According to recent FEC filings, an anti-choice PAC is spending thousands of dollars on independent expenditures against Texas Democratic congressional candidates. Women Speak Out PAC is an affiliate of the anti-choice group the Susan B. Anthony List and in Texas they...
2020 Elections
back to archiveJill Biden is coming to Texas to promote early voting
Early voting in Texas begins Tuesday. To promote it and stump for her husband, Jill Biden is traveling to three major Texas cities: Houston, El Paso and Dallas. Jill Biden will meet in each of the cities with Democrats, including Beto O’Rourke, Rep. Veronica Escobar,...
Rep. Katie Porter and progressive PAC make a play for Texas
Congresswoman Katie Porter and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a national PAC that backs progressive candidates, are turning their attention to Texas. The PCCC announced Monday it would be directing its members to donate to seven progressive House...
McCaul returns campaign cash from investor named in Paxton bribery scandal
Republican Rep. Mike McCaul has returned the campaign cash given to him by the Austin investor at the center of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bribery scandal, reports KXAN's John Engel. Last week, seven high-ranking officials in Paxton’s office resigned,...
Wendy Davis releases ad attacking Chip Roy for defunding police
Democratic congressional candidate Wendy Davis released her sixth TV ad on Friday. The ad focuses on the safety of Davis’ granddaughters and her family. “I’m Wendy Davis and we need criminal justice reform, but I don’t support defunding the police,” Davis says...
Gina Ortiz Jones hammers Tony Gonzales for lack of healthcare plan
In last night’s televised debate against Tony Gonzales, Gina Ortiz Jones had a singular objective: reiterating her plan for quality affordable and accessible healthcare, versus her opponent’s non-plan to provide protections for pre-existing conditions. For Gonzales, a...
Wendy Davis raises $3.4 million in third quarter
Democratic congressional candidate Wendy Davis raised $3.4 million dollars in the latest fundraising quarter. That brings the total fundraising for Davis to $7.8 million this cycle. The average donation was $67 with 95 percent of donations coming from contributors who...
Sima Ladjevardian raises $1.5 million in latest fundraising quarter
Democratic congressional candidate Sima Ladjevardian reported raising $1.5 million in the latest fundraising quarter, totaling $3 million for the entire cycle. She is running a corporate PAC free campaign against Rep. Dan Crenshaw in Texas’ 2nd congressional district...
MJ Hegar announces $13.5 million fundraising haul
Democrat U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar announced Monday her campaign raised $13.5 million in the latest fundraising quarter. The figure is the campaign’s best fundraising quarter to date, raising eight times the $1.7 million that was raised in the previous quarter,...