Jul 24, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) out-raised former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine), $88K to $46K, and outspent Gallego, $251K to $97K, during the first 21 days of July. Candidates were required to file their 8-day-out reports yesterday...
Jul 23, 2018 | Campaign News
SD6 open: Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) informed Gov. Greg Abbott (R) that she will resign, effective January 2, and urged him to call a special election for November 6 to fill her unexpired term. Garcia is the Democratic nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Gene...
Jul 19, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Former Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) endorsed Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio). CD21 open: The Joseph Kopser (D) campaign released a poll commissioned by 314 Action showing Kopser trailing Chip Roy (R), 33%-27%, with Libertarian Lee Santos...
Jul 18, 2018 | Campaign News
GOV: Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez has accepted an invitation to debate Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on October 8, a Monday, in Houston, and she challenged Abbott to join her. Abbott has previously agreed to a debate in Austin on September 28, a Friday. It previously...
Jul 17, 2018 | Campaign Finance
We discovered additional campaign finance results of interest after our initial passes through the July semiannual reports today (Statewide, Legislature): LTGOV: Libertarian Kerry McKennon reported having $97K on hand, which is more than Democratic challenger Mike...
Jul 16, 2018 | Campaign Finance, Special Elections
Campaign Finance: Today was the deadline for state officeholders and candidates – and local candidates where required – to file their July semiannual campaign finance reports. A number of those reports’ totals were available online this evening, but several key race...
Jul 15, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Early voting begins tomorrow (Monday) for the emergency special election to fill the unexpired term of former Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio). Four Democrats, three Republicans and a Libertarian are in the race. The San Antonio Express-News endorsed...
Jul 12, 2018 | Campaign News
LTGOV: The campaign of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced he raised $4.5M since February 24, which was the end of the reporting period for the primary election, which is the second-highest contribution figure ever reported by a LTGOV candidate for any single reporting...
Jul 11, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) announced his campaign raised more than $10.4M during the second quarter. He received donations “from 215,714 individual contributors, most of them from Texas, giving $15, $25, $50 bucks at a time,” O’Rourke said in a Facebook...
Jul 9, 2018 | Campaign News
At least four Democratic congressional challengers will report raising at least $1M each during the second quarter of 2018: Colin Allred, challenging U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Dallas), will report raising $1.1M and having $900K on hand Lizzie Pannill Fletcher,...
Jul 5, 2018 | Senate Race Analyses, Special Elections
Former Sen. Carlos Uresti’s (D-San Antonio) resignation following his conviction on felony corruption charges triggered a special election to fill his unexpired term. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) decided the district should not wait until November to have “effective...
Jul 3, 2018 | Campaign News
SD19 special: Rep. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) and former Rep. and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) are runaway leaders in campaign fundraising, according to campaign finance reports filed on or by Monday. In fact, Gutierrez has out-raised the rest of the field...
