Oct 15, 2018 | Campaign News
President Trump will hold a rally on October 22, the first day of early voting, at NRG Arena in Houston. SEN: A new poll conducted by WPAi (PDF) for Club for Growth Action shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leading U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso), 52%-43%, with...
Feb 2, 2018 | Campaign News
Voter Registration: Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the March 6 primary. 30-day-out campaign finance reports are due Monday for state and local candidates, where required, who face primary opposition. Candidates and officeholders without primary...
Jan 2, 2018 | Campaign News
SC2: Justice Don Willett (R) was sworn in as a Judge for the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Jimmy Blacklock was sworn in as the newest Texas Supreme Court justice, succeeding Willett, who was up for re-election this year. Blacklock is unopposed in the Republican...
Dec 13, 2017 | Campaign News
The filing deadline for a spot on the 2018 primary ballot has passed, but the candidate rosters are not yet finalized. The parties have until December 19 to submit their final certified candidate lists to the Secretary of State. Please see our Crib Sheets for the...
Dec 7, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on Monday. So far, at least 377 candidates have filed for statewide, legislative and board of education offices, and at least 167 have filed to represent Texas in Congress. This means about 30% of all...
Nov 27, 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. SC2: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he would appoint his general counsel Jimmy Blacklock to succeed Justice Don Willett (R) upon...
Nov 8, 2017 | Campaign News
AG: Austin attorney Justin Nelson announced he would challenge Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) as a Democrat. Nelson founded the group One Nation One Vote, which seeks to elect the president by popular vote. Lubbock attorney John Gibson, who was mulling a challenge,...
Oct 25, 2017 | Campaign News
The big news – the retirements of Speaker Straus and Chairman Cook – is covered here. HD127: Humble construction company executive Kyle Stephenson announced he would challenge Rep. Dan Huberty (R-Humble) in the Republican primary. Stephenson established a campaign...
Oct 12, 2017 | Campaign News
SC2: 334th District Judge Steven Kirkland announced he would run as a Democrat for the Supreme Court seat currently held by Justice Don Willett (R), who has been nominated to the Fifth U.S. Court of Appeals by President Trump. Willett is expected to seek re-election...
Sep 28, 2017 | Campaign News
SC2: President Trump nominated Justice Don Willett to a vacancy on the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Willett is up for re-election in 2018. He has won re-election twice since being appointed to the court by former Gov. Rick Perry in 2005. In a tweet,...
Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
The seven non-judicial statewide elected officials on the 2018 ballot collectively have more than $72M on hand, nearly triple the amount from the corresponding elected officials in 2010, the last year the slate of statewide officers ran for re-election. Leading the...
