Tag Archives: Beto O’Rourke

Add Rep. Talarico to the “thinking about running for Senate” list

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Join the party, there’s plenty of room. State Rep. James Talarico, a former schoolteacher who often goes viral on social media for his feisty exchanges with Republicans, told Hearst Newspapers he is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, fundraising, James Talarico, Joaquin Castro, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, Lite Gov, Nathan Johnson, polls, primaries, Roland Gutierrez, Senate, Terry Virts, Texas, Vikki Goodwin | Leave a comment

Tarrant county does mid-decade redistricting and gets sued over it

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

First there was this. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court could get a bigger conservative majority next year under a new map passed Tuesday. Republican Commissioners Manny Ramirez, Matt Krause and County Judge Tim O’Hare voted to adopt the map. Democratic … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Alisa Simmons, Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Commissioners Court, County Judge, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Joe Biden, lawsuit, Matt Krause, redistricting, SCOTUS, Tarrant County, Texas, Tim O'Hare, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

There’s a lot of Dems looking at the Senate race

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox, from Thursday’s “Texas take with Jeremy Wallace” newsletter. The more endangered U.S. Sen. John Cornyn looks in early polling against Ken Paxton in the GOP primary, the more Democrats are buzzing. While a Democrat has not won … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, Joaquin Castro, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, Nathan Johnson, polls, primaries, Roland Gutierrez, Senate, Terry Virts, Texas | Comments Off

Beto 3.0?

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe. Beto O’Rourke, a one-time Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and Texas Governor, is holding town halls across the state. It’s the kind of thing someone running for office would do. O’Rourke is not currently a candidate, but on Saturday … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Democratic primary, Election 2026, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, Senate, Terry Virts, Texas | 6 Comments

Walz and Beto host Fort Bend town hall

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

In case you’re looking for something to do. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke are coming to Fort Bend County for a Congressional town hall event Thursday. The town hall will take place from 6 to 7:30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged activism, Beto O'Rourke, Congress, Fort Bend, Powered by People, Texas, Tim Walz | 1 Comment

Is this the year Tarrant County finally goes blue?

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe. “Tarrant County is the 15th-largest county in the country, so it should get a lot of attention. And it’s the third-largest county in Texas, so it makes sense that there would be a lot of focus there,” said Mark … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bill Waybourn, Colin Allred, County Judge, Dallas County, demography, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Governor, Harris County, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, President, Senate, Sheriff, Tarrant County, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege, Tim O'Hare | 3 Comments

Some finance and fundraising bits

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Colin Allred keeps raking it in. U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raised $30.3 million for his Senate campaign in the third quarter of the year, outpacing U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s haul over the same three-month period, according to figures announced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Abel Herrero, Angie Chen Button, Averie Bishop, Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Don McLaughlin, Donald Trump, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Election 2024, fundraising, Greg Abbott, HD112, HD121, HD122, HD34, HD37, HD74, HD80, Joe Biden, John Lujan, Jonathan Gracia, Kristian Carranza, Laurel Jordan Swift, redistricting, Senate, Steve Allison, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege, Tracy King | 8 Comments

The “Can Allred win?” question

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

At least we’re asking the question. Usually, we don’t even get that. Democrats are closing the gap in their uphill campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, with polls showing improvement for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and national Democrats’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Adam Kinziger, Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Glenn Whitely, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, polls, President, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 1 Comment

National attention on the Allred-Cruz race

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Things are a little different now than they were in 2018. Also, Dems have very few even remotely realistic pickup opportunities this cycle, so. With more than four months left before Election Day 2018, Democrat Beto O’Rourke had campaigned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, DSCC, Election 2018, Election 2024, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Allred maintains his fundraising pace

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Gonna need to keep that going. U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raised over $9.5 million for his U.S. Senate campaign in this year’s first quarter, surpassing the campaign of his rival Sen. Ted Cruz. Notably, Allred has also raised more money … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, Colin Allred, Election 2018, Election 2024, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Does Ted Cruz think he might lose?

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Who knows what he thinks? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign is warning donors this week that he’s already tied with Colin Allred and bracing for a tougher 2024 reelection campaign than GOP voters might expect. The push comes less than … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Election 2018, Election 2024, fundraising, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 2 Comments

January 2024 campaign finance reports – Senate

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY: State offices Harris County offices The field is set, with one more person than we had in October. Again, until we’ve narrowed this down to at most two, I’ll do this separately from the Congressional candidates. Here are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, Carl Sherman, Colin Allred, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2024, Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman, Mark Gonzalez, Meri Gomez, Roland Gutierrez, Senate, Steve Keough, Ted Cruz, Texas, Thierry Tchenko, Tracy Andrus | 1 Comment

SCOTx declines to revive oligarch nuisance lawsuit against Beto

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Good. The Texas Supreme Court said Friday it would not consider Republican megadonor Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke after a state appeals court dismissed it earlier this year. The all-GOP court denied Warren’s petition … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, blackouts, El Paso, Election 2022, Energy Transfer Partners, ERCOT, Freeze 2021, fundraising, Governor, Greg Abbott, Kelcy Warren, lawsuit, natural gas, Public Utility Commission, San Saba County, Supreme Court, Texas, Third Court of Appeals | Comments Off

Time for another chat about voter registration and turnout

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s do it. Texas Democrats came away from Beto O’Rourke’s surprisingly narrow 2018 defeat to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz with a simple plan: register to vote the millions of nonvoting Texans that demographics suggest lean Democrat and electoral victories will … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Battleground Texas, Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Swing Left 7, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout, voter registration | 6 Comments

July 2023 campaign finance reports – Congress

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

What a difference three months has made. Back in April you could have counted the races and candidates of interest on your fingers. Now with the larger Senate race, the openings in CDs 18 and 32, and a few other … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Alex Cornwallis, Amanda Edwards, Beto O'Rourke, Brian Williams, campaign finance reports, CD06, CD07, CD15, CD18, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD32, CD38, Colin Allred, Congress, Daryl Barnes, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2022, Election 2024, Francine Ly, fundraising, Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman, Henry Cuellar, John Love, Julie Johnson, Justin Moore, Lakeisha Simon, Lizzie FLetcher, Melissa McDonough, Michelle Vallejo, Noor Mobeen, Pervez Agwan, Roland Gutierrez, Sam Eppler, Sandeep Srivastava, Senate, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ted Cruz, Texas, Thierry Tchenko | 4 Comments

Allred begins campaigning

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Go get started early. Democrats were ecstatic when U.S. Rep. Colin Allred announced his bid against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican they have come closest to beating in more than two decades of GOP dominance in statewide elections. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, CD32, Colin Allred, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2024, fundraising, Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman, John Love, Roland Gutierrez, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Oligarch nuisance lawsuit against Beto finally tossed

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Sure took long enough. A state appeals court dismissed Republican megadonor Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke, ruling Friday that statements by the 2022 Democratic nominee for governor were protected by the First Amendment. The Austin-based 3rd Court of … Continue reading →

Sen. Gutierrez talks about 2024

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

He’s officially still thinking about it and will announce after the session. I’d say it’s a strong bet he’s already decided to run. State Senator Roland Gutierrez said Wednesday he’s going to wait before deciding on running for U.S. Senate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, fundraising, gun control, Roland Gutierrez, SD19, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, Uvalde | 1 Comment

On the (likely) future Biden/Trump matchup

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

It’s way too early to pay any attention to state polling, but there are a few general principles to discuss here. President Joe Biden announced his reelection bid on Tuesday, setting up a potential rematch with former President Donald Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, The making of the President | Tagged abortion, Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Joe Biden, polls, President, Roland Gutierrez, SCOTUS, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout | 1 Comment

Sen. Gutierrez appears to be getting set to challenge Ted Cruz

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Very interesting. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat who has become a fierce champion of the families impacted by the Uvalde school shooting, is likely to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024, The Texas Tribune … Continue reading →

Precinct analysis: State House 2022

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

We have data. Texas Democrats and Republicans are beginning to gear up for a presidential election cycle in which opportunities to flip seats for Congress and the Legislature appear limited. It’s a natural outcome after Republicans redrew legislative and congressional … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Allan Ritter, Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Greg Abbott, HD105, HD106, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD115, HD118, HD121, HD122, HD126, HD127, HD129, HD132, HD133, HD135, HD138, HD14, HD144, HD148, HD150, HD20, HD21, HD22, HD25, HD26, HD28, HD29, HD34, HD35, HD36, HD37, HD39, HD41, HD45, HD52, HD54, HD55, HD57, HD61, HD63, HD65, HD66, HD67, HD70, HD74, HD80, HD89, HD92, HD93, HD94, HD96, HD97, HD99, HF76, HF78, Joe Biden, lawsuit, precinct analysis, redistricting, Texas, The Lege, Tracy King | 2 Comments

What will it take to keep those ten appellate court benches we won in 2018?

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

As you may recall, Democrats won a ton of Appellate Court races in 2018. Ten of them, in fact, five each on the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, the first such victories since winning a lone bench in 2008. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Austin County, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, Chambers County, Colorado County, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Grimes County, Harris County, Joe Biden, judicial races, MJ Hegar, precinct analysis, straight ticket voting, Texas, turnout, Waller County, Washington County | 1 Comment

What I want from the next HCDP Chair

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. And as you know, I am a Democratic precinct chair, which means I’m one of the several hundred people that will vote on who that is. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, CD02, CD22, Chambers County, Congress, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Harris County, HCDP, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Liberty County, Mike Doyle, Montgomery County, Odus Evbagharu, SBOE, SD07, SD17, Senate, Silvia Mintz, Texas, turnout, voter suppression, Waller County | 3 Comments

Is it finally the time for Julian Castro?

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This story is mostly about Ted Cruz and whether he might run for President again in 2024; the tone of the story is that he probably won’t. No one cares about that, but because it is a story about 2024 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, James Talarico, Joaquin Castro, John Sharp, Julian Castro, President, Roland Gutierrez, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 1 Comment

Precinct analysis: Inside and out of the city

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Most years we don’t get the data to differentiate between votes cast by residents of Houston and votes cast by Harris County non-Houston residents. There needs to be a citywide referendum of the ballot in order to get at this … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alexandra Mealer, Beto O'Rourke, Carla Wyatt, Chris Daniel, Dan Patrick, Dawn Buckingham, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2018, Election 2022, Glenn Hegar, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Houston, Janet Dudding, Jay Kleberg, Ken Paxton, Kyle Scott, Lina Hidalgo, Luke Warford, Marilyn Burgess, Mike Collier, precinct analysis, Rochelle Garza, Sid Miller, Stan Stanart, Susan Hays, Teneshia Hudspeth, Texas, Wayne Christian | 2 Comments

Uvalde parents will take their fight to the Lege

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

They’re not going to get what they want and they know it, but they’re still going to fight. I have so much respect for them. More than seven months after a teenage gunman killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School, … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Dade Phelan, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, gun control, guns, schools, Texas, The Lege, Uvalde | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: The not-as-good statewide races

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY Beto versus Abbott Beto versus the spread Hidalgo versus Mealer Better statewide races The difference between these statewide races and the ones we have already looked at, including the Governor’s race, is very simple: These Republican candidates did better … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Comptroller, Dan Patrick, Dawn Buckingham, Election 2022, Glenn Hegar, Greg Abbott, Janet Dudding, Jay Kleberg, Ken Paxton, Land Commissioner, Luke Warford, Mike Collier, precinct analysis, Railroad Commission, Rochelle Garza, Sid Miller, Susan Hays, Texas, Wayne Christian | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: The better statewide races

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY Beto versus Abbott Beto versus the spread Hidalgo versus Mealer As noted before, Greg Abbott got 490K votes in Harris County, far less than the 559K he received in 2018 running against Lupe Valdez. Of the other six races … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Ag Commissioner, Attorney General, Beto O'Rourke, Bill White, Dan Patrick, Election 2010, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Greg Abbott, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD138, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Ken Paxton, Lite Gov, Mike Collier, precinct analysis, Rochelle Garza, Sid Miller, Susan Hays, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

Precinct analysis: Hidalgo versus Mealer

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY Beto versus Abbott Beto versus the spread We’ve looked at the Governor’s race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. Now we’ll look at the next highest profile race, in which the result was a surprise to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alexandra Mealer, Beto O'Rourke, Commissioners Court, Constable, Election 2004, Election 2012, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Governor, Harris County, Harris County Judge, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Lina Hidalgo, precinct analysis, redistricting, Texas, write-in candidate | 6 Comments

Precinct analysis: Beto versus the spread

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY Beto versus Abbott So last time we saw the numbers for the 2022 Governor’s race. But what numbers need in order to be meaningful is context, and that means other numbers to compare them to. We’re going to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2014, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HD133, HD138, HD140, HD143, HD144, HD145, HD148, Joe Biden, precinct analysis, President, redistricting, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 1 Comment

Precinct analysis: Beto versus Abbott

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

All right, I have the full landscape data for Harris County and the November 2022 election, and I’ll be doing my usual thing with it. There’s a lot of data and a lot of ways to explore it, some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, CD02, CD07, CD10, CD18, CD29, CD38, Commissioners Court, Constable, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HD133, HD138, precinct analysis, redistricting, SD06, SD15, Texas | 2 Comments

State and county election result relationships: Tarrant County

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

In years past, Tarrant County was a pretty close bellwether for election results in the state of Texas. From 2004 through 2016, the closeness of their Presidential numbers with the statewide numbers was eerie. But since 2018 the talk has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Governor, Joe Biden, precinct analysis, President, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Wendy Davis | 2 Comments

Yes, we’re talking about Texas Senate 2024

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Gromer Jeffers points out that Ted Cruz may run for both President and re-election to the Senate in 2024, which he can do under the law that was passed to allow LBJ to run for Vice President in 1960 (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Dan Crenshaw, Dawn Buckingham, Election 1960, Election 1988, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Election 2028, Glenn Hegar, Ken Paxton, Lance Gooden, LBJ, Lloyd Bentsen, Pat Fallon, President, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, Vice President | Comments Off

Beto tries again to get ridiculous defamation lawsuit dismissed

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Hope he has better luck here. The gubernatorial election is over, but Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke lives on. Warren, the Dallas pipeline tycoon, sued O’Rourke in February over accusations he made on the campaign trail that Warren … Continue reading →

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