Beto nudges Biden to visit Texas
Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke took to Twitter on Sunday to urge Joe Biden to visit Texas. “Texas could win this for Biden and end the nightmare on election night,” O’Rourke wrote. “Texans are doing their part. We’d sure like to see @JoeBiden visit us and spend more...
Democrats outraise GOP incumbents in competitive congressional races
The latest fundraising reports show congressional Democrat candidates are outraising Republican incumbents in competitive congressional races across the Lone Star State. Democrats outraised Republicans in nine out of ten congressional districts being targeted by the...
New poll: MJ Hegar down three points against Cornyn
A new poll released Friday by Public Policy Polling shows U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar in a tight race with incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn. The poll of 700 Texas voters conducted last week shows Cornyn leading by only three percentage points, 49-46. Two...
MJ Hegar on COVID relief, expanding Supreme Court, and building the Ike Dike
On Tuesday, the Signal interviewed Democrat U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar. Hegar, a former Air Force helicopter pilot, is running against three-term incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn. If elected, Hegar would be the first Democrat to win a statewide election in...
The Trump administration is ending the census count early. Here’s what that means for Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration can end the 2020 census count early on October 15. This will undoubtedly throw a process already complicated by the COVID-19 into even more chaos. The decision will have a particularly dire...
AOC endorses Mike Siegel
On Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her political action committee Courage for Change endorsed Mike Siegel, a congressional Democrat candidate running against Rep. Michael McCaul in Texas’ 10th congressional district. “Republicans in Congress continue to...
Cornyn tweets misleading 2018 image to attack Democrats
Sen. John Cornyn shared a photograph taken in 2018 to attack Senate Democrats for not wearing masks. The image shows Senate Democrats arguing during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing two years ago. A right-wing social media account skeptical of masks...
Latino Victory endorses more state House candidates
As early in-person voting started yesterday in Texas, Latino Victory, a progressive PAC that is working to increase Latino representation in government, announced they were endorsing three more candidates in Texas statehouse races: Brandy Chambers, Celina Montoya, and...
Op-Ed: I’m a Texas ER doctor, and here’s why I’m proudly supporting MJ Hegar
As an ER doctor, I see firsthand the rising cost of health care in our country. I’m one of many essential health care workers across the state who’ve been on the frontlines fighting for their patients. But even before this pandemic started, health insurance...
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg endorses Gina Ortiz Jones
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg announced Wednesday his endorsement of Gina Ortiz Jones, a congressional Democrat running to replace retiring Republican Rep. Will Hurd. “Gina Ortiz Jones experienced first-hand what it's like to have a community that invests in working...
Former Bush Speechwriter: This Election, Let’s Make a Choice Worthy of Our Military
Twelve years ago, during another presidential election, I found myself in a “flyover” state watching CNN while waiting to get my oil changed. An older customer muttered at the television, clearly unhappy with his ballot choices. After some colorful...
Texas House Republicans are in trouble, new poll shows
A major poll by Reform Austin News released Tuesday shows Texas House Republicans in danger of losing their seats. The polling surveyed 400 likely voters in 22 competitive state House districts. “In the contests for the State House, only one of the 22...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo endorses MJ Hegar
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county’s top executive, is endorsing Democrat MJ Hegar for U.S. Senate. “MJ Hegar is a decorated combat veteran who knows and understands the struggles and hardship that working families face in Texas,” Hidalgo said in a...
Appeals court backs Abbott’s voter suppression
A federal appeals court has overturned the orders of a lower court blocking Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to limit mail ballot drop off locations. Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman temporarily blocked the governor's order. The Fifth Circuit Court...
More Anti-Choice Money Flows Into Texas Congressional Races
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...