by Jacob Asmussen | May. 23, 2018 | Local, Uncategorized
Mike Toth, a major in the U.S. Marine Corps, won the Republican nomination for a seat on the Third Court of Appeals Tuesday night. Toth beat his runoff opponent, longtime Austin lawyer Donna Davidson, 52.8 to 47.1 percent. The runoff was triggered when none of the...
by Lauren Melear | May. 23, 2018 | Local
Missi Walden has won the GOP nomination for Ector County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, after garnering approximately 75 percent of the vote. Total voter turnout in Ector County’s runoff election was 1,584, with 1,181 votes for Walden and 403 for her...
by Lauren Melear | May. 22, 2018 | Local
Local businessman Terry Johnson has secured the Republican nomination for Midland County Judge and will face Democrat nominee Steven Schafersman in November. In a close runoff election against former Republican County Chair James Beauchamp, Johnson received 2,483...
by Charles Blain | May. 22, 2018 | Local
For the past few weeks, city council members in Houston have been poring through the mayor’s proposed budget, listening to department heads justify spending while claiming to be efficient, and developing their own amendments to the multi-billion budget ahead of this...
by Jim Ellis | May. 22, 2018 | Commentary
Thirteen significant Lone Star State political runoffs will be decided today, thus ending the nomination process that began with the Texas primary election back on March 6th. In the Governor’s race, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and businessman Andrew White, the...
by Thomas Warren | May. 22, 2018 | Commentary
Amarillo is at an unfortunate economic crossroads built on economic illiteracy and excessive influence. Almost a decade ago, Amarillo’s city government decided that economic development in downtown needed to be top priority. Officials devised a plan to build a...
by Erin Anderson | May. 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s official: Voters in Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District will be going back to the polls in June for a trustee runoff election between 10-year incumbent Becky St. John and challenger Amy Putnam. A recount begun last Friday and concluded today...
by Brandon Waltens | May. 21, 2018 | Local
One Republican lawmaker has made clear his allegiance to liberal labor unions and their Democrat candidates. In Houston this weekend, “Texans for Public Education” held a small rally in Houston to protest conservative statewide leaders Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov....
by Erin Anderson | May. 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
As early voting in the May 22 primary runoff election came to a close, a Dallas newspaper withdrew its endorsement in a county commissioner contest over allegations its recommended candidate is racist. In a Friday night release, The Dallas Morning News editorial board...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | May. 19, 2018 | Federal
Democrats have the upper hand in the US Senate because the Republicans charged with leading it simply are not doing so. Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper of record, recently wrote: Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn isn’t convinced the Senate will need to change its...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 18, 2018 | Local
A liberal trial lawyer and Democrat donor distributed his recommendations for the Democrat primary runoff election while also advocating for the promotion of a left-leaning Texas Republican legislator he claims has “done a good job.” “I also have a number of clients...
by Brandon Waltens | May. 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thomas McNutt has released two additional high-profile endorsements in his campaign for House District 8, this time by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. McNutt’s announced the endorsements on social media, with Miller even...
by Miriam Cepeda | May. 18, 2018 | Local
Democratic primary runoffs have taken the spotlight this week in Cameron County, particularly in the race for Texas House District 37. The two remaining candidates have publicly exchanged jabs as early voting commenced this week. Last week, incumbent of 33 years René...
by Reagan Reed | May. 18, 2018 | Local
With the campaign for Montgomery County Precinct 2 Commissioner now in its final stretch, voters face a clear choice in the runoff between incumbent Charlie Riley, who is mired in ethical controversies and has voted to grow government, and his challenger Greg Parker,...
by Erin Anderson | May. 18, 2018 | Local
Former Richardson Mayor Laura Maczka Jordan and local land developer Mark Jordan have been charged in federal court with conspiring to use Maczka’s official position as mayor “to benefit and enrich themselves through bribery.” A seven-count indictment filed May 10...
by Zach Maxwell | May. 18, 2018 | Federal, Local
Hesitantly, 10-year-old Anson Graft, student at Granbury’s Lakeside Baptist Academy and son of Texas Torchbearer Melanie Graft, mailed his class project, a hand crafted “Flat Stanley,” to President Donald Trump. According to Anson’s mother, Melanie Graft, he wasn’t...
by 1836 Studios | May. 17, 2018 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Uncategorized
Episode 33: Tony McDonald discusses the latest from around Texas with Michael Quinn Sullivan, Charles Blain, and Jacob Asmussen. Capitol Bureau chief Brandon Waltens breaks down the upcoming race for Speaker of the Texas House in this week’s interview,...
by Erin Anderson | May. 17, 2018 | Local
Can Fort Worth residents succeed in banning red-light cameras in their city? In January, a team of grassroots activists began circulating a petition to put a red-light camera ban to a citywide vote. Their task: collect 20,000 petition signatures from Fort Worth...
by Ross Kecseg | May. 17, 2018 | Local
The Republican runoff election for Dallas County Commissioner will decide the fate of Dallas County’s participation in the controversial TechShare joint venture with a public-sector lobbying association. Texas Scorecard requested statements on the arrangement from...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 17, 2018 | State
At this year’s Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio, delegates will not only vote on the party platform but the leadership of the state party itself. Every two years delegates must elect (or re-elect) a party chairman and vice chairman to represent the entire...
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