Rep. Joaquin Castro and Rep. Eliot Engel are taking issue with trips and speeches from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to various churches and organizations in Texas, Wisconsin and Florida. As the nation’s chief diplomat, Pompeo is eschewing the non-partisan tradition...
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back to archiveNew watchdog report sheds doubt on GOP nominee’s promise
Jim Wright, the Republican candidate running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, the influential state agency that regulates oil and gas, looks destined to break his latest pledge. In his primary running an underfunded campaign against Republican incumbent...
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...
Texas GOP Protests “King Abbott” over masks same day President Trump is hospitalized
The Republican Party of Texas was just one of the hosts of a “Free Texas” rally to protest mask mandates and the continuing partial lockdown issued by Governor Greg Abbott’s executive orders. The effort is just the latest flare up of turmoil within the Texas...
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,...
Texas House Dems raise $3.6 million in major fundraising haul
The campaign arm of Texas House Democrats raised $3.6 million in the second-to-last fundraising quarter, between July 1 and September 24. The Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee announced Monday that the fundraising total is more than double the $1.6...
Gina Ortiz Jones raises $1.7 Million in latest quarter
The campaign of Democrat congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones reported raising $1.7 million in the third quarter. Jones has raised more than $5.7 million in total this cycle, according to the campaign. A former Air Force captain and public servant, Jones is...
Bribery. Abuse of office. What we know about The Paxton Affair.
On Friday, as President Donald Trump was hurriedly producing proof of life videos before being transported via helicopter from the White House to Walter Reed Medical Center, he was likely unaware that a full-blown insurrection was underway in the offices of the...
An under the radar race that’s prime to flip
The race in the Texas sixth congressional district between challenger attorney Stephen Daniel and incumbent Rep. Ron Wright has been chugging along, under the radar from other clashes in the state. However, many pundits have looked at the district, which includes...