Oct 27, 2020 | Campaign Finance, Campaign News
State candidates in contested races raised nearly $53.5M during the past month, of which $39.3M went to candidates in competitive state House races (We cover the House in detail here.). Our Crib Sheets have been fully updated. Candidates with general election...
Oct 5, 2020 | Campaign News
A third lawsuit has been filed seeking to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) order limiting counties to providing a single drop-off location for absentee ballots returned in person. On Friday, the League of Women Voters of Texas, LULAC and others sued in federal court. A...
Oct 4, 2020 | Campaign News
Tomorrow (Monday) is the last day to register to vote, or update one’s registration, for the November 3 general election. Tomorrow is also the deadline for state and local candidates facing general election opponents to file their 30-day-out campaign finance reports....
Feb 21, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election continues through February 28. The early turnout numbers we report here are unofficial and subject to change. We noticed an increasing gap between the numbers a couple of counties have published to their websites and the...
Feb 16, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election begins on Tuesday. Courts: The Houston Chronicle endorsed Larry Praeger (SC6) and Peter Kelly (SC8) for the Democratic nominations for their respective races. SD11: The Houston Chronicle endorsed Susan Criss for the...
Feb 14, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting for the March 3 primary election begins on Tuesday. RRC: The Dallas Morning News and the San Antonio Express-News endorsed Comm. Ryan Sitton (R) and Chrysta Castañeda (D) for their respective party’s nominations. Courts: The San Antonio Express-News...
Feb 12, 2020 | Campaign News
Friday is the deadline for candidates to file for local offices on the May 2 general election ballot. HD45: The Austin American-Statesman endorsed Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) and Bud Wymore (R) for their respective party’s nominations. HD47: The Austin...
Jan 16, 2020 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
Yesterday (Wednesday) was the deadline for state officeholders and candidates to file their January semiannual campaign finance reports, disclosing contributions received and expenditures made between July 1 and December 31, or a shorter period if the campaign...
Dec 6, 2019 | Campaign News
As of the end of the day (Friday), there are just three incumbents that we expect are seeking re-election for whom we have not seen a confirmation that they have filed: Statewide: none Senate: none House: none Congress: U.S. Reps. Colin Allred (D-Dallas), Joaquin...
Jul 31, 2019 | Campaign News
Note: We cover the resignation announcement of Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond), the confirmation of Justice Jeff Brown as a federal judge and the potential for Rep. Rick Miller (R-Sugar Land) to lead DFPS here. SC8: Third Court of Appeals Justice Gisela Triana (D)...
Mar 20, 2019 | Campaign News
SC8: The Texas Senate unanimously confirmed former appellate justice Brett Busby for the Supreme Court seat vacated by former Justice Phil Johnson, whose November resignation took effect at the end of 2018. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) nominated Busby last month. Busby lost...
Feb 21, 2019 | Campaign News
SC8: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appointed former appellate justice Brett Busby to the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by former Justice Phil Johnson, whose November resignation took effect at the end of 2018. Busby lost his 2018 re-election bid to the 14th Court of...
