Posted on · Whitmire, the longest-tenured member of the Texas Senate, has joined a Houston mayoral race that includes Amanda K. Edwards, Chris Hollins and Lee Kaplan.
Posted on · The Supreme Court next month will hear arguments in his challenge to the law that prevents the repayment, prompting fears among watchdog groups that another rollback of campaign finance regulations might be looming.
Posted on · An analysis by the Democratic group Forward Majority shows Texas Democratic candidates for the House lag their Republican rivals by roughly a 3-2 margin.
Posted on · The party that runs the House after 2020 will literally redraw the landscape of Texas politics for the next decade.
Posted on · Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is banking heavily on the Texas primary, while skipping the first four state contests.
Posted on · The seven-point proposal would restrict campaign donations.
Posted on · Valdez, Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, has just $222,000 in the bank. Republican incumbent Greg Abbott has $29 million.
Posted on · Senator Ted Cruz still has a $2.7 million lead over Congressman Beto O’Rourke, his likely November opponent, in terms of total cash on hand. But that lead is shrinking
Posted on · “Certainly not tasteful to raise money from people who’ve been devastated (from Hurricane Harvey) and lost everything,” said U.S. Reps. John Culberson of Houston
Posted on · The Republican nominee collected roughly $5 million in donations from Texas from January 1 through July 31, according to the Federal Election Commission. Over the same period, his Democratic rival raised more than $13 million.
Posted on · Both presidential candidates are likely to view dollars spent in solid-red Texas as dollars wasted and could be invested in swing states.
Posted on · Texas Latinos could represent a formidable source of political power. But that potential clout hasn’t translated to large numbers of officeholders who effectively represent the community’s interests. Elizondo-Thomson helped launch Latino Texas PAC to try and change that, including getting candidates elected to office during this November's elections.
Posted on · Some worry the new rules would give an even bigger advantage to incumbents and wealthier candidates.
Posted on · With the new legislative session well underway, we take a closer look at one group’s allegations that the finances of some Texas lawmakers’s political campaigns should face more scrutiny.
Posted on · A little under a year ago we spoke with Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland and Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia about crime in Houston. We looked at how it's investigated, how it's monitored and some of the trends in crime locally. On Thursday (2/5/15), we revisited that conversation with Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland, and […]