. Sid Miller (R) released a radio ad attacking opponent Trey...
Nov 13, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on December 11. Please see our Crib Sheets for candidates’ filing status. HD6: Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler) announced he would seek re-election. HD27: Missouri City attorney Wilvin Carter filed as a...
Aug 24, 2017 | Campaign News
HD81: Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) announced he would seek re-election. Scorecard Released: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans released its biennial scorecard, grading legislators’ votes on dozens of bills and amendments during the session. The 12...
May 31, 2017 | Campaign News
Updated: Former Rep. Steve Toth (R-The Woodlands) announces bid for the seat. Two-term Rep. Mark Keough (R-The Woodlands) announced he would run for Montgomery County Judge, forgoing re-election to the House. “The last two legislative sessions have impressed upon me...
Dec 22, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
We have been exploring shifts in straight-ticket voting in the state’s most populous counties, and in the state House districts therein, since the general election. For the most part, so far we have seen Democratic gains, particularly in districts won by Republican...
