Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Speaker Race The Republican Party of Texas is weighing in heavily against the Republican House members who are refusing to support Rep. David Cook, who was chosen by the caucus to lead the House in...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Speaker Race Rep. Dustin Burrows, Republican from Lubbock, announced on Saturday that he had secured the 76 votes necessary to become Speaker of the 150-member Texas House.  Burrows released the...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Phelan Withdraws from Texas House Speaker Race Texas House Republicans will meet tomorrow in Austin to discuss and possibly endorse their party’s candidate for Speaker of the Texas House.  Incumbent Speaker...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Former Governor Weighs in on Speaker Race  Former Governor Rick Perry campaigned vigorously for incumbent House Speaker Dade Phelan in the spring when he was forced into a runoff to retain his House seat based...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Prefiling Begins On Tuesday, current members and members that have just been elected began filing legislation for consideration for the upcoming regular session that will begin on January 14, 2025.  During a...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Final Turnout Numbers in Texas A total of 11,304,202 Texans cast a ballot on Tuesday, which translates to 61% of the state’s 18.6 million registered voters.  The raw number of voters surpassed the 2020 total,...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Early Voting Ends Today As of Wednesday, just shy of 7 million Texans had cast an early ballot, which translates to a 37% turnout.  Republicans are outvoting Democrats so far.  Nearly 2.3 million of the early...

Early Voting Underway Texas added nearly 200,000 people to voter rolls in the last two weeks before the voter registration deadline in October.  Texas now has 18.6 million registered voters.  Since 2016, Texas has added 3.5 million registered voters. In 2020, 66.73%...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Early Voting Starts Monday Early voting for the November 5th election starts this Monday, October 21st and runs through Friday, November 1st.  Early voting has become the preferred method of casting a ballot...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Patrick Calls on CenterPoint CEO to Resign Lt. Governor Dan Patrick appeared before the Public Utility Commission – the state agency with regulatory authority over utility companies – to encourage the board of...

Speaker Race Update State Rep. David Cook – the Republican from Mansfield who has emerged as the leading candidate to challenge incumbent Dade Phelan for the Speaker’s gavel – released a list of 48 supporters last weekend.  It is the first time Cook has gone public...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Fifth, Sixth Speaker Candidates Join Race Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee has become the 5th Republican House member to join the race for Speaker of the Texas House. Smithee was an outspoken critic of the...