Mar 8, 2016 | breaking-news, Campaign News
As of 6 p.m., Smith Co. has counted 228 provisional and overseas ballots impacting the SD1 race. Red Brown, who finished third behind Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) by 13 votes on Election Day, has netted 27 votes over Simpson. If this holds, it could conceivably put...
Mar 7, 2016 | Campaign News
Just 13 votes separated Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) and Red Brown when all the votes had been counted on March 1, and Simpson was poised to meet Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) in the runoff. But all of the votes have not yet been counted. Voters are permitted to...
Mar 3, 2016 | Campaign News
Rep. Molly White (R-Belton) has requested a recount of ballots after her 118-vote defeat to former Rep. Hugh Shine in the HD55 Republican primary. In a Facebook post, White wrote: “After prayer and conversations with my team and supporters we have decided to...
Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign Finance
State and legislative candidates were required to file 8-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. The full reports are not yet available online, but we’re able to report summary totals for most candidates this morning. In this post, we summarize the hottest primary...
Feb 16, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) endorsed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, becoming at least the 12th Republican member of the Senate to do so. Young Conservatives of Texas also endorsed Cruz. RRC: On Facebook, Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) recommended former Rep. Wayne...
Feb 14, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: The Beaumont Enterprise endorsed Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton for their respective party’s primaries. SD1 open: The Tyler Morning Telegraph endorsed Red Brown. SD24 open: The Abilene Reporter-News endorsed Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene). HD5 open: The Tyler...
Feb 12, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) will endorse Hillary Clinton at her Dallas field office’s grand opening on Saturday. The Dallas Morning News endorsed John Kasich and Clinton for their respective party’s nominations. The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Jeb Bush...
Feb 4, 2016 | Campaign Finance
SD1 open: The Texas Medical Assoc.’s TEXPAC endorsed Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola). SD19: The San Antonio Express-News endorsed Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). SD24 open: The Texas Medical Assoc.’s TEXPAC endorsed both Dawn Buckingham and Rep. Susan King...
Feb 3, 2016 | Campaign News
PRES: Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas), who headed Rand Paul’s organization in Texas, is now supporting U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz following Paul’s departure from the presidential race today. Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) tweeted that he has endorsed Cruz, and the Texas Tribune...
Feb 2, 2016 | Campaign Finance
Candidates with primary opponents were required to file 30-day-out campaign finance reports yesterday. These reports disclose contributions received and expenditures made between January 1 and January 21. Senate highlights include: SD1 open: Rep. Bryan Hughes...
Feb 1, 2016 | Campaign News
RRC: State Tejano Democrats endorsed former Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth). SC3: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Justice Debra Lehrmann. Young Conservatives of Texas endorsed challenger Michael Massengale. SC5: Young Conservatives of Texas endorsed challenger Rick...
Jan 28, 2016 | Campaign News
SD1 open: The Texas Academy of Family Physicians PAC endorsed Rep. Bryan Hughes. SD24 open: Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) endorsed Dawn Buckingham. HD2: Former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van). HD7...
