Sep 19, 2018 | By the Numbers
162% Increase in the number of votes Pete Flores received in Tuesday’s runoff election compared to the July 31 special election. There have been 26 special runoff elections since 2000 for legislative and congressional seats. The winning candidates received more votes...
Sep 18, 2018 | Campaign News
Republican Pete Flores defeated former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine), 53%-47%, flipping the seat and winning the unexpired term of former Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). Flores, who finished first out of an 8-way July 31 special election, ran up large...
Sep 18, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
TXBIZ PAC: The Texas Assoc. of Business TXBIZ PAC released its slate of legislative endorsements for the general election. In general, the PAC endorsed Republican incumbents and open-seat nominees. Notably, the PAC endorsed Democratic challenger Julie Johnson over...
Sep 17, 2018 | Senate Race Analyses, Special Elections
Tomorrow is the special runoff election between Pleasanton retired game warden Pete Flores (R) and former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine). The winner will serve the remainder of former Sen. Carlos Uresti’s (D-San Antonio) unexpired term, which runs through...
Sep 17, 2018 | breaking-news, By the Numbers
We apologize for having to resend this story, again, because our graphic still did not remain attached to the emailed version. In case it gets unattached again, the URL to the graphic is https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0ith6p28hfgrwx/sd19special.jpg?dl=0. 34% Percent of...
Sep 16, 2018 | By the Numbers
34% Percent of in-person early voters in the SD19 runoff in Bexar Co. cast their ballots at the John Igo Library in northwest San Antonio. That early voting location is surrounded by precincts in which Pleasanton retired game warden Pete Flores (R) won a plurality of...
Sep 14, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: The campaigns of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) have agreed to three debates: September 21 in Dallas September 30 in Houston; and October 16 in San Antonio. The candidates will stand behind podiums for the Dallas and San Antonio...
Sep 13, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Early voting concludes tomorrow (Friday) for Tuesday’s special runoff election between Pleasanton retired game warden Pete Flores (R) and former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine). Early voting turnout from several of the district’s largest...
Sep 12, 2018 | Ads, Campaign News
SD10: The Dallas Morning News endorsed Democratic challenger Beverly Powell over Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville). SD19 special: Through three days of early voting (out of five), 4,550 people have voted in person in Bexar Co. That figure excludes ballots by mail. A...
Sep 11, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) out-raised Pleasanton retired game warden Pete Flores (R), $369K to $307K, between July 22 and September 8, according to their runoff campaign finance reports. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s (R) campaign...
Sep 10, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Early voting is underway for the September 18 special runoff election. In Bexar Co., just 1,272 people voted in person today, the first day of early voting. That’s an improvement from the 376 who voted in person of the first day of early voting for the...
Sep 10, 2018 | House Race Analyses, Political Climate, Senate Race Analyses
The general election is eight weeks away, and early voting begins six weeks from today. Traditionally, we have rated contested elections on a 5-star scale, which one star indicating a very low-interest race with no chance of flipping and five stars indicating a...
