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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
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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Today is Runoff Day for the 2026 primaries
I’m basically going to rerun my post from the start of early voting, because it’s the same information with the main difference being that there are more vote centers. Turnout during early voting was pretty good in context, with more … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Al Green, Alex Maldonado, Annise Parker, Brian Warren, CD18, CD35, Christian Menefee, Congress, Darlene Breaux, Darrell Jordan, Democratic primary, District Clerk, Election 2026, endorsements, Harris County, Harris County Judge, HD131, HD149, Hubert Vo, interviews, John Cornyn, Johnny Garcia, judicial races, Ken Paxton, Lawrence Allen, Letitia Plummer, Lite Gov, Marcos Vélez, Maureen Galindo, Michael Adams-Hurta, Q&A, runoff, Senate, Staci Childs, Texas, The Lege, turnout, Vikki Goodwin, William Demond
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Early voting for the primary runoffs starts today
I haven’t gotten a press release about this from the County Clerk, but they’ve had their hands full and I think by now we know the basics. What you need to know is that the voting center locations are here, … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Al Green, Alex Maldonado, Annise Parker, Brian Warren, CD18, CD35, Christian Menefee, Congress, Darlene Breaux, Darrell Jordan, Democratic primary, District Clerk, Election 2026, endorsements, Harris County, Harris County Judge, HD131, HD149, Hubert Vo, interviews, Johnny Garcia, judicial races, Lawrence Allen, Letitia Plummer, Lite Gov, Marcos Vélez, Maureen Galindo, Michael Adams-Hurta, Q&A, runoff, Staci Childs, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin, William Demond
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Interview with Rep. Al Green
For my final interview of the 2026 primary cycle, I’m pleased to bring you a conversation with Rep. Al Green. He is the longtime member of Congress from the historic CD09, which was moved to the east end of Harris … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, CD18, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2026, interviews, runoff, Texas
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Interview with Rep. Christian Menefee
If you live in CD18, which as of this latest round of redistricting I no longer do, you’re still in the process of picking your member of Congress. The Democratic primary runoff, for which early voting begins on May 18, … Continue reading
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Tagged CD18, Christian Menefee, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2026, interviews, runoff, Texas
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Interview with Alex Maldonado
I promised you two interviews for Harris County District Clerk, and today we have the second of them. Alex Maldonado is a high school math and statistics teacher in Clear Creek ISD. Maldonado got an associate’s degree when he graduated … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Maldonado, Democratic primary, District Clerk, Election 2026, Harris County, interviews, runoff
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Interview with Darrell Jordan
The main runoff of interest in the Democratic primary is for District Clerk, which is an open seat as incumbent Clerk Marilyn Burgess is not running for a third term. There was a big field in March, so I decided … Continue reading
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Interview with Rep. Vikki Goodwin
I’m going to shift my interview focus to the Democratic primary runoff, which will be the next election for most of us. There are a few races of interest, I’m going to try to do what I can with them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2026, interviews, Lite Gov, runoff, Texas, Vikki Goodwin
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Interview with Ron Angeletti
About two weeks ago, I mentioned that there’s a special election on May 2 in SD04, to fill out the unexpired term of now-former Sen. Brandon Creighton. I’d forgotten that he’d resigned to take the Texas Tech Chancellor gig, and … Continue reading
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Interview with Patrick Oathout
And today we finish our journey through the candidate field for the Houston City Council District C special election, which is also now on Day Three of early voting. You still have until March 31 to vote in this race. … Continue reading
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Tagged District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Patrick Oathout, special election
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Interview with Laura Gallier
We are now one day into early voting for the special election in Houston City Council District C, and we have two candidate interviews to go. Today we have Laura Gallier, who is a longtime CPA and a veteran of … Continue reading
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Tagged District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Laura Gallier, special election
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Interview with Nick Hellyar
Today is the first day of early voting for the District C special election! Get out there and vote if you’re a District C resident – yes, I know, you’ve probably done a LOT of voting these past few months, … Continue reading
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Tagged District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Nick Hellyar, special election
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Interview with Angelica Luna Kaufman
We keep moving on with the District C special election, where early voting begins tomorrow. Today’s candidate is Angelica Luna Kaufman, where she has served as the Chief of Staff to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. She has had senior … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelica Luna Kaufman, District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, special election
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Interview with Joe Panzarella
Moving along in District C, where early voting starts this Wednesday, March 18, at 7 AM, today we are talking with Joe Panzarella, who is a community organizer and renewable energy developer. Panzarella restarted and became President of the Fourth … Continue reading
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Tagged District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Joseph Panzarella, special election
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Interview with Audrey Nath
We’re going to get through these District C interviews as quickly as I can, because early voting for that race begins on Wednesday, March 18. I won’t have every interview published by then but I will have most of them … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Nath, District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, special election
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Interview with Sophia Campos
Did you think we were done with interviews for the time being? Not a chance. Believe it or not, we’re on the verge of the start of early voting for the April 4 special election in Houston City Council District … Continue reading
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Tagged District C, Election 2026, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Sophia Campos, special election
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Interview with Rep. Sylvia Garcia
And here we are again with what I really do expect to be the last interview of the cycle. I’ll be back before we both know it with the District C special election and probably a couple of primary runoff … Continue reading
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Tagged CD29, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2026, interviews, Sylvia Garcia, Texas
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All of my primary interviews and judicial Q&As for the 2026 primary
All in one convenient location, sorted by what kind of race it is, including today’s bonus interview. Give a listen to the candidates of interest and pay attention to those judicial races. Also, too, as an added bonus, my pal … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Abbie Kamin, Andrew Wright, Annise Parker, Audrie Lawton, Brian Warren, CD08, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD29, CD31, CD36, CD38, Charlene Ward Johnson, Christian Menefee, Congress, Danyahel Norris, Democratic primary, Ebony Williams, Election 2026, Erik Wilson, Gordon Goodman, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Judge, HCDP, HD139, HD142, HD144, interviews, James Horwitz, James Hu, Jarvis Johnson, Jim Kovach, Jimmie Brown, Jorge Garcia Diaz, Josh Hill, judicial races, Julia Maldonado, Justin Early, Katie Wilson, Kristen Hawkins, Laura Jones, Lawrence Allen, Leah Shapiro, Leticia Gutierrez, Letitia Plummer, Lite Gov, Marquette Greene-Scott, Marvalette Hunter, Mary Ann Perez, Matt Salazar, Melissa McDonough, Michael Adams-Hurta, Mike Doyle, ND131, Q&A, Rhonda Hart, Rustin Foroutan, Sarah Beth Landau, Staci Childs, Supreme Court, Sylvia Garcia, Tanya Garrison, Terry Virts, Texas, The Lege, Theresa Courts, Todd Ivey, Traci Gibson
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Interview with Marcos Vélez
I promised you another interview this week. It turns out I’ll have two, so look for the other tomorrow, but for today I have a conversation with Marcos Vélez, one of the Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor. I met him … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2026, interviews, Lite Gov, Marcos Vélez, Texas
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Interview with Justin Early
I have one last Congressional interview for you, this one from outside Houston. CD31 became an unexpected battleground in 2018, as MJ Hegar turned a district that hadn’t been on anyone’s radar into a close fight against Rep. John Carter, … Continue reading
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Interview with Todd Ivey
I’ve said before that I almost always end up doing more interviews for a given cycle than I originally planned for, for a variety of reasons. As such, today I am circling back to CD09 to give you this conversation … Continue reading
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Interview with Jarvis Johnson
I’ve said before that the Republican-pushed mid-decade redistricting was partly about getting more Republican seats in Congress, but also partly about reducing Democratic power, especially for communities of color. You can see that in the destruction of CD09. That also … Continue reading
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Interview with Traci Gibson
You have to go all the way to the bottom of the ballot in a primary year to get to the race for Party Chair. It’s been a non-issue most cycles recently – I think the last real challenge to … Continue reading
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Interview with Mike Doyle
As of today, it’s one week and one day until early voting starts in the 2026 primaries. Kind of snuck up on us, hasn’t it? I’ve got a full week of interviews for you, in part because I’ve done some … Continue reading
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Interview with Danny Norris
And here’s that bonus interview I mentioned yesterday. If you’ve been frustrated by the state takeover of HISD, you’ve probably hoped someone would run against the architect of the bill that allowed for the takeover, longtime Rep. Harold Dutton. Danny … Continue reading
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Interview with Lawrence Allen
For our third and final candidate in HD131, we have once again a familiar name. Lawrence Allen is the previous member of the SBOE in District 4, serving multiple terms beginning in 2004 where he succeeded his mother, Rep. Alma … Continue reading
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Interview with Staci Childs
We continue on in HD131, and the theme will be one of familiar names. Staci Childs is currently serving as the State Board of Education member in district 4, where Rep. Alma Allen had served before becoming the incumbent State … Continue reading
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Interview with Erik Wilson
We move on to the Legislature this week, where Democrats will be picking a successor to long-term Rep. Alma Allen in HD131. I have three candidate interviews for you from this race, starting with attorney Erik Wilson. Wilson spent five … Continue reading
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Interview with Abbie Kamin
I promised you two excellent candidates for Harris County Attorney. I gave you one on Monday and I’m giving you the second one today. You are surely familiar with Abbie Kamin, who is stepping down from Houston City Council District … Continue reading
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Interview with Audrie Lawton Evans
Harris County Attorney would not normally be on our ballot this year, but with Christian Menefee stepping down to run for Congress we need to fill the remainder of his term. Two excellent candidates are running, and I’m pleased to … Continue reading
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Interview with Matt Salazar
I promised you three Democratic candidates for Harris County Judge, and I’ve got the third one for you right here. Matt Salazar is a native of Lubbock who has worked as a youth pastor and general contractor. A graduate of … Continue reading
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Interview with Letitia Plummer
Next up for Harris County Judge is another familiar name, Letitia Plummer. Plummer stepped down from Houston City Council last year after announcing her candidacy (also before Judge Hidalgo’s announcement), where she was in her second term in At Large … Continue reading
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Interview with Annise Parker
This week and next week we move into county races, starting with the primary for Harris County Judge. Our first candidate needs no introduction, and that’s Annise Parker. She served six years (the maximum allowed at the time) on Houston … Continue reading
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Interview with Marvalette Hunter
We wrap up our tour of CD38 with a familiar name from Houston politics. Marvalette Hunter was the Chief of Staff for the late Sylvester Turner both for his eight years as Houston’s Mayor and his regrettably short term in … Continue reading
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Interview with Theresa Courts
Next up in CD38 is a first-time candidate, Theresa Courts. Courts is a school counselor who was a teacher for seven years before getting her Master’s in Education and becoming a school counselor. The youngest child of a single mother, … Continue reading
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