Jul 18, 2017 | breaking-news, Campaign Finance
July semiannual campaign reports indicate most senators up for re-election in 2018 have formidable cash on hand totals, but a couple of incumbents could soon feel heat from well-financed opponents. Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston), the Dean of the Senate, once again...
Jul 17, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Special Session: A called session of the Texas Legislature will convene tomorrow at 10 a.m. At this point, only a single item – adjusting the Sunset review dates for several agencies – is on the call, but Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add 19 other items via a...
Jun 18, 2017 | Senate Race Analyses, Straight-ticket Voting
What a difference a single envelope can make. On January 23, 2013, Texas state senators chose envelopes, one-by-one, that determined their fate for a decade. Inside those envelopes were slips of paper numbered one through 31. An odd number gave senators a four-year...
Jun 7, 2017 | Campaign News
SD10: Burleson real estate developer and Burleson ISD trustee Beverly Powell announced she would challenge Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) as a Democrat. She also formally established a campaign committee. We previously reported that Powell established an ActBlue...
Jun 6, 2017 | Campaign News
Early voting concluded today in jurisdictions holding June 10 runoff elections and continued in jurisdictions holding June 17 runoff elections. SD10: Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) formally announced her re-election bid. HD23: Wallisville oil company president and...
Jun 5, 2017 | Campaign News
Early voting concludes tomorrow in jurisdictions holding June 10 runoff elections and continues in jurisdictions holding June 17 runoff elections. SD10: Burleson real estate developer and Burleson ISD trustee Beverly Powell has established an ActBlue fundraising page...
Mar 14, 2017 | Campaign News
SD10: Argyle martial arts instructor Allison Campolo has filed a campaign treasurer appointment for a potential challenge to Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) as a Democrat. Campolo has a Twitter account and Facebook page up for the campaign. Those accounts indicate a...
Jan 17, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing Begins: Starting tomorrow (Wednesday), candidates may begin filing for offices on the May 6 uniform election date ballot. We have a list of those offices for the state’s 100 largest municipalities available here. Campaign Finance: January semiannual campaign...
Nov 22, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
Tarrant Co. remains reliably red, but Democrats made minor inroads in straight-ticket voting in several legislative districts. Countywide, the Republicans’ straight-ticket advantage dipped to 54K from 67K in 2012. Significant increases in the number of straight-ticket...
Oct 29, 2015 | Archived Updates
We emailed this to subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: We look at some of the key races’ 8-day-out reports. Early voting continues, but pace continues to slow. New ads for Abbott, Hegar, Burton....
Nov 5, 2014 | Election Night Returns, General Elections
2014 GENERAL ELECTION LIVE RETURNS November 4, 2014 1:30 a.m. – November 5 This is our final update for the evening. All races have been decided, though the final margins are still to be determined. The major missing pieces are Cameron and Dallas Cos. We know that the...
Oct 31, 2014 | Archived Updates
Republicans have won 101 straight statewide elections, 106 if presidential elections are included. There are 15 statewide contests this year. Voters last elected Democrats to statewide office 20 years ago. Every state in the Nation has elected at least one Democrat to...
