Politics
In Leaked Report, Texas Democrats Blame COVID-19 For Weak Performance in 2020
Posted on · An internal report finds a decision to forgo door-to-door canvassing hampered voter registration and turnout compared to Republicans.
Tag: Texas Republican party
Texas
Voters In Harris County May Continue Using Drive-Thru Voting, Texas Supreme Court Rules
Posted on · A last-minute challenge by the Republican parties of Texas and Harris County argued the largely Democratic county's new drive-thru polling places were illegal.
Election 2020
Texas Republicans Challenge Curbside, Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County
Posted on · The court filing from just before early voting began is the latest GOP effort to tamp down voting options in the state's most populous county.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: City Cancels The State GOP Convention, And Examining Work Practices At Drug Rehab Facilities (July 9, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The Texas GOP's in-person convention is cancelled, an investigation into work practices at drug and alcohol rehab facilities, new opinions from SCOTUS, and developing walkable spaces near transit centers.
Election 2020
Is 2020 The Year Texas Becomes A Battleground State?
Posted on · Urbanization, demographics, and economics are combining to make the Lone Star State more competitive than it’s been in decades
News
Fate Of ‘Red Flag’ Law Likely To Rest With Patrick
Posted on · The Texas Republican Party adopted a platform opposing such a measure, which previously gained bipartisan support as a means of curbing school shootings. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has yet to make his position known.
News
Texas Republican Convention Seeks To Clarify The Party Platform And Energize Its Base
Posted on · “It’s putting forward that dystopian view in their minds about what would happen if a Democrat did win.”
Politics
With Straus’ Retirement, Last Obstacle To Tea Party Control Of Texas GOP Falls
Posted on · As House Speaker, Joe Straus regularly blocked social conservative priorities that he argued would hurt Texas’ economy. That put him at odds both with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick but many of his Republican House colleagues
Podcast
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 12: Republican Rift Revue
Posted on · "Like my daddy always said, where there's a way, there's a will." - J.R. Ewing