Tag Archives: redistricting

Census apportionment numbers are in

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Texas will gain two seats in Congress, which is one fewer than had been expected based on population growth estimates. Texas will continue to see its political clout grow as it gains two additional congressional seats — the most of … Continue reading →

Posted in National news | Tagged Arizona, California, Census, Colorado, Congress, coronavirus, demography, Donald Trump, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, redistricting, SCOTUS, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act, West Virginia | 24 Comments

Rep. Kevin Brady not running for re-election

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Two makes a trend. U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, announced Wednesday morning that this will be his last term serving in the U.S. House. First elected in 1996, Brady is one of the most senior members of the Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD08, Congress, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, Kevin Brady, primaries, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

Bill to delay primaries passes Senate

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

As expected. The 2022 primary elections in Texas could be pushed back to April or May under a bill moving through the state Legislature. Because of delays in U.S. Census Bureau data needed to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Census, Election 2012, Election 2022, Joan Huffman, primaries, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

DCCC starts with two targets in Texas

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Consider this to be written in chalk on the pavement, pending the new Congressional maps. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that it will target two Republican-held districts in Texas — the ones currently held by Reps. Tony Gonzales … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Barack Obama, Beth van Duyne, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD15, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD31, CD32, CD34, Congress, DCCC, Donald Trump, economy, Election 2010, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, Joe Biden, NRCC, President, redistricting, Texas, Tony Gonzales | 27 Comments

Appellate court redistricting bill withdrawn

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I had a post all ready to go yesterday with more on the bill to redistrict the appellate courts, and then this happened on Thursday night: . #SB11 redistricting the Texas appellate courts from 14 to 7 has been withdrawn. … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Election 2018, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Joan Huffman, Juan Hinojosa, judicial races, Nathan Johnson, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals | 5 Comments

Let’s get rid of Democratic appellate court justices

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

If that’s the Legislature’s goal, then this would be an effective way of accomplishing it. A Texas Senate committee [heard] public comment Thursday on a controversial proposal to consolidate the state’s 14 intermediate appellate courts into just seven, a move … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, 4th Court of Appeals, 5th Court of Appeals, Election 2008, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Elsa Alcala, First Court of Appeals, Joan Huffman, judicial races, Nathan Johnson, redistricting, Scott Brister, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals | 4 Comments

Another report on the South Texas vote in 2020

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Some interesting stuff in here. Cambio Texas, a progressive organization whose mission is to increase voter turnout and elect leaders that reflect the community, has released a post-election report that relies on extensive interviews with elected officials, campaign workers, consultants, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Cambio Texas, coronavirus, demography, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Filemon Vela, Joe Biden, Latino voting, Monica de la Cruz-Hernandez, redistricting, Texas, turnout | 9 Comments

Rep. Vela not running for re-election

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

We have our first interesting Congressional race of 2022. U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, a Brownsville Democrat, announced Monday he is retiring from Congress at the end of this term. Vela was first elected in 2012 and represents much of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD34, Congress, Election 2012, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, redistricting, Texas | 1 Comment

January 2021 campaign finance reports: Congress

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Should have done this a long time ago, just to close the books on the 2020 election cycle, but for a variety of reasons I didn’t. With the forthcoming special election in CD06, I now have a reason to care … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrienne Bell, campaign finance reports, Candace Valenzuela, Carol Ianuzzi, CD01, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD08, CD10, CD14, CD17, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD26, CD31, CD32, Colin Allred, Congress, DCCC, Donna Imam, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Elizabeth Hernandez, fundraising, Gina Ortiz Jones, Hank Gilbert, Julie Oliver, Lizzie FLetcher, Lulu Seikaly, Mike Siegel, MJ Hegar, redistricting, Rick Kennedy, Senate, Sima Ladjevardian, Sri Kulkarni, Stephen Daniel, Ted Cruz, Texas, Wendy Davis | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: Brazoria County

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts State Rep districts Commissioners Court/JP precincts Comparing 2012 and 2016 Statewide judicial Other jurisdictions Appellate courts, Part 1 Appellate courts, Part 2 Judicial averages Other cities District Attorney County Attorney Sheriff Tax Assessor County Clerk HCDE Fort … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrienne Bell, Brazoria County, CD14, CD22, Cody Vasut, Commissioners Court, Congress, Ed Thompson, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, HD25, HD29, Patrick Henry, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, Randy Weber, redistricting, Senate, Sri Kulkarni, Texas, The Lege, Travis Boldt, Troy Nehls | Comments Off

Republicans want to ban voting at night

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Give me a break. Texas Republicans have made it clear that voter suppression is a legislative priority, and one of their biggest targets involves Harris County. State Rep. Jared Patterson filed a bill last week that would restrict voting hours at … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Chris Hollins, Congress, Donald Trump, early voting, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Jared Patterson, Ken Paxton, redistricting, Texas, voter registration, Voting Rights Act | 4 Comments

Another look at how redistricting may go

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

RG Ratcliffe analyzes the geographic and political realities the Republicans face as they try to maximize their haul from the 2021 reapportionment. Rick Perry famously called West Texas—a sparse land with few trees or humans—the Big Empty. The 92,016 square … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged CD02, CD07, CD10, CD11, CD13, CD19, CD21, CD23, CD32, Census, Collin County, Congress, demography, Denton County, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Lloyd Potter, redistricting, Texas, Texas State Demographer, The Lege, Travis County | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: Fort Bend County, part 3

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Bridgette Smith-Lawson, Carmen Turner, CD09, CD22, Commissioners Court, County Attorney, Election 2020, Election 2024, Eric Fagan, Fort Bend County, HD26, HD27, HD28, HD85, precinct analysis, redistricting, Sheriff, Tax Assessor, Texas, Vincent Morales | Comments Off

We’re not going to be able to have our primaries in March

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

That’s the obvious conclusion from this. Texas lawmakers will almost certainly be back for a rare special legislative session in the fall now that the U.S. Census Bureau has set a September deadline for releasing the 2020 census results. Facing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, National news, That's our Lege | Tagged Census, Congress, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2022, lawsuit, primaries, redistricting, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege | 5 Comments

Republicans have their own Congressional targets for 2022

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I have three things to say about this. Fresh off a 2020 election cycle in which they held the line against an ambitious Democratic campaign to capture U.S. House seats in Texas, national Republicans are signaling they’ll go on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beth van Duyne, CD07, CD15, CD24, CD28, CD32, CD34, Colin Allred, Congress, DCCC, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, Henry Cuellar, Lizzie FLetcher, NRCC, redistricting, Texas, Vicente Gonzalez | 12 Comments

Appellate court redistricting

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

We’ll need to keep an eye on this. Justices on the state’s 14 intermediate appellate courts are talking—some are concerned—about a pair of bills filed in the Texas Legislature that propose redistricting the courts’ boundaries. House Bill 339 by Rep. … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Bonnie Sudderth, Election 2018, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Joan Huffman, Phil King, redistricting, Senate, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Texas, Texas Office of Court Administration, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals | 6 Comments

Precinct analysis: Fort Bend County, part 1

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged CD09, CD22, Chrysta Castaneda, Commissioners Court, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2004, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Fort Bend County, Gary Gates, George Bush, Harris County, HD26, HD27, HD28, HD85, Jacey Jetton, Jim Wright, Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Ken DeMerchant, MJ Hegar, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, Richard Morrison, Sarah DeMerchant, Senate, Sri Kulkarni, straight ticket voting, Texas, The Lege, Troy Nehls | Comments Off

It’ll be awhile before redistricting happens

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

They’re waiting on Census data. The U.S. Census Bureau has again pushed back the release of the 2020 census results — a delay that will almost certainly force Texas lawmakers into legislative overtime this summer to redraw the state’s political … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, National news, That's our Lege | Tagged Census, Congress, Dade Phelan, Election 2012, Election 2022, lawsuit, primaries, redistricting, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

A few words from Rep. Filemon Vela

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Worth your consideration. U.S. Rep. Filemón Vela sees his new leadership role in the Democrats’ national campaign arm as being “the voice of caution, reason and taking the middle ground” as the party seeks to hold power through the 2022 … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged CD34, Congress, DNC, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Filemon Vela, Joe Biden, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

Census apportionment shenanigans to be officially curtailed

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

As it should be. The Trump administration’s protracted efforts to keep some immigrants from being counted when congressional seats are divvied up after the 2020 census ended with the former president’s departure from the White House, but President Joe Biden’s … Continue reading →

Posted in National news, That's our Lege | Tagged Census, Congress, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Joan Huffman, Joe Biden, Legislative Redistricting Board, redistricting, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege | Comments Off

If we’re lucky, Congress will short circuit the Lege’s attempts to curtail voting

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

That would be nice. Elections have consequences. So does the Republican enabling of the worst, most corrupt chief executive in the nation’s history. Hence, the first piece of legislation to be introduced in the new Democratic Senate will be S. 1, The for the … Continue reading →

Posted in National news | Tagged absentee ballots, Congress, Joe Biden, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, Voting Rights Act | 17 Comments

Precinct analysis: Presidential results by Congressional district

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

From Daily Kos Elections, the breakdown of how Presidential voting went in each of Texas’ 36 Congressional districts: Two districts did in fact flip on the presidential level: Trump lost the 24th District in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs while recapturing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Barack Obama, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD15, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD28, CD31, CD32, CD34, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Filemon Vela, Henry Cuellar, Hillary Clinton, Jessica Cisneros, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, precinct analysis, President, redistricting, Texas, Vicente Gonzalez | 3 Comments

Legislative diversity report 2021

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

It’s a tiny bit more diverse, but not by much. In a perennial takeaway of The Texas Tribune’s demographic analysis, the Texas Legislature remains mostly white and male. When the 2021 legislative session begins Tuesday, 3 of every 5 lawmakers … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Ann Johnson, Art Fierro, diversity, Election 2018, Election 2020, Gina Calanni, Joe Pickett, Kirk Watson, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, redistricting, Sarah Eckhardt, SBOE, Senate, Texas, The Lege | 19 Comments

House adopts its rules

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Here you go. The Texas House unanimously adopted rules Thursday that will require members to wear masks in the chamber and during committee hearings and allow them to cast votes on legislation from outside the House floor. But the chamber … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Briscoe Cain, Bryan Slaton, coronavirus, Election 2020, face masks, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter | Comments Off

The Republican war against Harris County

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

To be fair, it’s not just Harris County that’s in the crosshairs, it’s the big urban counties, and cities in general. But it’s real and it’s dangerous and it’s anti-democratic. Republicans in the Texas Legislature are gearing up to bar … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Dallas County, Dennis Bonnen, Donald Trump, El Paso, Election 2020, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HCDE, Houston, Jared Patterson, judicial races, local control, Paul Bettencourt, redistricting, secession, Steve Toth, Texas, Travis County, Valoree Swanson | 7 Comments

Census Bureau will miss deadline that would allow for apportionment shenanigans

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Good. The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the … Continue reading →

Posted in National news | Tagged Census, Commerce Department, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2020, immigration, Joe Biden, lawsuit, redistricting, SCOTUS | 1 Comment

Precinct analysis: The judicial averages

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts State Rep districts Commissioners Court/JP precincts Comparing 2012 and 2016 Statewide judicial Other jurisdictions Appellate courts, Part 1 Appellate courts, Part 2 As you know, I use the average totals and percentages from local judicial races as … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, CD07, Commissioners Court, Constable, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harris County, HD132, HD134, HD135, HD138, HD144, Jon Rosenthal, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Kristen Hawkins, Lizzie FLetcher, Michael Gomez, precinct analysis, redistricting, Russ Ridgway, straight ticket voting, Ted Heap, Texas, turnout | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: Appellate courts, part 1

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts State Rep districts Commissioners Court/JP precincts Comparing 2012 and 2016 Statewide judicial Other jurisdictions My next two posts in this series will focus on the 1st and 14th Courts of Appeals. These courts are a little strange … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Amparo Guerra, Austin County, Brazoria County, Burleson County, Chambers County, Colorado County, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Grimes County, Harris County, Jane Robinson, Jim Sharp, judicial races, precinct analysis, President, redistricting, Terry Adams, Texas, The Lege, Tracy Christopher, Trinity County, turnout, Veronica Rivas-Molloy, Walker County, Waller County, Washington County | 1 Comment

SCOTUS mostly punts on Census apportionment shenanigans

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

They seem to be hoping that the problem will solve itself, while applying a partisan litmus test to when it is appropriate for them to step in. The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to Donald Trump’s final sabotage of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, National news | Tagged California, Census, Commerce Department, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2020, immigration, Joe Biden, lawsuit, redistricting, SCOTUS, Texas | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: Other jurisdictions

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts State Rep districts Commissioners Court/JP precincts Comparing 2012 and 2016 Statewide judicial You may be wondering “Hey, how come you haven’t reported on data from SBOE and State Senate districts?” Well, I’ll tell you, since the SBOE … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Audrey Young, Barack Obama, Beto O'Rourke, Court of Criminal Appeals, Dan Patrick, David Romero, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Houston, Joe Biden, judicial races, Lawrence Allen, Michelle Palmer, Paul Bettencourt, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, SBOE, SD07, SD17, Senate, Supreme Court, Texas | 5 Comments

Precinct analysis: Commissioners Court and JP/Constable precincts

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts State Rep districts We now zoom in for a look at various county districts, which are also called “precincts”. I don’t know why we have County Commissioner precincts and JP/Constable precincts to go along with regular voting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Beto O'Rourke, Chrysta Castaneda, Commissioners Court, Constable, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Israel Garcia, Jack Morman, Jim Wright, Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Justice of the Peace, Laryssa Korduba, Mark Alan Harrison, MJ Hegar, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, Russ Ridgway, Senate, Ted Heap, Texas, Tom Ramsey | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: State Rep districts

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction Congressional districts We move now to State Rep districts, which is my usual currency since they provide complete coverage of the county with no partial pieces. You can also get a much more nuanced view of how things have … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Chrysta Castaneda, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, HD126, HD127, HD128, HD129, HD130, HD131, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD135, HD137, HD138, HD139, HD140, HD141, HD142, HD143, HD144, HD145, HD146, HD147, HD148, HD149, HD150, Hubert Vo, Jim Wright, Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Mary Ann Perez, MJ Hegar, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, Sarah Davis, Senate, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

Precinct analysis: Congressional districts

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Introduction All right, let’s get this party started. In the past I’ve generally done the top races by themselves, but any race involving Trump provides challenges, because his level of support just varies in comparison to other Republicans depending on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged CD02, CD07, CD08, CD09, CD10, CD18, CD22, CD29, CD36, Chrysta Castaneda, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Jim Wright, Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Lizzie FLetcher, Mike McCaul, MJ Hegar, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, Senate, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sima Ladjevardian, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, Wendell Champion, Wesley Hunt | 5 Comments

2020 precinct analysis: Introduction and overview

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

So I finally got a full canvass of the 2020 election in a nice and convenient spreadsheet form. I spent a fair amount of the Thanksgiving week doing what I usually do with it, to generate totals for all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Commissioners Court, Congress, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Harris County, judicial races, precinct analysis, President, Railroad Commission, redistricting, SBOE, Senate, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 8 Comments

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