Tag Archives: election
Is Competence Enough? Mike Collier is Counting on it in Race Against Dan Patrick
Eschewing political showmanship, the mild-mannered accountant says he is aiming to take down "the worst lieutenant governor in the history of the state."
Congratulations! It’s campaign season again. On Saturday, at a public square in Round Rock, businessman Mike Collier made official his bid to unseat Lieutenan...Read More
‘I Wish I Could Vote’: An Ex-Felon’s Election Day
A Presidio man with a criminal history finds out too late that he's eligible to vote.
A Presidio man with a criminal history finds out too late that he's eligible to vote following the completion of his parole....Read More
Election Day Live Blog: Trump Wins Texas by Nine, Takes Presidency
The day we thought, or perhaps hoped, would never come has arrived. Here's how it unfolded.
The day we thought, or perhaps hoped, would never come has arrived. Join our staff for live dispatches, commentary and analysis from around the state....Read More
Election Day Won’t Change LGBT Texans’ ‘Extremely Underrepresented’ Status
Texas currently has only 10 openly LGBT elected officials out of roughly 470 in the U.S., and just a handful of LGBT candidates are on the ballot this year....Read More
Finally, a GOP Candidate Too Extreme for the Texas State Board of Education
Bruner, no more an elected official than President Obama was a gay prostitute, lost Tuesday's runoff to a chiropractor.
Mary Lou Bruner, no more an elected official than President Obama was a gay prostitute, lost Tuesday's runoff to a chiropractor....Read More
Mary Lou Bruner’s Say-Anything Strategy May Finally Have Turned Off Texas Voters
A tea party group has pulled its endorsement of the SBOE candidate over her inaccurate claims about Texas schools.
She called Obama a gay prostitute, but her factually challenged statements about Texas schools may be what keeps her off the State Board of Education....Read More
A Runoff Campaign with Conviction in Fort Bend County
If Texas state Representative Ron Reynolds loses his fight against a 2015 conviction for ambulance chasing, the popular Fort Bend County Democrat may go to jail...Read More
Atheist Lege Candidate Hopes for a Texas Miracle
No Democrat running in this conservative stronghold has a clear path to the Legislature, really, but Cristin Padgett is going out on a limb to let voters know f...Read More
Texas’ Voter ID Law: Nothing to See Here, Move Along
Despite the high turnout during this year's early voting, the problems with the voter ID law are the same ones they've always been....Read More