Jun 17, 2021 | Campaign News
CD6 special: Club for Growth Action released a new digital ad highlighting former President Trump’s endorsement of Susan Wright (R). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLvtVh1F3sw The ad is part of $150K in independent expenditures from the group in this runoff. Prior to...
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,”...
Mar 8, 2021 | Campaign News
CD6 special: U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price endorsed Susan Wright, who released a list of an additional 49 endorsements. DMN/UT-T Poll: A slim majority of Texans approve the way Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is handling his job, and fewer...
Mar 1, 2021 | Campaign News
CD6 special: At least 17 candidates have taken a formal step toward running to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-Arlington), and at least four have filed for the race. Friday is the filing deadline. Check out our Special Election Crib Sheet for the latest...
Jan 13, 2021 | Campaign News
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection in connection with last week’s sacking of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Ten Republicans joined all 222 Democrats in voting to impeach Trump for an...
Jan 12, 2021 | Campaign News
The 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature convened at noon today (Tuesday). Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) was the only member nominated for Speaker, and he was elected by a 143-2 vote. Newly elected Reps. Jeff Cason (R-Bedford) and Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City)...
Jan 10, 2021 | Campaign News
HD68 special: Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the January 23 special election to fill the unexpired House term of Sen. Drew Springer (R-Muenster). Five candidates are on the ballot: John Berry (R), Jacksboro financial planner and former Jack County...
Nov 29, 2020 | Political Climate
For the second straight election cycle, a Democrat has won the very top race on the ballot in Tarrant Co. President-elect Joe Biden narrowly carried the county over President Trump, 49.3%-49.1%, a margin of just under 2K votes. Two years ago, former U.S. Rep. Beto...
Nov 19, 2020 | Campaign News
Counties have canvassed their election results, making them official. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) may canvass the state vote as early as Saturday, but he has until December 7 to do so. Counties must provide electronic precinct-level returns to the Secretary of State by...
Nov 4, 2020 | General Elections
Democrats have long maintained that higher turnout is the key to turning the state blue. It didn’t happen. The blue wave of 2018 crashed against the red seawall of rural and exurban Texas, and Republicans held their ground in the suburbs against spirited and...
Nov 2, 2020 | Campaign News
Election Day is finally here. Our live coverage will begin at 7 p.m. at txelects.com/live. In addition to the results and analysis we normally provide, we’ve added a “scoreboard” powered by the Texas Tribune and its partner Decision Desk HQ. The scoreboard has been...
Oct 31, 2020 | Political Climate
Two fundamental questions will be answered Tuesday, or shortly thereafter: Will Joe Biden become the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Texas since 1976 and the first Democrat running statewide to win since 1994? Will Democrats capture the net nine seats...