In an election in which Democrats predicted a “blue wave” of liberal victories, Gov. Greg Abbott has defeated Sheriff Lupe Valdez, his Democrat opponent, to win re-election to Texas’ highest office. Since winning the governor’s office four years ago, Abbott has been...
Last legislative session, the state of Texas passed House Bill 25, which will eliminate straight-party voting in 2020. Since this is the last general election for the “palanca” vote, it seems as if the Democratic Party’s attempts to create a...
It appears yet another Texas Democrat candidate has gotten in trouble with the law for failing to pay their property taxes. Rhetta Bowers is the Democrat candidate running against Republican Jonathan Boos for the seat in the state legislature for the east Dallas...
Gov. Greg Abbott is offering to fund an all-expenses-paid campaign trip to Texas for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ahead of the November election. In a tongue-in-cheek letter addressed to Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa—from John Jackson,...
As Texans move closer and closer to the November general election, campaigns on all sides are heating up and TV ads are beginning to flood the airwaves. While Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O’Rourke initiated their television buys earlier this month, those were...
UPDATE: Dallas County Sheriff’s Department has released a statement claiming that the gun has been found. According to the press release, Valdez had submitted the gun in January but the gun was not entered into inventory at that time. After a second audit it was...
Liberal pundits and talking heads across Texas and indeed, the rest of the country have long been opining wistfully about a supposed “blue wave” headed for the Lone Star State. Perennially they announce Democrats have a serious chance at “taking back” the state that...
Texas Democrats believe that 2018 is the year Texans finally turn away from their conservative roots and embrace big government, illegal immigration, and far-left social values. They are in for a rude awakening from voters come November. In the meantime, they are...
While most Texans spent the Memorial Day weekend enjoying activities with family and friends and remembering the sacrifice members of our military have made on behalf of our country, the Texas Democrat Party was busy embarrassing itself again, promoting t-shirts and...
Across the Rio Grande Valley, three counties held Democrat primary runoffs for local and statewide positions on Tuesday. None of these newly elected and re-elected primary victors will face a Republican opponent in November, virtually guaranteeing them their seats....
People seeking information directly from Texas gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez at LupeValdez.org are in for a surprise… In a bit of savvy campaigning, Greg Abbott’s reelection campaign bought the domain name last November and now using to draw attention to...
The Dallas County sheriff and Texas gubernatorial hopeful who rejected federal immigration detainers at her jail is getting smacked right and left on the campaign trail. Lupe Valdez topped a large Democratic field in the March primary, but fell short of winning the...
We’re now inside two weeks before the first-in-the-nation regular midterm primary election, as the Texas early voting process is now well underway in preparation for the March 6th regular primary vote. A total of 76 candidates are running for major statewide office,...
The former Sheriff of Dallas County, Lupe Valdez, has become one of the favorites of the mainstream media to advance out of the Democratic Primary for governor in March, and to face off with incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott in November. However, her unpopular and unsafe...
Texas Democrats, who have boldly proclaimed 2018 as a year of major opportunity for the party have major trouble at the top of their ticket. Despite having a clown car of nine candidates in the race for governor, each more laughable than the next, none are anywhere...
Calling for a decisive end to “sanctuary city” policies statewide, Gov. Greg Abbott this week asked the Legislature to take action. Absent Abbott calling for a special session, a legislative solution won’t happen until 2017. Abbott’s positions were made...
