Jan 13, 2022 | Campaign News
The Travis County Clerk’s office reported that it has rejected about half of the applications for an absentee (mail) ballot because of a recent change in law. A provision of Senate Bill 1 by Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) requires for the first time an applicant to...
Nov 12, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election is underway. Our Crib Sheets have up-to-date filing status of the candidates we are tracking. At least 141 candidates have already filed. HD51: Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) announced he would seek re-election to a 10th term. HD74 open:...
Jul 25, 2019 | Campaign News
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) announced he would not seek re-election to a seventh term. Calling his service to the district “a tremendous blessing,” Olson said his time in Congress “has come at great personal sacrifice to my family.” He cited family health...
Jun 6, 2019 | Campaign News
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans released its 7th biennial legislative scorecard today (Thursday), and just 17 legislators scored above 80, corresponding to grades of A and B. This is the smallest such number in the Fiscal Responsibility Index’s...
May 30, 2019 | Campaign News
Early voting continues in jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 8. Early voting begins Monday in most jurisdictions holding runoff elections on June 15. Through today (Thursday), the third day of early voting, nearly 2.2% of registered voters in Dallas Co....
Nov 14, 2017 | Campaign News
The Texas Assoc. of Business released its scorecard of the 85th Legislature (PDF), grading House members for their votes on 17 bills and senators for their votes on 15 bills. The group rated 10 representatives at 90% or better and another 65 representatives scored at...
Aug 24, 2017 | Campaign News
HD81: Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) announced he would seek re-election. Scorecard Released: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans released its biennial scorecard, grading legislators’ votes on dozens of bills and amendments during the session. The 12...
May 29, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting begins tomorrow (Tuesday) for the June 10 runoff elections in most jurisdictions holding them and runs through June 6. San Antonio: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed incumbent Mayor Ivy Taylor in her runoff against council member Ron Nirenberg....
Feb 4, 2016 | Political Climate
The American Conservative Union released its 2015 rankings of state legislators (PDF). Eleven senators and 13 House members received its “award for conservative excellence,” which means they voted at least 90% of the time with the group’s position on bills. Another...
Aug 3, 2015 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update (No. 84-27). Highlights include: AG Ken Paxton’s indicted, plus explanation of process for filling a vacancy in a statewide office should one occur Crownover retiring...
Jun 22, 2015 | Archived Updates
We emailed this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update (No. 84-24). Highlights include: Empower Texans releases its biennial scorecard Campaign contribution moratorium ends More endorsements for Hughes UT/TT poll shows Cruz,...
