Jul 30, 2019 | Campaign News
Half of “registered Texas Democrats”* support either former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) or former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a new UT-Tyler poll. O’Rourke (27%) and Biden (24%) are followed by Bernie Sanders (15%), Elizabeth Warren (11%) and Kamala...
Jun 17, 2019 | Campaign News, Political Climate
A new Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows a fairly evenly divided electorate that has not moved much since October. We will have more to say about the poll and its potential implications for 2020 once the crosstabs are released later this week. For now, here are...
Jun 6, 2019 | Campaign News
HD25: Lake Jackson nurse Rhonda Seth established a campaign committee for a potential primary challenge of Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton). Seth made a small donation to Bonnen’s 2018 primary opponent, Damon Rambo, whose Facebook page continues to be highly...
Jun 5, 2019 | Campaign News
A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll suggests no 2020 presidential candidate, including President Trump, enjoys the support of a majority of Texas voters. As in its February poll, the poll released today shows Trump’s level of support is largely independent of the hypothetical...
Apr 29, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting concludes tomorrow (Tuesday) in most jurisdictions holding May 4 elections. Non-citizen Voter Probe: A federal judge has approved a settlement signed by all parties in the lawsuit over the state’s efforts to remove suspected non-citizens from the voting...
Apr 25, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through Tuesday in most jurisdictions participating in the May 4 uniform election. Generally speaking, turnout is light across the state: In Dallas Co., turnout is just north of 2% through the first four days. Turnout exceeds 5% in around three...
Mar 10, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Early voting in person ended Friday. Over the five days, a total of 5,228 people voted in person, exceeding the 12-day total for the February special election, including mail ballots. Bexar Co. does not release the number of mail ballots until Election...
Mar 5, 2019 | Campaign News, Special Elections
HD145 special: Christina Morales defeated former Houston council member Melissa Noriega, 61%-39%. Turnout was 4.1%. HD125 special: Former San Antonio council member Ray Lopez out-raised Republican Fred Rangel, $72K to $13K, and outspent him, $92K to $19K, between...
Mar 4, 2019 | Campaign News
HD125 special: Early voting began today (Monday) for the special runoff election between Fred Rangel and former San Antonio council member Ray Lopez. A total of 845 people voted in person on the first day. It took four days to reach this total for last month’s...
Feb 28, 2019 | Campaign Finance
A new Quinnipiac Poll shows President Trump leading six potential Democratic opponents. Trump’s numbers are very tight, suggesting his level of support, and opposition, is unmoved by any particular candidate: Trump 47%, Joe Biden 46% Trump 47%, Bernie Sanders 45%...
Feb 26, 2019 | Campaign News
Nearly a third of Texas voters have no opinion of the job performance of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R), who has been elected statewide five times, as he heads into a re-election campaign. A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll found Cornyn’s net approval rating is +17 (43/26)....
Oct 31, 2018 | Political Climate
Voters are generally more optimistic about the direction of the country and the state than just before other recent elections, according to the latest Univ. of Texas/Texas Tribune poll (PDF). Forty-two percent of respondents believe the nation is headed in the right...
