Jun 17, 2021 | Campaign News
CD6 special: Club for Growth Action released a new digital ad highlighting former President Trump’s endorsement of Susan Wright (R). The ad is part of $150K in independent expenditures from the group in this runoff. Prior to Trump’s endorsement just before the May 1...
Jul 15, 2020 | Campaign News, Runoff Elections
Voters filled most of the remaining spots on the general election ballot, but a handful of races remained too close to call. Four legislative incumbents out of six fell: Lorraine Birabil (D-Dallas) lost to Jasmine Crockett, 50.5%-49.5%, after the challenger won...
Jun 28, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting in person begins tomorrow (Monday) for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Voters in all 254 counties can participate in the Democratic runoff because of the statewide runoff for Railroad Commissioner. The Republican runoff is limited to all...
Oct 8, 2019 | Campaign News
Note: Jeff will be in the Big Bend region for the next week, so updates may be less frequent until he returns. SD22: Granbury resident Robert Vick established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) as a Democrat. He is the...
Jun 26, 2019 | Campaign News
Former Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) announced the creation of Texas Forever Forward PAC to “promote a thoughtful, conservative approach to governing and rising political leaders ready to ensure a bright future for all Texans.” The PAC will support candidates...
Nov 26, 2017 | Campaign News
Filing for a place on the 2018 continues until 6 p.m. local time on December 11. Please see our Crib Sheets for candidates’ filing status. Many party offices had limited hours, or were closed entirely, during the Thanksgiving weekend. LTGOV: Petersburg resident Kerry...
Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign Finance
We previously covered the 30-day-out reports for most competitive and potentially competitive House races. Since we published it, we became aware of a mistake with HD144. We erroneously used Rep. Gilbert Peña’s (R-Pasadena) July semiannual report in our...
Jul 20, 2015 | Archived Updates
A few things we wanted to share with you today: RRC2: Commissioner David Porter announced he would seek re-election. The only known challenger so far is Robert Cody Garrett of Del Valle, who filed his CTA in late April. SD22: Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) announced...
