Aug 23, 2022 | Campaign News
The filing deadline has passed for the last set of candidates to make the general election ballot, except their names won’t actually be on it. Seven candidates qualified as certified write-in candidates for statewide and congressional offices: GOV: Leander consultant...
Jul 27, 2022 | Campaign News
Candidates and officeholders who are currently running unopposed, including those who faced no primary opposition, could yet end up with a general election opponent. The filing period has begun for certified write-in candidates, the final group of potential candidates...
Aug 6, 2020 | Campaign News
CD24 open (Toss Up): A pair of polls indicate a close race but differ widely on how set voters are in their choices. The Democrat-aligned House Majority PAC released a poll (PDF) showing Candace Valenzuela (D) leading former Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne (R), 47%-41%,...
Nov 8, 2019 | Campaign News
Filing for the 2020 election begins tomorrow (Saturday). In Texas, candidates for county, state and federal elective office are nominated for the general election by their respective political parties unless they are running as an independent or write-in candidate....
Sep 3, 2018 | Campaign News
SEN: President Trump tweeted that he will come to Texas to support U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R) re-election, holding a rally in “the biggest stadium in Texas we can find.” I will be doing a major rally for Senator Ted Cruz in October. I’m picking the biggest stadium in...
Aug 21, 2018 | Campaign News
Six individuals filed applications and signatures with the Secretary of State for congressional and legislative offices. CD3 open: Jeff Simmons CD5: Phil Gray CD16 open: Sam Williams CD29 open: Johnathan Garza HD109 open: Casey Littlejohn HD138: Demetrius Walker Later...
Aug 19, 2018 | Campaign News
Filing Deadlines: Monday is the deadline for write-in candidates to file for a place on the general election ballot. It is also the deadline for municipal, school board and other local candidates to file for offices on the general election ballot. HD109 open: Glenn...
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...
May 24, 2018 | Campaign News
After Tuesday’s runoffs, we now know all of the Republican and Democratic nominees for the general election. We already knew all of the Libertarian Party’s nominees following their state convention. Collectively, these are the vast majority of candidates who will end...
Aug 28, 2016 | Campaign News
The Secretary of State’s office has approved the write-in candidacies of 11 presidential candidates, including former Travis Co. Republican Party Chair Robert Morrow. The other approved candidates are Scott Cubbler, Cherunda Fox, Tom Hoefling, Laurance Kotlikoff,...
Jun 1, 2016 | By the Numbers, Political Climate
Zero Number of presidential candidates to win Texas who were not either a Democrat or a Republican Recent national attention on potential independent candidates’ ability to prevent presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump from winning the White House, while somehow...
May 23, 2016 | House Race Analyses
Overlapping timelines and different slates of candidates in HD120 have confused many people, including the voters of the district. On the eve of the third election to affect HD120 this year, we will try to explain how we got here and where this is all headed. Former...
