The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins cannot send out 2.4 million mail ballot applications to registered voters. The Texas Supreme Court is temporarily blocking the effort after a state judge cleared the way for Hollins to...
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Abbott’s COVID-19 approval rating continues to plummet
The latest poll by the COVID-19 Consortium, a project by Harvard and other universities that survey the approval rating of governors during the pandemic, shows Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval rating has fallen for the sixth straight month in a row. Only 35 percent of...
MJ Hegar challenges John Cornyn to three debates
U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar is calling on Sen. John Cornyn to join her in three televised debates. “We owe Texas voters multiple opportunities to hear Senator Cornyn and me debate our plans for Texas,” Hegar said in a prepared statement. “We all know John Cornyn...
Poll: Julie Oliver about even with GOP opponent Roger Williams
Progressive Democratic candidate Julie Oliver is in a close race with her GOP incumbent opponent Rep. Roger Williams, a new internal poll finds. The poll of 400 likely voters by EMC Research shows Oliver only two percentage points behind Williams, 45 to 43, with a...
Crenshaw defends Trump lying to Americans about COVID-19
Democratic candidate Sima Ladjevardian circulated footage this weekend of Rep. Dan Crenshaw defending Trump for lying to Americans about the deadliness of COVID-19. “You see it with the current debate with the president about whether he downplayed it or not,” Crenshaw...
Sunrise Movement issues Texas endorsements for Congress
Sunrise Movement, a nonprofit political action group of young climate activists, announced their 2020 endorsements on Friday. They include two Texans running for Congress: Julie Oliver in Texas’ 25th congressional district and Mike Siegel in Texas 10th congressional...
BREAKING: Judge rules Harris County can send out mail ballot applications
In a loss for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Harris County District Court ruled Friday that Harris County can legally send out vote-by-mail applications to all registered voters. Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is planning on sending more than 2 million...
Democratic super PAC invests millions in Texas as polling shows flippable statehouse
Forward Majority, a national Democratic super PAC, announced this week it would be pumping $6.2 million into Texas House races. The investment comes as recent polling shows the lower chamber is poised to be captured by Democrats. A generic poll of Texas House...
Poll shows competitive race in GOP-held Round Rock district
Picking up where then-congressional candidate MJ Hegar left off, Democrat Donna Imam is within striking distance of Republican Rep. John Carter in his Austin area district. A new poll conducted by Public Policy Polling shows Carter leading Imam by six points, 43 to 37...
Mike Siegel on why Texas is ready for progressive politics
Congressional Democratic candidate Mike Siegel, a former educator and attorney for the city of Austin, is confident bold ideas and corporate-free campaigning can flip a Republican district held since 2005. Siegel was dangerously close to proving his theory for change...