The Texas Democratic Party launched a new fund on Monday that will be used to send 1.75 million mail-in ballot applications by November. The party said it will start by sending more than 815,000 vote-by-mail applications to eligible voters in August, according to a...
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Texas sees new peak in COVID-19 infection rate
State coronavirus data reported over the weekend is a mixed bag for Texas. The seven-day moving average for the share of COVID-19 tests that come back positive, also known as the state’s infection rate, reached 20 percent on Saturday. That means out of the tens of...
Republican ad confuses Texas Dem Joe Moody with North Carolina lawmaker
A negative ad released this week by the Republican State Leadership Committee attacking Democrats has confused two state legislators from Texas and North Carolina. The ad warns of gerrymandering efforts by radical liberals while flashing images of Rep....
Bexar County commissioner lays out a plan for safe voting in November
A commissioner in Bexar County has penned a letter to the county judge detailing some of the preparations needed to vote safely in November. Precinct 2 Commissioner Justin Rodriguez said the San Antonio area county should hire additional election workers, provide PPE...
Poll shows Candace Valenzuela leads race to fill open GOP congressional seat
Democratic candidate Candace Valenzuela appears to be comfortably ahead in her race to flip a vacated GOP congressional seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Valenzuela leads Republican candidate Beth Van Duyne by a seven percentage point margin, 48 to 41 percent,...
Ted Cruz zeroes in on Antifa as Texas reaches 7,000 coronavirus deaths
Sen. Ted Cruz has been busy touting his most recent legislation, the RECLAIM Act. The bill allows business owners to hold state and local officials liable for the destruction of property inside “law enforcement free zones.” Cruz is referring to the six city blocks...
Obama issues first wave of 2020 Texas endorsements
Barack Obama is throwing his weight behind more than a dozen Texas Democratic candidates vying to flip congressional and state House seats. The former president released his first wave of 2020 endorsements on Monday in a Medium post that included endorsements...
Koch-funded super PAC backing Chip Roy tells voter to ‘find a job’
A screenshot of a short text conversation between a Texas voter and someone with Americans for Property Action, a Koch-funded super PAC supporting Rep. Chip Roy, is making the rounds on social media. It shows the super PAC making a basic canvassing text on behalf of...
New web tool shows how Austin can reinvest from police
With the city's budget adoption process now only two weeks away, three Austin councilmembers are proposing amendments that would reallocate $40 million from the city’s police budget. That’s on top of the about $11 million in cuts made by the city manager earlier this...
Cornyn continues to enable Trump’s most autocratic instincts
Sen. John Cornyn provided cover for Trump on Thursday after the president tweeted about delaying the 2020 general election due to concerns about widespread voter fraud. (In reality, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and it’s been a popular method of...