A stunning survey from Public Policy Polling shows voters are unhappy with how Trump is handling the potential health crisis presented by the coronavirus. The poll found more than half of registered voters disapprove of the Trump Administration’s handling of the...
Election Night was tough for left-wing Democrats in Texas
As the final votes are being counted, Super Tuesday proved to be a difficult night for some of the bolder progressives running in the Lone Star State. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate, defeated democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders by a 3 point margin,...
Biden wins Texas Democratic primary
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Texas primary, according to several news outlets and forecasts, including NBC News and Decision Desk HQ. The former VP declared victory on Twitter. https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1235094180097122304?s=21 The critical win...
Houston Rep. Lizzie Fletcher now has a GOP opponent
Conservative Wesley Hunt will face incumbent Democrat Lizzie Fletcher this fall in a fight for a Houston congressional seat. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee came out of the gate following Tuesday night’s result with a memo hailing Fletcher’s chances...
11:20pm: Early results…Biden closes gap with Sanders
With a third of polling locations reporting, former Vice President Joe Biden is closing the gap with Sen. Bernie Sanders in Texas. Both candidates are tied neck and neck with 27 percent of the vote and 80 percent of counties reporting in. So far, Biden appears to be...
As Elizabeth Warren commits to Texas, Pete Buttigieg drops out
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg ended his bid for president on Sunday after a disappointing fourth-place finish in South Carolina this weekend. The decision comes the day Buttigieg was scheduled to visit Texas for a rally in Dallas and a fundraiser in Austin the next...
Texas GOP official compares LGBT people to murderers and burglars
On Wednesday, Sue Evenwel, the chairwoman of the Titus County Republican Party and a member of the State Republican Executive Committee, compared LGBT people to violent criminals on Facebook when explaining why the party has refused the GOP gay group, Log Cabin...
As level of angst among Texas Democrats rises, Sanders and Biden remain neck in neck in new poll
A newly released Progress Texas poll shows Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden tied in Texas. It also shows that if Mike Bloomberg weren’t in the race, Biden would be leading Sanders by several percentage points with likely Democratic primary...
With several cases in Texas, coronavirus is topic in Democratic presidential debate
During Tuesday’s Democratic debate, presidential candidates spoke to Americans about the seriousness of coronavirus and how to respond to the emerging pandemic overseas. Several candidates on the stage in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday night slammed...
HouseCleaning: District 54
This week we are looking at House District 54 in Central Texas, which includes all of Lam-pasas County and about half of Bell County. The majority minority district includes Killeen, Harker Heights and a part of Fort Hood. The current representative of District 54 is...