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Polling Texas 2020
UT/Trib, Apr 25: Trump 49, Biden 44
DT/PPP, Apr 29: Biden 47, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, May 3: Trump 43, Biden 43
Emerson, May 13: Trump 47, Biden 41
Quinnipiac, June 3: Trump 44, Biden 43
PPP, June 5: Trump 48, Biden 48
PPP/PT, June 23: Trump 48, Biden 46
Fox, June 25: Biden 45, Trump 44
UT/Trib, July 2: Trump 48, Biden 44
PPP/Emily’s List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43
CBSNews, July 12: Trump 46, Biden 45
Quinnipiac, July 22: Biden 45, Trump 44
Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45
Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46
Polling Texas 2018
WPA, Jan 5: Cruz 52, O'Rourke 34
PPP, Jan 27: Cruz 45, O'Rourke 37
Quinnipiac, April 19: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, May 31: Cruz 50, O'Rourke 39
PPP, June 8: Cruz 48, O'Rourke 42
GQR, June 16: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
CBS/YouGov, June 24: Cruz 44, O'Rourke 36
UT/Trib, June 25: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 36
Gravis, July 10: Cruz 51, O'Rourke 42
Lyceum, July 31: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 39
Quinnipiac, July 31: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
PPP, August 2: Cruz 46, O'Rourke 42
NBC News, August 23: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 45
ECPS, August 27: Cruz 38, O'Rourke 37
Crosswinds, September 12: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, September 18 (LV): Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45
Ipsos, September 19 (LV): O'Rourke 47, Cruz 45Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50.3, Clinton 42.4Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38-
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Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50,3, Clinton 42.4
Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37
Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
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The effect of the Kerrville flood on the riparian areas
The bad news is that the massive flooding on July 4 of the Guadalupe River did a lot of environmental damage to the river and its immediate surrounding area, the riparian area. The good news is that this was still … Continue reading
Posted in The great state of Texas
Tagged flooding, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Kerrville, San Antonio Botanical Garden, Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, trees, Upper Guadalupe River Authority
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Drainage, demolition, what’s the difference?
It’s all vibes, man. Houston officials on Wednesday authorized an eyebrow-raising deal allowing $30 million to be spent from the city’s stormwater fund to demolish blighted buildings. Council Members Edward Pollard, Sallie Alcorn, Abbie Kamin, Tiffany D. Thomas, Mario Castillo, … Continue reading
Camp Mystic wants the lawsuits against it moved to Kerr County
Interesting. Attorneys for Camp Mystic, the Texas Hill Country retreat where 25 children and two counselors were killed in a flash flood on July 4, are trying to move four lawsuits against the camp from Travis County to Kerr County, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Margaret Bellows, Blakely McCrory, Camp Mystic, Chloe Childress, Dick Eastland, Ellen Getten, flooding, Guadalupe River, Hadley Hanna, HTR TX Hill Country, Jane Hunt, Katherine Ferruzzo, Kellyann Lytal, Kerr County, Kerrville, Lainey Landry, lawsuit, Lila Bonner, Lucy Dillon, Lulu Peck, Mikal Watts, Molly DeWitt, Mystic Camps Family Partnership, Mystic Camps Management, Natural Fountains Properties, Texas, The Lege, Tweety Eastland, Virginia Hollis, Virginia Naylor
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Why Kerr County turned down state flood grant money
Very interesting. Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted residents to rapidly … Continue reading
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Tagged Drew Darby, Flood Infrastructure Fund, flooding, Guadalupe River, Joe Moody, Kerr County, Texas, Texas Water Development Board, The Lege
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Camp Mystic’s reopening
I dunno, man. The owners of an all-girls summer camp in the Texas Hill Country, where 25 campers and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic July 4 flooding, announced plans on Tuesday for new safety upgrades that will be in place when … Continue reading
Posted in The great state of Texas
Tagged Camp Mystic, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, lawsuit, Texas, The Lege
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Camp rule changes coming
Noted for the record. In their latest effort to boost camp oversight in the wake of the deadly July 4 floods, Texas officials have proposed hiking annual licensing fees for operators by thousands of dollars and slashing the number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Camp Mystic, Camping Association of Mutual Progress, flooding, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Youth Camp Advisory Committee
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Taking care of next summer’s campers
The Trib raises some important points. Texas officials are requiring youth camps to have weather alert systems, mandated emergency preparedness plans, and various communication methods to help children and their families feel safe when they return this summer. But one thing is … Continue reading
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Tagged American Camp Association, Camp Mystic, CampWell, flooding, Guadalupe River, Kerrville, lawsuit, Texas, The Lege
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There are four lawsuits against Camp Mystic
Updating the count. The Houston family of 9-year-old Ellen Getten, who died when floodwaters overwhelmed Camp Mystic on July 4, is suing the private Christian girls’ summer camp, saying it and its operators are guilty of “gross negligence.” Their lawsuit, filed … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Margaret Bellows, Blakely McCrory, Camp Mystic, Chloe Childress, Ellen Getten, flooding, Guadalupe River, Hadley Hanna, HTR TX Hill Country, Jane Hunt, Katherine Ferruzzo, Kellyann Lytal, Kerr County, Kerrville, Lainey Landry, lawsuit, Lila Bonner, Lucy Dillon, Lulu Peck, Mikal Watts, Molly DeWitt, Mystic Camps Family Partnership, Mystic Camps Management, Natural Fountains Properties, Texas, The Lege, Virginia Hollis, Virginia Naylor
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Two lawsuits filed against Camp Mystic
This is going to be rough. The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the July floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, west of Kerrville, filed two separate lawsuits suing the the camp and members of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Margaret Bellows, Blakely McCrory, Camp Mystic, Chloe Childress, flooding, Guadalupe River, HTR TX Hill Country, Katherine Ferruzzo, Kerr County, Kerrville, Lainey Landry, lawsuit, Lila Bonner, Lulu Peck, Mikal Watts, Molly DeWitt, Mystic Camps Family Partnership, Mystic Camps Management, Natural Fountains Properties, Texas, The Lege
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IPAWS
Here’s an informative story about an underutilized tool in the emergency response arsenal. In the fall of 2016, as wind-stoked wildfires raced across parched forest and threatened lives around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, state and local officials went back and forth about … Continue reading
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Tagged DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FEMA, flooding, Guadalupe River, Hurricane Helene, hurricanes, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, Kerrville, National Weather Service, NOAA
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Another Kerrville flooding lawsuit filed
I wish them luck. The family of a man killed in the July 4 floods in Central Texas has sued the RV park where he and his wife were staying, alleging the campground’s owners knowingly placed its guests in an … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, Guadalupe River, HTR TX Hill Country, Jayda Christeel Floyd, Jeff Ramsey, Kerr County, Kerrville, lawsuit, Texas, The Lege
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The revenue cap squeeze on first responders
Great story, and an even better illustration of a couple of points I’ve been making for quite some time. Just weeks after flash flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, many of the first responders who served on … Continue reading
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Tagged Election 2026, flooding, Greg Abbott, Kerr County, Kerrville, local control, Parker County, Paul Bettencourt, property taxes, revenue cap, Texas, The Lege
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Still more on Elon’s flood tunnels
I once again call your attention to an episode of CityCast Houston, in which host Raheel Ramzanali chats with the host of the CityCast Las Vegas podcast about the experience they’ve had with Elon Musk and the Boring Company and … Continue reading
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Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Commissioners Court, Congress, Elon Musk, flood tunnels, flooding, Harris County, Hurricane Harvey, Las Vegas, Texas, The Boring Co, The Lege, Wesley Hunt
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More on Elon’s flood tunnels
Insecure man makes defensive response to fair questions about his wild idea. Film at 11. Billionaire Elon Musk is taking issue with a recent investigation by the Houston Chronicle and The Texas Newsroom that raised questions about a flood tunnel … Continue reading
Lege fails to pass disaster emergency response bill
What a bunch of jokers. Efforts to overhaul local emergency response to disasters failed after the Texas Senate concluded its business early Thursday without taking up the House’s version of a bill that would have mandated new training and licensing … Continue reading
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Tagged cannabis, Dan Patrick, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Kerrville, Senate, special session, Texas, THC, The Lege
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We have been so lucky to avoid hurricanes so far
Because the response would be the bigger disaster. Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to Congress on Monday warning that the Trump administration had reversed much of the progress made in disaster response and recovery since Hurricane Katrina … Continue reading
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Tagged David Richardson, Donald Trump, FEMA, flooding, George Bush, Guadalupe River, Hurricane Erin, Hurricane Katrina, Kerr County, Kristi Noem, Texas
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Camps oppose floodplain restriction
I gotta say, I’m not sure who they think will be sympathetic to this. Leaders of three Kerr County youth camps wrote to Texas House lawmakers Friday opposing legislation that would prohibit the state from licensing camps with cabins in … Continue reading
What the Lege has done since redistricting
Just a couple of headlines to ponder, now that the redistricting bill has been signed. Texas House greenlights ‘bounty hunter’ abortion pill ban Texas House OKs transgender bathroom ban after years of GOP attempts Yep, definitely doing the hard work … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, ACLU of Texas, Attorney General, Camp Mystic, cannabis, Congress, Constitution, Court of Criminal Appeals, Dan Patrick, diversity, Election 2026, Equality Texas, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Jim Blackburn, Ken Paxton, Kerr County, lawsuit, mifepristone, redistricting, special session, Texas, Texas Water Development Board, THC, The Lege, transgender rights, veto
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Do we still want flood tunnels if Elon is building them?
Fascinating stuff. The devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people, inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and left the community desperate for a solution. Since then, local flood experts have extensively studied the … Continue reading
And they’re back
Quorum time again. Texas House Democrats announced they would return to Austin Monday, ending a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan and paving the way for the map’s passage. “We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance … Continue reading
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Special Session 2: [Insert dumb sequel name here]
As promised/threatened. With the Texas House still frozen by Democrats’ absence from the state, Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to begin less than two hours after the Legislature gaveled out the first overtime round. The … Continue reading
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First Kerrville flooding lawsuit filed
Sure to be joined by many others. In the weeks since devastating floods hit Central Texas, killing 119 people in Kerr County — including 39 children — much has been made of various investigations, legislative proposals, and potential lawsuits over what went wrong in the early morning hours of … Continue reading
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Still no quorum
I’m sitting here waiting for the Supreme Court to take up those ridiculous quo warranto actions by Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton and have been hesitant to start writing something for fear that I’ll have to trash it and start … Continue reading
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Checking in on Kerrville
Texas Public Radio sent a reporter to Kerrville to talk to some residents there about how they’re doing after the flood. The next person I spoke to, Jess, had been slowly moving along the memorial, reading every notice. When she … Continue reading
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The Lege goes to Kerrville
Well, just some of them. The Texas Legislature’s special session will journey west to Kerrville this week, sending lawmakers to the seat of the most devastated county of the July 4 floods. The two special committees weighing the legislative response … Continue reading
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The flood hearings
It’s a start. The Texas House and Senate quickly established special committees to focus on relief efforts and determine what preparations the state must make to be better prepared for future natural disasters. Now, these panels of state lawmakers are … Continue reading
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Start of the special session flooding roundup
Just a reminder of why we’re supposedly here, the non-THC reason. Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare for flooding Sixteen months had passed since Hurricane Harvey tore through the Texas coast in … Continue reading