Sep 20, 2021 | Campaign News
The Third Called Session of the 87th Texas Legislature convened today (Monday). The Senate Special Redistricting Committee will consider Senate Bill 4 by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), which would draw new Senate districts, and Senate Bill 7 by Huffman, which would...
Jul 22, 2021 | Campaign News
CD6 special: Early voting concludes tomorrow (Friday) for Tuesday’s special runoff election. In Tarrant Co., in-person turnout rose again today (Thursday), bringing the four-day total of in-person and absentee voters to nearly 10K (2.8% of registered voters). In Ellis...
Jul 4, 2021 | Campaign News
State chair of the Republican Party of Texas and former one-term U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced he will challenge Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in the primary. In a seven-minute announcement video, West speaks about legacies and the need to protect them before drawing...
Jun 24, 2021 | Campaign News
Four out of five Texas Republicans “believe there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election,” according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters. About a third of independents and a tenth of Democrats also believe the widespread election...
Jun 23, 2021 | Campaign News
More than four out of five Republicans believe Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “deserves to be re-elected,” and 85% of Republicans approve his job performance, according to a new Quinnipiac Univ. poll. The findings indicate former Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) and potential...
Jun 8, 2021 | Campaign News
The Texas Democratic Party announced a new $1.7M voter registration program, Project Texas, which aims to register 2M voters, which would be just about everyone who is eligible but not registered. The Democratic Party’s announcement included an estimate of 3M eligible...
May 4, 2021 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) job approval rating (43/45) is underwater for the first time as the state’s chief executive, according to the latest Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll (PDF). Forty-three percent of respondents approve his job performance, his lowest such figure...
Apr 23, 2021 | Campaign News
Early voting continues for the May 1 general and special elections and runs through April 27. CD6 special: A new Data for Progress poll suggests Susan Wright (R) and Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) are slight frontrunners to make the runoff out of a 23-person field. Wright is...
Apr 18, 2021 | Campaign News
Early voting for the May 1 general and special elections begins tomorrow (Monday) and runs through April 27. UT-Tyler Poll: Two out of every seven registered voters “believe there is widespread voter fraud in Texas,” while a slim majority believe “there is not,”...
Apr 6, 2021 | Campaign News
At a press conference today (Tuesday), Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) expressed anger over business leaders’ and political opposition to election legislation passed by the Senate on a party-line vote last week. “Senate Bill 7 is about voter security, not about vote...
Mar 21, 2021 | Campaign News
Nearly three quarters of Texas voters approved Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) extension of early voting by one week for last year’s general election, according to a new poll by Republican pollster Chris Perkins (Ragnar Research) conducted for Secure Democracy, an election...
Mar 15, 2021 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) joined Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) and Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) at a press conference in Harris Co. to tout election integrity bills. “The integrity of elections in 2020 was questioned right here in Harris County with the mail-in...
