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A sudden surge in potential candidates

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg may be running for Governor. Sources say former Mayor Ron Nirenberg has been telling fellow Democrats he’s considering a run for governor in 2026 — a potentially grueling race against the formidable Republican Gov. … Continue reading →

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

The Paxton opportunity

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From Axios: A new private GOP poll is showing Republicans facing a growing problem in the Texas Senate race, the third such survey in just a month. Why it matters: Republicans haven’t lost a statewide race in Texas in more than three decades, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Colin Allred, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2026, James Talarico, Joaquin Castro, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, Lite Gov, Nathan Johnson, polls, primaries, Roland Gutierrez, Ron Nirenberg, Senate, Terry Virts, Texas, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

A few 2026 statewide candidate tidbits

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This Politico story is mostly a lot of chatter from Texas Dems who have many different opinions about what kind of candidates ought to be running statewide next year. I’m not interested in that, but there were some newsy bits … 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 | Comments Off

Some people are big mad at Dan Patrick

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It’s fun to watch. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was clear from the start. Weeks before this year’s legislative session began, and before he announced any other priorities, the Republican Senate leader said he wanted lawmakers to ban, at any cost, … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Dan Patrick, Election 2026, hemp, Lite Gov, marijuana, Senate, Texas, Texas Hemp Business Council, THC, The Lege, Tom Oliverson, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

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 →

The THC ban and hemp farmers

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Obviously bad for them. Six years ago, Texas lawmakers opened a door to a new lifeline for farmers: growing hemp. Farmers invested time, money and land into growing the drought-resistant crop and developing the state’s budding hemp industry. The same … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Ag Commissioner, cannabis, Charles Perry, Dan Patrick, Election 2026, farming, hemp, Lite Gov, marijuana, Senate, Sid Miller, Texas, Texas Hemp Business Council, THC, The Lege, Tom Oliverson, Vikki Goodwin | 3 Comments

Abbott’s decision and Patrick’s tantrum

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

A brief roundup of some THC stories… What will Greg Abbott do? Gov. Greg Abbott has been tight-lipped about whether he’ll sign the bill on his desk that would ban THC in Texas. I don’t envy him. There’s really no … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged cannabis, Dan Patrick, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, hemp, Lite Gov, marijuana, Senate, Texas, Texas Hemp Business Council, THC, The Lege, veto, Vikki Goodwin | 3 Comments

THC retailers upset by THC ban

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

What are y’all going to do about it? Sydney Torabi, co-founder of Austin-based Restart CBD, could only watch in disbelief late Wednesday night as the Texas House delivered a key vote to push through a ban on all products containing … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Dan Patrick, Election 2026, Gene Wu, hemp, Lite Gov, marijuana, Senate, Texas, Texas Hemp Business Council, THC, The Lege, Tom Oliverson, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

Lege goes for full THC ban

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Welp. The Texas House late Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would ban all products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, likely spelling the end for the state’s short-lived hemp industry. Under the legislation, which is nearing the governor’s desk … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Dan Patrick, Election 2026, Gene Wu, hemp, Lite Gov, marijuana, Senate, Texas, Texas Hemp Business Council, THC, The Lege, Tom Oliverson, Vikki Goodwin | 3 Comments

Rep. Vikki Goodwin to run for Lite Guv

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Dems have their first official statewide candidate. State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, has filed paperwork to run for lieutenant governor in next year’s midterm election, giving up a safe seat in the Texas House to seek one of the state’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Attorney General, Dan Patrick, Democratic primary, Election 2026, Governor, HD47, Lite Gov, Senate, Texas, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

Good luck finding any info about those county appraisal board elections

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I’ve written a bunch about the HCAD Board elections, including doing interviews with four of the candidates, so that you my readers and anyone else who stumbles across this page can hopefully know a little something about … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Bexar County, Collin County, constitutional amendments, Dallas County, Denton County, El Paso, Election 2023, Election 2024, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Gina Hinojosa, Harris County, Harris County Appraisal District, HCAD, Montgomery County, Paul Bettencourt, property taxes, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, Vikki Goodwin | 3 Comments

Still no Dems arrested yet

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Finally, a story that points out the same thing I’ve been saying about those arrest warrants. More than a week after Republicans in the Texas House voted to authorize arrests of their quorum-busting Democratic colleagues, no such roundup has come … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Celia Israel, Chris Turner, Dade Phelan, Jim Murphy, Jon Rosenthal, quorum, special session, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Still no quorum, and no Dem legislators rounded up yet

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

And I’m still not sure what exactly will happen when and if a law enforcement officer stumbles across one of the wayward legislators. The hunt for missing Democratic Texas House members escalated late Thursday and Friday, as the sergeant-at-arms and … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Chris Turner, Dade Phelan, Gina Hinojosa, Jasmine Crockett, Joe Deshotel, Jon Rosenthal, Justice Department, NAACP, quorum, Ron Reynolds, special session, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

You can’t arrest the quorum-busters, at least not yet

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Good to know. A state district judge in Travis County issued an order blocking the arrest of House Democrats who have broken quorum by leaving the state, paving the way for those who remain outside of Texas to return home … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, That's our Lege | Tagged Alma Allen, Ana-Maria Ramos, Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, Celia Israel, Christina Morales, Craig Washington, Dade Phelan, Eddie Rodriguez, Gina Hinojosa, Greg Abbott, Ina Minjarez, James White, Jasmine Crockett, Joe Deshotel, lawsuit, Mando Martinez, Mary Ann Perez, Michelle Beckley, quorum, Ramon Romero, Ray Lopez, Richard Raymond, Ron Reynolds, special session, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, Trey Martinez-Fischer, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Meet the new special session

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Same as the old special session, at least at first. It appears likely that not enough Democrats will show up for the Texas House to conduct business when a second special legislative session convenes Saturday. Some of the more than … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Alma Allen, Ana-Maria Ramos, Attorney General, Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, budget, Celia Israel, Chris Turner, Christina Morales, Craig Washington, Dade Phelan, Donna Howard, Eddie Rodriguez, Gene Wu, Gina Hinojosa, Greg Abbott, Jake Ellzey, James White, Jarvis Johnson, Jasmine Crockett, Jon Rosenthal, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Legislative Budget Board, line item veto, Liz Campos, Mary Ann Perez, Nicole Collier, quorum, Ray Lopez, Ron Reynolds, Senfronia Thompson, Shawn Thierry, special session, Supreme Court, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Trey Martinez-Fischer, veto, Vikki Goodwin, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act | 3 Comments

30 Day 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 4

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Last but not least, here are the 30-day finance reports from the 10 non-Houston-area seats that Dems flipped in 2018, plus four others of interest. Part One of my stroll through the 30-day finance reports, for statewide, SBOE, and State … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Abel Herrero, Ana-Maria Ramos, campaign finance reports, Carrie Isaac, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gerson Hernandez, HD017, HD103, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD136, HD31, HD34, HD45, HD47, HD53, HD65, HD74, James Hernandez, James Talarico, Jennifer Fleck, John Bucy, John Turner, Julie Johnson, Justin Berry, Karyn Brownlee, Kronda Thimesch, Linda Koop, Lucio Valdez, Luisa Del Rosal, Marian Knowlton, Michelle Beckley, Mike Guevara, Rhetta Bowers, Ruben Falcon, Ryan Guillen, Samuel Smith, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin, Will Douglas | 1 Comment

July 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 4

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

So yeah, after my previous entry I went and talked myself into checking on the finance reports from the 10 non-Houston-area seats that Dems flipped in 2018, plus four others of interest. It’s a sickness, I admit it, but here … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Abel Herrero, Ana-Maria Ramos, campaign finance reports, Carrie Isaac, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gerson Hernandez, HD017, HD103, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD136, HD31, HD34, HD45, HD47, HD53, HD65, HD74, James Hernandez, James Talarico, Jennifer Fleck, John Bucy, John Turner, Julie Johnson, Karyn Brownlee, Kronda Thimesch, Linda Koop, Lucio Valdez, Luisa Del Rosal, Marian Knowlton, Michelle Beckley, Mike Guevara, Rhetta Bowers, Ruben Falcon, Ryan Guillen, Samuel Smith, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin, Will Douglas | 1 Comment

Texas GOP accidentally releases its 2020 strategy

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Oops. In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas’s election strategy for the 2020 elections has ended up in the hands of Texas Democrats. Attacking Democratic candidates through websites and mitigating “the polarizing nature” … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Ana-Maria Ramos, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, Gina Calanni, James Talarico, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Michelle Beckley, Republican Party, Rhetta Bowers, straight ticket voting, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Initial thoughts: The Lege

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Live by the gerrymander, die by the gerrymander. At the end of the 2011 legislative session, state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a Dallas Democrat, sat down to dinner with a Republican colleague from the Texas House. Anchia was exhausted and incensed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Celia Israel, Chris Turner, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Donna Howard, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, Gina Calanni, HD102, HD105, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD121, HD126, HD129, HD132, HD134, HD135, HD136, HD138, HD14, HD150, HD23, HD26, HD28, HD29, HD32, HD43, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD54, HD64, HD65, HD66, HD67, HD70, HD84, HD85, HD89, HD92, HD93, HD94, HD96, HD97, Hillary Clinton, James Talarico, Jessica Gonzalez, Joe Pickett, John Bucy, John Turner, John Whitmire, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Kirk Watson, Mary Gonzalez, Michelle Beckley, Rafael Anchia, redistricting, Texas, The Lege, Tracy King, turnout, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Omnibus election report

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

It’s after midnight, I’ve mostly posted stuff on my long-dormant Twitter account (@kuff), and I will have many, many thoughts in the coming days. For now, a brief recap. – As you know, neither Beto nor any other Dem won … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged 13th Court of Appeals, 14th Court of Appeals, 4th Court of Appeals, 5th Court of Appeals, Adrian Garcia, Ana-Maria Ramos, Beto O'Rourke, Beverly Powell, Brian Middleton, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD31, CD32, Colin Allred, Commissioners Court, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, District Attorney, Ed Emmett, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Erin Zwiener, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Gina Ortiz Jones, Harris County, Harris County Judge, Hays County, HD102, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD135, HD136, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD65, Houston, Jack Morman, James Talarico, Jan McDowell, Jana Sanchez, Joe Kopser, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, judicial races, Julie Johnson, Julie Oliver, Lina Hidalgo, Lizzie FLetcher, Lorie Burch, Michelle Beckley, Mike Siegel, MJ Hegar, Nathan Johnson, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, SD10, SD16, Senate, Sri Kulkarni, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals, Todd Litton, turnout, Vikki Goodwin, Williamson County | 13 Comments

July 2018 campaign finance reports: State House

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

We’e seen a lot of very good campaign finance reports, all of which speak to the enthusiasm and engagement of Democrats this cycle. This batch of reports is not as good. These are July reports from State House candidates, take … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adam Milasincic, Alexander Karjeker, Allison Sawyer, Amanda Jamrok, Ana-Maria Ramos, Annie's List, Beth McLaughlin, Brandy Chambers, campaign finance reports, Dee Ann Torres Miller, Election 2018, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gina Calanni, HD102, HD105, HD107, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD126, HD129, HD132, HD134, HD135, HD136, HD138, HD23, HD28, HD43, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD65, HD66, HD97, James Talarico, Joanna Cattanach, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Meghan Scoggins, Michelle Beckley, Natali Hurtado, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, Sharon Hirsch, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin | 1 Comment

Runoff races, part 2: Legislative

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

There’s one Democratic primary runoff for SBOE, one for Senate, and seven for the House. Here’s a brief look at them. SBOE12 Suzanne Smith Laura Malone-Miller Smith led with 48.12% in March to Malone-Miller’s 26.31%. Smith has the DMN endorsement, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Alex Dominguez, Andrew Morris, Carl Sherman, Dawnna Dukes, Democratic primary, Deshaundra Lockhart Jones, Elaina Fowler, Election 2018, Erin Zwiener, Fran Watson, HD109, HD133, HD37, HD45, HD46, HD47, HD64, Helen Giddings, Jose Vela, Laura Malone-Miller, Martin Schexnayder, Mat Pruneda, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Rene Oliveira, Rita Lucido, runoff, Sandra Moore, SBOE, SD17, Senate, Sheryl Cole, Suzanne Smith, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | Comments Off

Local control and local races

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From Texas Monthly: At the end of last week, the Austin City Council voted to pass a new ordinance requiring local businesses to give their employees paid sick leave. It was the end result of a long and intense fight, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Austin, Candace Aylor, Elaina Fowler, Election 2018, HD47, local control, Paul Workman, sick leave, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, Vikki Goodwin, Will Simpson | 4 Comments

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