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November 2025 election results: Local and state

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Quick hits here, as I was up past my bedtime… All 17 constitutional amendments were on the path to passing. Most of them merited a No vote, but once these things get on the ballot they usually pass. Some Democratic … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Alejandra Salinas, Amanda Edwards, At Large #4, Audrey Nath, Austin, Bridget Wade, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Cleveland Lane, Congress, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Cy-Fair ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks, Dwight Boykins, Election 2025, Harris County, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston City Council, Jolanda Jones, Jordan Thomas, Kathy Lynch Gunter, Kendall Baker, Kendra Yarbrough Camarena, Leigh Wambsganss, Lesley Guilmart, Maria Benzon, Michael McDonough, Monica Flores Richart, property taxes, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, SD09, Senate, Sonia Rivera, special election, Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet, Texas | Leave a comment

Election Day for November 2025 is tomorrow

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Clerk’s Office (HCCO) reminds registered voters that Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the final opportunity to cast a ballot in this election. Races and Measures Include 17 proposed amendments to the Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged absentee ballots, CD18, Congress, Constitution, constitutional amendments, early voting, Election 2025, Election Day, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Council, runoff, special election, Texas, turnout | 1 Comment

A brief wrapup of the redistricting trial

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Meant to do this awhile ago but never quite got my act together. The future of Texas congressional elections and minority voting rights are in the hands of three federal judges after hearing nearly two weeks of testimony in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Adam Kincaid, Attorney General, Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, Carol Alvarado, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, Joe Moody, Justice Department, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, Phil King, redistricting, SCOTUS, special session, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Voting Rights Act | Leave a comment

October 2025 campaign finance reports – CD18

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I looked at the October campaign finance reports for Congress and Senate last week, but didn’t include CD18 because they had a later deadline for reporting. Today we get to catch up on that. The April reports for Congress and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, campaign finance reports, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2025, George Foreman, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, Reyna ANderson, special election, Stephen Huey, Texas, Zoe Cadore | Leave a comment

October 2025 campaign finance reports – Senate and Congress (Not CD18)

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I’m doing this one a little differently, for two reasons. One is that I want to include non-Democratic candidates in the CD18 special election, just so we’re all on the same page. And two, as of this past weekend when … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Ada Cuellar, Al Green, Caitlin Rourk, campaign finance reports, CD02, CD03, CD07, CD09, CD10, CD15, CD16, CD18, CD20, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD26, CD28, CD29, CD30, CD31, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, CD38, Colin Allred, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2026, Ernest Lineberger, Evan Hunt, Greg Casar, Henry Cuellar, James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett, Joaquin Castro, John Lira, Johnny Garcia, Jon Buchwald, Jordan Wheatley, Julie Johnson, Justin Early, Kevin Burge, Lizzie FLetcher, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Marquette Greene-Scott, Marvalette Hunter, Melissa McDonough, Michael Swanson, redistricting, Santos Limon, Senate, Shaun Finnie, Stephen Huey, Stuart Whitlow, Sylvia Garcia, Tayhlor Coleman, Terry Virts, Texas, Veronica Escobar, Vicente Gonzalez, Whitney Masterson-Moyes, William Marks | 1 Comment

Early voting for the November 2025 election begins tomorrow

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Clerk’s Office (HCCO) urges voters to take advantage of Early Voting, which starts Monday, October 20, and ends Friday, October 31. Ballot Items Include 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution 18th Congressional District Houston City Council At-Large Position … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged At Large #4, CD18, Congress, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Cy-Fair ISD, early voting, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston City Council, special election, Texas | Comments Off

UH/Hobby poll of CD18: Menefee 27, Edwards 23, Jones 15

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I figured there’d be another poll of this race from them. Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards are leading the crowded race to fill Texas’ 18 Congressional District seat, according to a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2025, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, polls, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Interview with Jolanda Jones

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We come to the end of the line of my interviews for this cycle. I’ll be back in the saddle soon enough for the 2026 primaries, but today we are finishing off the interviews for CD18. In a race with … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged CD18, Congress, Election 2025, interviews, Jolanda Jones, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Interview with Christian Menefee

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Our next candidate for CD18 is another familiar name and the first person to formally announce their candidacy for this seat. Christian Menefee has been elected twice as Harris County Attorney – he had to resign to run for CD18 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2025, interviews, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Interview with Isaiah Martin

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Next up for the special election in CD18 is Isaiah Martin, who like Amanda Edwards had filed to run in the 2024 primary while then-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was running for Houston Mayor, but then dropped out and endorsed Jackson … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged CD18, Congress, Election 2025, interviews, Isaiah Martin, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Interview with Amanda Edwards

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This week we will focus on the election we’ve been waiting for the longest, the special election in CD18 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner. There’s a big field for this race but … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, CD18, Congress, Election 2025, interviews, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Endorsement watch: Chron for Menefee in CD18

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Special election endorsement #2 is in the books. Let’s get this out of the way: the 18th Congressional district is a storied district with a rich legacy of trailblazing Black Houston leaders from Barbara Jordan to Mickey Leland and Sheila … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2025, endorsements, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, special election, Texas | Comments Off

Texas Victory Consulting poll of CD18

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This is interesting on a couple of levels. As the community prepares to decide who will represent Congressional District 18, understanding current voter preferences is essential. This poll, fielded September 27 to October 2, 2025, conducted with 557 respondents between … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, George Foreman, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, polls, special election, Texas | 2 Comments

A brief news roundup from the current redistricting trial

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

What the label says, three news stories I could find that had coverage of the redistricting trial. From the Trib. When Texas first proposed redrawing its congressional map earlier this summer, critics decried it as a political power-grab to appease … Continue reading →

Redistricting trial 2.0 begins

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

And they’re off. This week, a trio of federal judges will consider whether Texas can use its new congressional map in the 2026 election, marking the first legal test for the districts produced by a summer of intense partisan clashing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

State files its response to the redistricting lawsuit

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

They’re playing the oldies, not the new tune that the Trump Justice Department tried to woo them with. Texas officials acknowledged in a new court filing that the Justice Department’s rationale this summer for pushing them to redraw the state’s … Continue reading →

Interview with Vincent Sanders

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, there is a hearing scheduled to begin October 1 in federal court to hear arguments about the new Congressional map. The original group of plaintiffs against the current map, whose trial was finally heard in May, subsequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD09, CD18, Congress, Election 2026, interviews, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas, Vincent Sanders | Comments Off

The CD18 lineup

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Wednesday was also the filing deadline for the CD18 special election. Amanda Edwards has a photo of the SOS proclamation that includes a listing of the candidates and their parties. This Community Impact story also has the lineup and campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2017, Election 2021, Election 2025, George Foreman, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, special election, Sylvester Turner, Texas, turnout, Zoe Cadore | 5 Comments

Hearing set on new Congressional map

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go A federal judicial panel will hear arguments beginning Oct. 1 for an injunction against the implementation of new congressional boundaries approved by the Texas Legislature. According to three lawyers who were in the El Paso courtroom Wednesday … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

The scramble begins

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Barring judicial action that I have said I don’t expect, the new Congressional map will be in place for the 2026 election. That means that a lot of people who are not now in Congress will be gearing up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Al Green, CD09, CD18, CD33, CD35, CD37, Congress, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Election 2025, Election 2026, Greg Casar, Lloyd Doggett, redistricting, special election, special session, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

Motion to block implementation of new map filed

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Once again, from the inbox: Today, plaintiffs supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) filed a preliminary injunction to block the implementation of HB 4, which further gerrymanders the Texas congressional map. After filing a supplemental complaint in the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

New legal challenge filed against redistricting map

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Fron the inbox: Today, plaintiffs supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) initiated a legal challenge against the newly enacted congressional gerrymander in Texas in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, asking the court to strike … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD30, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

CD18 forum and fundraiser

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Item one: I don’t have a link to share, but I think you can see all the details. There will be five candidates for the forum, we precinct chairs will vote on who will be invited. As someone who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged candidate forum, CD18, Congress, Election 2025, fundraiser, HCDP, Texas | Comments Off

Everything happens on Tuesday

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, remember when I said yesterday that there was still no quorum and not much had happened? That was then, this is now. The Supreme Court will take its sweet time in deciding on those quo warranto filings to expel … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, Beto O'Rourke, Carol Alvarado, CD09, CD18, CD35, CD37, Congress, Donald Trump, DPS, Dustin Burrows, El Paso, Election 2026, fundraising, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, Powered by People, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special election, special session, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

UH Hobby Center polls CD18

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Make of this what you will. Approximately 100 days before the November 4, 2025 Texas Congressional District 18 special election, four candidates are effectively deadlocked in their respective bids to obtain one of the two positions in an all but … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2025 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Carmen Montiel, CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Election 2025, George Foreman, Isaiah Martin, Jolanda Jones, polls, redistricting, special election, Texas | 1 Comment

The last redistricting hearing

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We’re just going through the motions at this point. The Texas redistricting map unveiled this week was drawn for the express purpose of boosting Republican strength in Congress, the House sponsor of the measure said Friday during the first, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Green, California, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD23, CD28, CD29, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, fines, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Jasmine Crockett, Julie Johnson, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, New York, Phil King, quorum, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Voting Rights Act | 5 Comments

On Ed Pollard’s campaign cash

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It’s a lot, as we have previously noted. It isn’t even close to the time potential candidates will start announcing their intention to run for Houston mayor in 2027. But if campaign finance reports are any indicator, Council Member Edward … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged CD09, CD18, Chris Hollins, Congress, Democratic primary, District J, Edward Pollard, Election 2026, Election 2027, Harris County, Harris County Judge, Houston, Houston City Council, John Whitmire, Mayor, redistricting, resign to run | 1 Comment

Friday redistricting roundup

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s take a moment and pour one out for the real victims of the proposed Congressional redistricting, Texas’ Republican Congressional incumbents. Democrats aren’t the only ones who won’t be happy with the way Texas Republicans on Wednesday proposed redrawing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026, That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, California, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD23, CD28, CD29, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, Cody Vasut, Collin County, Congress, Donald Trump, fines, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Jasmine Crockett, Julie Johnson, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, New York, Phil King, quorum, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Voting Rights Act | 9 Comments

And just like that we have a map

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

That sure was fast. Good thing all those hearings are over. Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in next year’s midterm … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, California, Carol Alvarado, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD23, CD28, CD29, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, fines, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Illinois, Jasmine Crockett, Julie Johnson, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, New Mexico, New York, Phil King, quorum, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Tom DeLay, Voting Rights Act | 7 Comments

Redistricting roundup

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

While we wait for maps, we can ponder whether or not there will be a quorum break. As Republicans in Texas move full steam ahead with a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts, Democrats are privately mulling their options, … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged California, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD21, CD23, CD28, CD29, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, fines, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Illinois, Jasmine Crockett, Julie Johnson, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, New Mexico, New York, quorum, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Tom DeLay, Voting Rights Act | 11 Comments

So is there a map yet or not?

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Hard to believe Republicans are flying blind on this. While the Republican redistricting effort is underway in Texas, the fight is on nationally. So, too, is the wait, as political observers – and anxious politicians – hold on for the … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Borris Miles, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD28, CD29, CD33, CD34, Chris Turner, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Isaiah Martin, Jasmine Crockett, Joaquin Castro, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Phil King, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 6 Comments

Still no maps

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It’s weird. Not unexpected – the Republicans have always loved some secrecy in the redistricting process – but weird. The Texas House’s redistricting committee visited Houston on Saturday to hear out local residents’ concerns on the state Legislature’s plans to … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, Amanda Edwards, Armando Walle, CD07, CD09, CD18, CD29, CD33, Cody Vasut, Congress, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Isaiah Martin, Joan Huffman, Jolanda Jones, Justice Department, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lizzie FLetcher, Marc Veasey, redistricting, Senfronia Thompson, special session, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

July 2025 campaign finance reports – Senate and Congress

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

PREVOIUSLY: Harris County Back in April I just took a look at who had already started raising money for CD18. There wasn’t much else to report so I thought I’d wait till the July report to see what was going … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Ada Cuellar, Al Green, Amanda Edwards, campaign finance reports, CD02, CD03, CD07, CD09, CD10, CD15, CD16, CD18, CD20, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD29, CD30, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD37, CD38, Christian Menefee, Colin Allred, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Democratic primary, Election 2024, Election 2026, Evan Hunt, Greg Casar, Henry Cuellar, Isaiah Martin, Jasmine Crockett, Joaquin Castro, Jolanda Jones, Jon Buchwald, Jordan Wheatley, Julie Johnson, Kevin Burge, Lizzie FLetcher, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Marquette Greene-Scott, Marvalette Hunter, Melissa McDonough, Michael Swanson, Rain Eatmon, redistricting, Santos Limon, Senate, Shaun Finnie, special session, Stephen Huey, Steve Toth, Sylvia Garcia, Tayhlor Coleman, Terry Virts, Texas, Tony Gonzales, Veronica Escobar, Vicente Gonzalez, Zoe Cadore | Comments Off

There’s a map

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

The special session gavels in tomorrow and there’s a new proposed Congressional map, but before we get to that let’s look at the lay of the land going into the session. On Monday, state lawmakers held a call with U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Bexar County, California, CD01, CD07, CD10, CD16, CD17, CD18, CD23, CD25, CD26, CD29, CD32, Congress, Donald Trump, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, Gavin Newsom, Greg Abbott, Harris County, quorum, redistricting, Smith County, special session, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County | 3 Comments

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