Feb 16, 2017 | Campaign News
SD2: Kendall Scudder, community services manager for a Dallas affordable housing organization, formally announced he would challenge Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) as a Democrat. We previously reported Scudder’s filing of campaign treasurer paperwork with the Texas Ethics...
Feb 12, 2017 | Campaign News
SEN: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) said he would decide whether he will challenge U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the next two months. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso) is leaning toward challenging Cruz. GOV: Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary and...
Jan 31, 2017 | Campaign News
The Texas Ethics Commission just updated its list of active campaign treasurer appointments. Among the new and updated CTAs: Former Rep. Allen Vaught (D-Dallas) lists Lt. Governor as office sought. His recent Facebook feed has been critical of Lt. Governor Dan...
Nov 5, 2014 | Election Night Returns
3 a.m. – March 5 Hegar ends tonight 75 votes short of avoiding a runoff. Mail ballots, provisional ballots and a potential recount could lift him out of a runoff with Hilderbran. In ED11, Hardy is indeed forced into a runoff against Mahroum. 2 a.m. 9 legislative...
Jun 2, 2014 | Archived Updates, Political Climate
We emailed this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: Deuell decides against a recount. SD4 special runoff election will be Aug. 5. Davis proposes 10 dates for a RGV debate. Huffman defends Patrick. Cruz...
May 28, 2014 | Election Night Returns
2014 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION LIVE RETURNS May 27, 2014 Midnight – May 28 We will wrap up our runoff results with an update in the morning when final numbers are in. Until then, we note some of the historical significances of tonight’s results: Turnout in a...
May 21, 2014 | Archived Updates, Runoff Elections
We emailed this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Early voting is underway. Republican turnout is 1% ahead of 2012, while Democatic turnout is down 7%. We have updated our Crib Sheets for runoff reports. Attached please find our latest update. Highlights...
May 15, 2014 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Federal runoff candidates’ campaign finance reports were due to the Federal Election Commission today, but the agency has not posted any as of 9:30 p.m. Attached please find our latest update. Highlights...
May 12, 2014 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: Preliminary look at how the Montgomery Co. vote split among the SD4 candidates. Poll shows Patrick leading Dewhurst, 50-36. Patrick and Branch pick up...
May 11, 2014 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: Creighton wins all five counties in SD4 race, while Toth edges out Bunch for runoff. The Houston Chronicle endorses Dewhurst. Poll shows Paxton leading...
Apr 28, 2014 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: Early voting begins in SD4 special, local elections around the state. Patrick has a new ad aimed at Dewhurst. Deuell challenges Hall to debate via...
Apr 21, 2014 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Dear Subscriber, Attached please find our latest update. Highlights include: Empower Texans endorses Toth, opening door to large contributions in special election race. Dewhurst retweets praise from Patrick. Branch suggests...