Election News for December 20

Certified Candidates: The state’s political parties were required to submit their certified lists of candidates to the Secretary of State yesterday. We have matched those final lists to our Crib Sheets. However, we have not yet received a final list of...

Younger Hispanic/Latino Population Outpacing Anglos

Hispanics/Latinos are responsible for more than half of the state’s population growth since 2010, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. As of July 2016, Texas has gained more than three times as many Hispanics/Latinos than Anglos...

Election News for December 22

Redistricting: The latest U.S. Census data suggest that Texas could be apportioned three more Congressional seats in 2021. Census projections released earlier this week indicated Texas added nearly 433K people during 2016, the most of any state, and has added 2.7M...