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Sen. Powell sues over SD10

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Number six and counting. Tarrant County state Sen. Beverly Powell filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the state Senate redistricting plan, marking the latest court challenge to Texas’ Republican-drawn political maps that secure the GOP’s grip on power for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Beverly Powell, lawsuit, redistricting, SD10, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

More redistricting stuff

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Just a roundup of some redistricting stories. We’ll start with the DMN. The new map, part of a process of redrawing legislative boundaries every 10 years, makes significant changes in North Texas, where Democrats likely will gain a seat held … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, Angie Chen Button, Beth van Duyne, CD03, CD04, CD05, CD06, CD07, CD08, CD09, CD10, CD13, CD15, CD18, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD27, CD28, CD31, CD32, CD34, CD36, Census, Collin County, Common Cause, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Election 2022, Gerrymandering Project, HD100, HD104, HD108, HD110, HD112, HD63, HD65, HD92, Jasmine Crockett, Jeff Cason, Jessica Gonzalez, Joan Huffman, Joe Biden, John Turner, lawsuit, Michelle Beckley, Morgan Meyer, redistricting, RepresentUs, SBOE, Senate, Sheila Jackson Lee, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Toni Rose, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

The proposed State House map is out

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

The last of the bunch. Texas House members on Thursday released the first proposal for a new map redrawing the chamber’s 150-member districts. The initial draft would both increase Republicans’ strength across the state and the number of districts in … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bexar County, Collin County, Comal County, Dallas County, Denton County, Donald Trump, El Paso, Election 2020, Election 2022, Erin Zwiener, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Hays County, HD145, HD148, HD19, HD31, HD45, HD57, HD60, HD73, HD74, HD76, HD92, Heights, James Talarico, Jeff Cason, Joe Biden, redistricting, Ryan Guillen, special session, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Travis County | 3 Comments

A little sandbagging from the SOS on the fraudit

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Who’s running this show? In the five days since the Texas secretary of state’s office announced it is auditing the 2020 general election in four counties, local officials indicated they were in the dark about what the reviews would entail. … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Christian Menefee, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Lina Hidalgo, President, Secretary of State, special session, Steve Toth, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Tom Ramsey | 4 Comments

Initial Senate and SBOE maps approved by committee

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Still a lot of changes likely to come. A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday advanced draft maps of the Texas Senate and State Board of Education, sending both to the full upper chamber for further debate. The maps, both authored … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Beverly Powell, Brian Birdwell, Harris County, Joan Huffman, Johnson County, Judith Zaffirini, Mark Keough, Montgomery County, Parker County, redistricting, Royce West, SBOE, SD03, SD04, SD07, SD10, SD17, SD22, SD23, Senate, special session, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 2 Comments

More on the fraudit

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

My God, Greg Abbott is a wimp. Donald Trump’s letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanding he pursue an “audit” of the 2020 election set off a “mad dash” in the governor’s office as aides sought to figure out just … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Christian Menefee, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, President, Secretary of State, Tarrant County, Texas | 1 Comment

So we have a fraudit

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

What a load of crap. The Texas secretary of state’s office announced late Thursday that it has begun a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election in four Texas counties: Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant. But the statement from … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Arizona, Christian Menefee, Clay Jenkins, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Glen Whitley, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Isabel Longoria, Lina Hidalgo, President, Secretary of State, States United, Tarrant County, Texas, Tom Ramsey | 2 Comments

Here’s your first proposed Senate map

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Behold. This dropped on Saturday afternoon while normal people were running errands or watching college football, so commentary and coverage is limited at this time. Here’s one view: . Some pretty drastic reconfigurations of state senate districts in Dallas and … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Beverly Powell, Dallas County, Denton County, Election 2022, Joan Huffman, Johnson County, lawsuit, Nathan Johnson, Parker County, redistricting, SD10, SD16, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Wendy Davis, Wise County | 8 Comments

Just a reminder, no one is enforcing Abbott’s mask mandate ban

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

In case you had forgotten. While Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is speaking out against mask mandates in schools and suing to stop some Texas school districts from enacting them, in reality his order banning such mandates has gone largely unenforced … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Bexar County, coronavirus, Dallas County, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, local control, schools, Steve Allison, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Travis County, US Department of Education | 3 Comments

Harris County gets its restraining order against Abbott

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Step one. A judge in Travis County on Friday granted Harris County a temporary restraining order, blocking Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on local COVID-19 restrictions. The decision by Judge Jan Soifer of the 345th Civil District Court provides legal cover … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, Local politics | Tagged Bexar County, Christian Menefee, coronavirus, Dallas County, face masks, Fort Worth, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HISD, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lina Hidalgo, local control, schools, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Disaster Act | 15 Comments

Precinct analysis: State House district changes by county

Posted on July 6, 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 Barack Obama, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Chambers County, Collin County, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Fort Bend County, Galveston, HD03, HD05, HD06, HD101, HD106, HD116, HD117, HD118, HD119, HD120, HD121, HD122, HD123, HD124, HD125, HD136, HD15, HD16, HD23, HD24, HD25, HD26, HD27, HD28, HD29, HD33, HD52, HD63, HD64, HD65, HD66, HD67, HD70, HD83, HD84, HD85, HD89, HD90, HD91, HD92, HD93, HD94, HD95, HD96, HD97, HD98, HD99, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Lubbock, Mitt Romney, Montgomery County, precinct analysis, President, redistricting, Smith County, Tarrant County, Texas, Tyler, Williamson County | 3 Comments

Precinct analysis: State House district changes by demography

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Barack Obama, Bexar County, Cameron County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, El Paso, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Harris County, HD100, HD102, HD103, HD104, HD105, HD107, HD108, HD109, HD110, HD111, HD112, HD116, HD117, HD118, HD119, HD120, HD121, HD123, HD124, HD125, HD131, HD137, HD139, HD140, HD141, HD142, HD143, HD144, HD145, HD146, HD147, HD148, HD149, HD22, HD26, HD27, HD28, HD31, HD32, HD34, HD35, HD36, HD37, HD38, HD39, HD40, HD41, HD42, HD43, HD46, HD47, HD49, HD50, HD66, HD67, HD74, HD75, HD76, HD77, HD78, HD79, HD80, HD90, HD95, Hidalgo County, Hillary Clinton, Jefferson County, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Nueces County, precinct analysis, redistricting, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, turnout, Webb County | 2 Comments

An alternate route to Medicaid expansion

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I’m okay with this. Texas Democrats have tried for years to convince Republican state leaders to increase access to Medicaid. Now they think they have found a way to do it with or without their help. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett … Continue reading →

Posted in National news | Tagged Bexar County, Cameron County, Collin County, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, El Paso, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Hays County, health care, health insurance, Medicaid, Nueces County, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, Webb County, Williamson County | Comments Off

Betsy Price to run for Tarrant County Judge

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t usually pay much attention to county races outside the Houston area, but there are some points of interest to discuss about this. Outgoing Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is running for Tarrant County judge in 2022, attempting a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Betsy Price, Collin County, County Judge, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2004, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Glen Whitley, Harris County, Joe Biden, judicial races, primaries, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Tim O'Hare, Zapata County | 2 Comments

The voting location restrictions of SB7

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

As Michael Li said on Twitter, this is breathtaking, and not at all in a good way. The number of Election Day polling places in largely Democratic parts of major Texas counties would fall dramatically under a Republican proposal to … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bexar County, Bryan Hughes, Dallas County, early voting, Election 2020, Harris County, Isabel Longoria, Lubbock, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, voter suppression, voting centers, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

Other May election results

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Roundup style, mostly. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg easily wins a fourth term. Mayor Ron Nirenberg vanquished the ghost of repeat challenger Greg Brockhouse in Saturday’s City election and secured his third term in office with a win of historic … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged abortion, ACLU of Texas, Austin, Betsy Price, Deborah Peoples, Denton County, Election 2019, Election 2021, Fort Worth, Greg Brockhouse, homelessness, lawsuit, Lilith Fund, Lubbock, Mattie Parker, Mayor, Parker County, Planned Parenthood, police, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, Spring Branch, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, Waskom | 16 Comments

One more CD06 update

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Some dude made an endorsement in the race. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed fellow Republican Susan Wright in the crowded Saturday special election to replace her late husband, U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington. The endorsement is a massive development … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Adam Kinziger, Brian Harrison, CD06, Congress, Dan Rodimer, Donald Trump, early voting, Election 2020, Election 2021, endorsements, Jake Ellzey, Jana Sanchez, Lydia Bean, Michael Wood, polls, Ron Wright, runoff, Sery Kim, Shawn Lassiter, special election, Susan Wright, Tarrant County, Texas, turnout | 1 Comment

Making voting worse

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve spent a lot of time this year writing about how Republicans in the Legislature want to make it harder to vote. That’s undeniably true, but it doesn’t fully capture what’s going on. Voting is a thing that most of … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, ACLU of Texas, Bexar County, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, curbside voting, Dallas County, drop off boxes, early voting, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harris County, poll watchers, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, turnout, voter registration, voter suppression | 4 Comments

CCA to review Crystal Mason’s conviction

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Good. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has agreed to review the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, a Tarrant County woman facing a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while she was on … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged 4th Court of Appeals, ACLU of Texas, Court of Criminal Appeals, Crystal Mason, Election 2016, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, voter suppression | Comments Off

A few names begin to emerge for CD06

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

From Daily Kos Elections: A special election will take place later this year to succeed Republican Rep. Ron Wright, who died Sunday after contracting COVID-19, and a few names have already surfaced in both parties as possible special election candidates. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Beverly Powell, Bill Waybourn, Cary Moon, CD06, CD28, Chris Turner, Ciro Rodriguez, Congress, coronavirus, David Cook, David Hill, Election 1997, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2021, Frank Tejada, Jana Sanchez, Jeff Williams, Joe Barton, Ron Wright, special election, Stephen Daniel, Susan Wright, Tarrant County, Texas | 2 Comments

RIP, Rep. Ron Wright

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Condolences to his friends and family. U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican, has died. His campaign staff announced the news Monday. Wright had lived for years with cancer and was diagnosed with COVID-19 in January. He was 67. “His … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, CD06, Congress, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2021, Joe Biden, obituaries, precinct analysis, Ron Wright, special election, Tarrant County, Texas | 7 Comments

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price not running for re-election

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Here now is the most interesting election for May 2021. Betsy Price, the longest serving mayor in Fort Worth’s history, will not seek another term after a decade in office. Price made the announcement that she wouldn’t run for an … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Betsy Price, Deborah Peoples, Election 2021, Forth Worth, Mayor, Ramon Romero, Tarrant County, Texas | Comments Off

A high level look at the changing suburbs

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib takes a broad and high-level look at what I’m digging into now. Although they didn’t get the blue wave they expected, Democrats narrowed the gap with Republicans in five of the most competitive and populous suburban counties in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Bexar County, Chambers County, Collin County, Dallas County, demography, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Fort Bend County, Hays County, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Johnson County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Parker County, President, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, turnout, Williamson County | 3 Comments

Counties of interest, part two: Around the Metroplex

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Part 1 – Counties around Harris Dallas and Tarrant Counties are two big squares right next to each other, so I’m combining them into one post. County Romney Obama Trump Clinton Trump Biden Shift ========================================================================= Collin 196,888 101,415 201,014 140,624 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Collin County, Dallas County, demography, Denton County, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Ellis County, Johnson County, Kaufman County, Parker County, precinct analysis, President, Rockwall County, Tarrant County, Texas, turnout, Wise County | 17 Comments

A closer look at county races, Part 1

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

In this series of entries, I’m going to take a trip through the local election results pages on some counties of interest, to get a closer look at how they went this year and how that compares to 2016. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bexar County, Carlos Uresti, CD31, Commissioners Court, Constable, Court of Criminal Appeals, Donald Trump, Donna Imam, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Eric Fagan, Falls County, Fort Bend County, Harris County, HD117, HD118, HD136, HD52, HD85, Hillary Clinton, James Talarico, Jennifer Cantu, Joe Biden, Joe Lopez, John Bucy, John Carter, John Cornyn, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Larry Gonzales, Leo Pacheco, Mike Clark, Mike Gleason, MJ Hegar, Pete Flores, Phil Stephenson, Phillip Cortez, President, Railroad Commission, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Richard Morrison, Robert Chody, Roland Gutierrez, SBOE, SD19, Senate, Sheriff, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Tomas Uresti, Tony Dale, Williamson County | 3 Comments

The “blue spine” and the rural counties

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Point: For the third consecutive election cycle, Democrats saw their advantage over Republicans grow in the 21 counties along Interstate 35, allowing them to further chip into the Republican dominance that has lasted for nearly three decades. The result was … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Harris County, Hays County, Hillary Clinton, I-35, Joe Biden, John McCain, Jones County, Mitt Romney, President, Tarrant County, Texas, turnout, voter registration, Williamson County | 3 Comments

Tarrant County has gone (tentatively) blue

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

At the Presidential level, with votes still being counted. Though President Donald Trump has been declared the winner in Texas, former Vice President Joe Biden has taken the lead with the latest results in Tarrant County. Biden had a 427 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, The making of the President | Tagged absentee ballots, Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Joe Biden, President, provisional ballots, redistricting, Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 1 Comment

It’s Julie Oliver week

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Julie Oliver, the Democratic candidate in CD25, is getting a fair bit of attention this week. First, there’s this Statesman story about what her path to victory looks like. On a recent Zoom fundraiser with Beto O’Rourke, Democratic congressional candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Bell County, Bosque County, CD25, Congress, Coryell County, DCCC, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Erath County, fundraising, Hamilton County, Hays County, Hill County, Johnson County, Julie Oliver, Lampasas County, polls, Roger Williams, Somervell County, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, voter registration | Comments Off

Libertarians will stay on the ballot

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Sorry, Republicans. You were too late after all. The Texas Supreme Court on Saturday rejected an attempt by Republicans to kick 44 Libertarians off the ballot in the November elections. Several Republican Party candidates and organizations had sued to remove … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, Legal matters | Tagged ballot application, Election 2020, filing fee, Green Party, Harris County, lawsuit, Libertarian Party, NRCC, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, TDP, Texas, Third Court of Appeals, Travis County | 6 Comments

More on the Republican attempt to defenestrate the Libertarians

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From the Statesman: Republican candidates and organizations are asking the Texas Supreme Court to remove 41 members of the Libertarian Party from the November ballots. All of the Libertarians are ineligible to run, the GOP argues, because they failed to … Continue reading →

Republicans go to Supreme Court to remove Libertarian candidates

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

If at first you don’t succeed, make up a new statutory deadline that you claim is the real date that matters. About a week after Texas Democrats took several Green Party candidates to court and had them knocked off the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, Legal matters | Tagged ballot application, Election 2020, filing fee, Harris County, lawsuit, Libertarian Party, NRCC, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Third Court of Appeals, Travis County | 3 Comments

As goes Tarrant, 2020 edition

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hello, old friend. Shortly after Democrat Beto O’Rourke launched his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, he made several visits to Tarrant County in North Texas to press the message that if he could flip this county, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Beverly Powell, CD06, CD24, Congress, demography, Donald Trump, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Joe Biden, Konni Burton, polls, President, redistricting, SD10, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 2 Comments

Hollins asks for some slack on when mail ballots are received

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins sent a formal request to Governor Greg Abbott requesting that Governor Abbott extend the deadline by which county election administrators can receive mail ballots. The deadline for … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Aransas County, Bexar County, Chris Hollins, Collin County, Denton County, El Paso, Election 2020, Fort Bend County, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Hidalgo County, Military and Overseas Voting Empowerment Act, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, Travis County, US Postal Service | Comments Off

Harris County issues school closure order

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This was expected. Harris County and Houston health authorities on Friday ordered all public and non-religious private schools to delay opening for in-person instruction until at least Sept. 8 — a date likely to be extended unless the region sees … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Bexar County, Brazoria County, coronavirus, Dallas County, face masks, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Harris County, HISD, Houston, Lina Hidalgo, Mike Morath, Montgomery County, quarantine, schools, Sylvester Turner, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Travis County, Umair Shah | 1 Comment

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