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More on the national wave of female candidates

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

As the second Women’s March was taking place yesterday, there were stories in two national publications about the plethora of women running for office this year. Here’s TIME Magazine: Erin Zwiener returned to Texas to settle down. At 32, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD07, CD16, CD23, CD29, Congress, Democratic primary, Dori Fenenbock, Election 2018, Erin Zwiener, Gina Ortiz Jones, Harris County, Harris County Judge, HD45, Laura Moser, Lizzie FLetcher, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, The Lege, Veronica Escobar | 1 Comment

HuffPo on Gina Ortiz Jones

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I do love national stories about our Congressional candidates. Gina Ortiz Jones thought she could work for President Donald Trump. When he won the presidency in November 2016, Jones, a career civil servant who served in the Air Force in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Gina Ortiz Jones, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

How many more women are we likely to have in Congress next year?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Probably at least two, and more are possible. No freshman woman has come to Congress from Texas since Granger’s election 1996, with the exception of former U.S. Rep. Shelley Sekula Gibbs, who served as a placeholder for less than two … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Bunni Pounds, CD02, CD03, CD05, CD06, CD07, CD16, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD29, CD31, CD32, Congress, Democratic primary, Dori Fenenbock, Election 2018, Gina Ortiz Jones, Jan McDowell, Jana Sanchez, Jay Hulings, Jennifer Sarver, Kathaleen Wall, Laura Moser, Letitia Plummer, Lizzie FLetcher, Lorie Burch, MJ Hegar, Norma Chavez, primaries, Ruby Woolridge, Silky Malik, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, Veronica Escobar | Comments Off

Thoughts going into primary season

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

So primary season is officially open, with candidates pretty much everywhere. I’ve been busy doing interviews and will cover as many Democratic races as I can, but won’t get to them all. I may double back in the runoffs, we’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD07, CD16, CD23, CD29, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2016, Election 2018, Fran Watson, Gina Ortiz Jones, John Duncan, Lorie Burch, Mark Phariss, Mary Wilson, Senate, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, The Lege, turnout, Veronica Escobar | 4 Comments

Another look at Congressional odds

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I was browsing around Facebook and came across a link to this 2018 midterm forecast from The Crosstab, whose proprietor also works at Decision Desk. As such, it is basically a December update to the November Decision Desk forecast, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD14, CD17, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD27, CD31, CD32, CD36, Congress, Election 2016, Election 2018, Texas | Comments Off

Filing roundup: Other Congressional races, part 2

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

See part 1 here, and the spreadsheet with all the Democratic Congressional filings here. These are the races that are objectively most likely to produce a flip, so there are fewer of them. Let’s dive right in. CD06 So long, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Angie Villescaz, CD02, CD06, CD16, CD21, CD23, Congress, Democratic primary, Derrick Crowe, Election 2016, Election 2018, Elliott McFadden, Gina Ortiz Jones, Jana Sanchez, Jay Hulings, Joe Barton, Joe Kopser, John Duncan, Judy Canales, Justin Snider, Lamar Smith, Levii Skocklee, Mary Wilson, Rick Trevino, Ruby Woolridge, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Republicans are worried about Culberson

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

They should be, though I bet they wish they didn’t have to be at this point in the cycle. Republican strategists are warning that some of the party’s veteran House incumbents aren’t adequately preparing for the 2018 election, putting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD07, CD23, Congress, Congressional Leadership Fund, DCCC, Election 2018, John Culberson, pools, Texas | 5 Comments

Early Congressional odds

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Decision Desk provides an early view of the 2018 Congressional election. The 2018 House Midterm Election is bound to be one of the more interesting in recent memory. With Donald Trump in the White House, infighting on both sides of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD14, CD17, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD27, CD31, CD32, CD36, Congress, Election 2016, Election 2018, Texas | 1 Comment

Opinions differ about Congressional prospects

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I’m gonna boil this one down a bit. Moments before the polls closed in Virginia’s Democratic sweep, Houston-area Republican Ted Poe, across the Potomac River on Capitol Hill, announced his retirement in 2018 after 14 years in Congress. Poe cast … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, CD03, CD07, CD21, CD23, CD32, Congress, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Erin Zwiener, HD126, HD45, Jason Isaac, Jeb Hensarling, John Culberson, Kevin Roberts, Lamar Smith, Pete Sessions, primaries, Sam Johnson, Ted Poe, Texas, Todd Litton, Will Hurd | 1 Comment

October campaign finance reports: Congress

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the Q2 fundraising reports for Texas Democratic Congressional candidates. I’ll sum up the data below, but here’s the Trib with some highlights. After Democratic challengers outraised four Texas Republicans in Congress earlier this year, some Republicans recaptured fundraising … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Alex Triantaphyllis, Ali Khorasani, campaign finance reports, CD02, CD06, CD07, CD16, CD21, CD23, CD25, CD27, CD31, CD32, CD36, Chetan Panda, Chrisopher Perri, Christine Eady Mann, Colin Allred, Congress, Dayna Steele, DCCC, Democratic primary, Derrick Crowe, Dori Fenenbock, Ed Meier, Election 2018, Elliott McFadden, fundraising, Gina Ortiz Jones, Hurricane Harvey, James Cargas, Jana Sanchez, Jason Westin, Jay Hulings, Joe Kopser, John Culberson, Joshua Butler, Lamar Smith, Laura Moser, Lillian Salerno, Lizzie FLetcher, MJ Hegar, Pete Sessions, redistricting, Richard Lester, Senate, Ted Cruz, Ted Poe, Texas, Todd Litton, Veronica Escobar, Will Hurd | 1 Comment

No re-rematch for Gallego against Hurd

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

The third time is not a charm, mostly because there won’t be a third time. Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, has decided not to try again to reclaim his old seat in Congress. “Know that my public service is … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, fundraising, Gina Ortiz Jones, Governor, Jay Hulings, Pete Gallego, Rick Trevino, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Two more for CD23

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Officially a crowd now. Jay Hulings, a federal prosecutor from San Antonio, said Sunday he could no wait no longer to launch a challenge to U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes. Hulings is an ally of the Castro brothers — U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Gina Ortiz Jones, Jay Hulings, Pete Gallego, Rick Trevino, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Court invalidates CDs 27 and 35

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

We are one step closer to having a new Congressional map. Federal judges have invalidated two Texas congressional districts, ruling that they must be fixed by either the Legislature or a federal court. In a unanimous decision Tuesday, a three-judge … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Blake Farenthold, CD23, CD27, CD35, Congress, Election 2018, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act, Will Hurd | 5 Comments

Gina Ortiz Jones

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

We have our first declared challenger in CD23. U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, is getting his first major Democratic challenger for re-election in Texas’ swing 23rd congressional district. Gina Ortiz Jones, a former Air Force intelligence officer, is entering the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Gina Ortiz Jones, Jay Hulings, Judy Canales, Pete Gallego, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

How the redistricting case could play out

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Michael Li games out how the Texas redistricting litigation may go from the anticipated court ruling to final resolution. So, in short, Texans could end up with a new set of maps (drawn by the Texas Legislature or drawn by … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018, Legal matters | Tagged CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD21, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD27, CD30, CD31, CD32, CD35, CD36, Congress, Election 2012, Election 2018, filing deadline, lawsuit, primaries, redistricting, SCOTUS, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

July 2017 campaign finance reports – Congress

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

It’s July, and that means it’s campaign finance report season. Everyone has reports due at the end of June, so at every level of government there are reports to look at. I’ll be working my way through them, starting today … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Alex Triantaphyllis, Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, CD02, CD06, CD07, CD16, CD21, CD23, CD27, CD31, CD32, CD36, Chrisopher Perri, Christine Eady Mann, Colin Allred, Congress, Dayna Steele, Debby Kerner, Derrick Crowe, Dori Fenenbock, Ed Meier, Election 2018, Elliott McFadden, fundraising, James Cargas, Jana Sanchez, Jason Westin, Joe Kopser, John Culberson, Joshua Butler, Lamar Smith, Laura Moser, Lizzie FLetcher, MJ Hegar, Pete Gallego, Pete Sessions, redistricting, Senate, Ted Cruz, Ted Poe, Texas, Todd Litton, Veronica Escobar, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Will we have enough candidates for the opportunities?

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

There’s always something to worry about. With the Texas case moving forward, the boundaries of the congressional districts remain in question with the 2018 elections less than 18 months away. The Lone Star State’s primary filing deadline is in six … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Blake Farenthold, CD21, CD23, CD27, Congress, Derrick Crowe, Election 2018, Joe Kopser, Lamar Smith, lawsuit, Pete Gallego, redistricting, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Gallego-Hurd 3.0

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

It could happen. Less than a year after he lost his bid to reclaim his U.S. House seat, former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, is seriously considering another run for Congress, citing shifting political winds in Texas’ 23rd congressional district … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged campaign finance reports, CD07, CD23, Cesar Blanco, Congress, Election 2016, Election 2018, fundraising, Jay Hulings, Judy Canales, Pete Gallego, redistricting, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Let a thousand hypothetical alternative Texas Congressional maps bloom

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Stephen Wolf of Daily Kos Elections takes a crack at drawing a remedial Congressional map for Texas. Just how effective is GOP gerrymandering in Texas, and what might a redrawn map look like in 2018 as a consequence of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD02, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD23, CD25, CD32, Congress, Election 2016, Election 2018, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Republicans are a little freaked out over Texas Congressional redistricting possibilities

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I referenced this Trib story in last Friday’s post about the state declining to do a special session on redistricting, which at least some members of Congress from Texas would have liked. There was more to this story, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, CD07, CD23, CD24, CD26, CD27, CD32, CD33, Congress, Election 2018, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas | 4 Comments

It’s already crowded in CD07

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Gonna need a scorecard to keep track of all the players. On Wednesday, two Texas Democrats are launching separate campaigns for Congress in a district that’s served as a Republican stronghold since the congressional days of former President George H.W. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Alex Triantaphyllis, CD07, CD23, CD32, Colin Allred, Collin Cox, Congress, David Balat, Debby Kerner, Donald Trump, Ed Meier, Election 2016, Election 2018, James Cargas, Jason Westin, John Culberson, Joshua Butler, Laura Moser, Lizzie FLetcher, Maria Espinoza, Pete Sessions, Ronald Kimmons, Texas, Will Hurd | 10 Comments

Precinct analysis: Congressional districts

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Legislative Council now has full data from the 2016 elections on its site, so this seemed like as good a time as any to take a look at the data from Congressional districts. I’m much more limited in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016, Election 2018 | Tagged Barack Obama, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD31, CD32, Congress, Court of Criminal Appeals, Derrick Crowe, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Hillary Clinton, Joe Barton, Lamar Smith, Mitt Romney, precinct analysis, Texas, Will Hurd | 1 Comment

Big day for redistricting in court

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Tomorrow the questions of what happens next in the redistricting lawsuits begin to get answered. Will Texas soon see new political maps that are friendlier to Latino and black voters and, in turn, Democrats? If so, who would draw them: … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD23, CD27, CD35, Congress, Election 2018, lawsuit, MALC, MALDEF, redistricting, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Very early speculation about Congressional campaigns

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib rounded up all the scuttlebutt about who may be running for various Congressional districts next year. I’ve picked out a few to comment on. CD07: National Democrats are interested in Houston attorney Collin Cox and Alex Triantaphyllis, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Alex Triantaphyllis, Beto O'Rourke, CD07, CD16, CD23, CD27, CD32, Cesar Blanco, Colin Allred, Collin Cox, Congress, Debby Kerner, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Ed Meier, Election 2016, Election 2018, James Cargas, Jason Westin, Jay Hulings, John Culberson, Joshua Butler, Miguel Solis, Pete Gallego, Pete Sessions, redistricting, Regina Montoya, Solomon Ortiz, Texas, Veronica Escobar, Will Hurd | Comments Off

State wants to appeal redistricting ruling

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

From Texas Redistricting: The State of Texas filed a motion [Wednesday] afternoon with the three-judge panel in the Texas redistricting case, asking the panel to give the state permission to appeal the panel’s March 10 ruling on the state’s 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD23, CD27, CD35, Congress, Election 2018, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Voter ID education was a massive failure

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

This is outrageous. The University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs recently completed a report, “The Texas Voter ID Law and the 2016 Election,” based on surveys of registered voters who sat out the 2016 elections in the state’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Attorney General, CD23, drivers licenses, Election 2016, Harris County, Justin Rodriguez, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege, turnout, voter ID | 1 Comment

Motion filed to block current Congressional map

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

From the Lone Star Project. Moments ago the Plaintiffs in the ongoing Texas congressional redistricting case filed a joint motion asking the San Antonio Federal District Court for an injunction to block the use of the current congressional map during … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD23, CD27, CD35, Congress, Election 2018, lawsuit, Lone Star Project, MALC, Marc Veasey, NAACP, redistricting, Texas, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Court rules several Congressional districts were illegally drawn

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Bam! Some of Texas’ 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of federal judges ruled Friday. In a long-delayed ruling, the judges ruled 2-1 that the Texas Legislature must redraw the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018, Legal matters | Tagged Blake Farenthold, C26, CD23, CD27, CD35, Congress, Eddie Rodriguez, Election 2018, Justice Department, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, Lone Star Project, LULAC, MALC, Marc Veasey, Michael Burgess, NAACP, redistricting, special election, Texas, Voting Rights Act, Will Hurd | 4 Comments

DCCC says it will aim for three Texas Congressional seats

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

We’ll see what this means in practice. The House Democratic campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, announced Monday morning that the party intends to target two longtime GOP incumbents that, until recently, have long been considered locks for re-election: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Allen Vaught, CD07, CD23, CD32, Congress, Dallas County, DCCC, Debby Kerner, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Hillary Clinton, John Culberson, Mike Rawlings, Pete Sessions, precinct analysis, President, Texas, Will Hurd | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: Texas Congressional districts

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

From Daily Kos: Texas’s GOP-drawn congressional map was designed to create 24 safely red seats and 11 safely Democratic districts, with only the 23rd District in the western part of the state being truly competitive. In 2012, Mitt Romney carried … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Barack Obama, CD01, CD07, CD23, CD32, Congress, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Gary Johnson, Harris County, Hillary Clinton, John Culberson, Louie Gohmert, Mitt Romney, Pete Gallego, Pete Sessions, precinct analysis, President, Texas, Will Hurd | Comments Off

Dems sweep Harris County

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Hillary Clinton had a 100K lead in early voting in Harris County, and increased her lead as the night went on. The only countywide Republican who was leading early on was Mike Sullivan, but later in the evening, at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Ann Harris Bennett, Anne Sung, CD23, Congress, Devon Anderson, District Attorney, Donald Trump, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2016, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Sheriff, Harris County Tax Assessor, Heights, Hillary Clinton, HISD, Houston, Houston Heights Beverage Coalition PAC, John Luman, Keep the Heights Dry, Kim Ogg, Mike Sullivan, President, recapture, Richard Morrison, Ron Hickman, SBOE, special election, Texas, The Lege, turnout, Vince Ryan | 8 Comments

Early voting, Day Eight: We do have a pretty good idea of who has been voting so far

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Why such a mushy article about the state of early voting so far? Because Texas voters can use a single click to back an entire slate, the down-ballot candidates running countywide have ever-slimming chances of influencing their destinies. As polarization … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Donald Trump, early voting, El Paso, Election 2016, Harris County, Hillary Clinton, judicial races, Pete Gallego, President, straight ticket voting, Texas, Travis County, turnout, Will Hurd | Comments Off

What next for Julian Castro?

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

I can think of something for him to do. Housing Secretary Julián Castro was long touted as a possible running mate for Hillary Clinton, but when the call came Friday informing him that the presumptive Democratic nominee had picked someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD23, Dori Garza, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County Sheriff, Hillary Clinton, Julian Castro, Latino voting, Pete Gallego, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege, turnout, Vice President | 2 Comments

Gallego claims poll lead over Hurd in CD23

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Just another item to add to the list of reasons why Donald Trump is and has been bad news for Texas Republicans. Voters in the district, which is the largest Congressional district in the country which is not its own … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Barack Obama, CD23, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Latino voting, Mitt Romney, Pete Gallego, polls, Texas, turnout, Will Hurd | 5 Comments

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