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October 22, 2026 4:33 PM
Candidates Bean, O’Hare, and Wambsganss face not just national headwinds but challenges of their own making
FORT WORTH
– Tarrant County Democrats are so hopeful this election cycle about their
chances of a sweep that they even recruited a slate for the technically non-partisan
Appraisal District board elections. In an ironic twist harkening
back to the days of candidates like Gene Kelly and Sam Houston, one
is conveniently named John Adams. Unlike some perennial candidates,
Adams may win.
But the
must watch races here in Fort Worth come down to the rematch between Sen. Taylor
Rehmet and GOP challenger Leigh Wambsganss, the grudge match pitting
County Judge Tim O’Hare against Commissioner Alisa Simmons, and the
Texas House race that pits Republican Cheryl Bean against
Democrat Katie O'Brien Duzan to succeed Rep. Tony Tinderholt in a
race targeted by national Democrats. Duzan, by the way, is thought to be one of
the best recruits of her party this cycle.
For
Republicans, some flawed candidacies at the top may complicate things down
ballot for solid representatives like GOP Rep. John McQueeney, who finds
himself in one of the hottest races of the cycle against Democrat Beth
Llewellyn McLaughlin. Meantime, a quality candidate like Ellen
Fleischmann – the granddaughter of former Texas Tech University
Chancellor Kent Hance – is running to succeed Rep. David Cook and
is similarly in a potentially tough race against Ebony Turner, who ran
in 2024.
There’s a
lot at play in this purple county that was once one of the GOP’s largest urban
strongholds in the United States.
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October 22, 2026 12:59 PM
Prayers for the family. We'll of course let you know when we hear about services
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October 21, 2026 4:18 PM
On MSNOW, anchor Katy Tur asked Miller whether he voted for Democrats in the race for governor and Ag Commissioner. He said he'd keep that between him and God
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October 20, 2026 3:35 PM
QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg and Texas Capital Tonight host James Barragan and covered the gamut this week on Spectrum News
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October 19, 2026 4:22 PM
With a Patrick loss possible, changing the rules to sideline a Democratic Lt. Gov. would be pretty straightforward; intrigue would surround the caucus election of a Majority Leader
With public
and private GOP polling showing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick potentially losing to
a lawmaker whose name ID mostly comes from Patrick’s campaign commercials, multiple
sources have confirmed to Quorum Report in recent days that an
overhaul of how the Texas Senate is led may be coming next year.
Namely: Stripping the Lt. Governor of all legislative powers if Democratic
nominee Vikki Goodwin beats Patrick next month.
Of course,
no one will go on the record about it this close to an election that’s too
close to call. But here’s the deal.
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By Scott Braddock
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October 19, 2026 4:12 PM
Longtime Houston defense attorney Chris Tritico is the executive producer. Directed by Sharon Ferranti, "The Long Game" premieres at 7 p.m. tonight at MATCH in Houston, with additional screenings planned across Texas. Check out the trailer below
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October 19, 2026 2:24 PM
“I've asked for release again of the emails between Greg Abbott and Elon Musk that were withheld, citing the governor's office, that they were intimate and embarrassing,” Hinojosa said then joked that there probably isn’t a “torrid affair” happening between the two men so it must be something else
Seizing on
public anger about the possible
sale of a South Texas public beach to trillionaire Elon Musk, Democratic
nominee for governor Rep. Gina Hinojosa is suing Gov. Greg Abbott
in Travis County over his refusal to release emails between his office and Musk.
Abbott has
declined to say whether he supports selling Boca Chica Beach to Musk,
by the way.
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October 19, 2026 2:19 PM
Next Tuesday he's scheduled to be in Lubbock in the afternoon and Waco that night
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October 15, 2026 4:30 PM
After the blanket endorsement in exchange for voucher votes, some members in competitive areas showcase the endorsement differently and some don’t at all
Some Texas
House Republican members who once boasted of receiving President Donald
Trump’s endorsement in exchange for their vote in favor of school vouchers
are now trying to forget it – or at least maybe they hope voters don’t remember
it as Trump’s approval ratings drop to historic lows.
But it’s
not universal. Some of those thought to be in competitive districts are still displaying
the endorsement on their websites. For others in safe Republican areas, it may
not matter one way or another at this point.
According
to a search of websites using the Wayback Machine, these members used to
prominently display Trump’s endorsement but now they do not.
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October 15, 2026 3:59 PM
Eckhardt reacted: "Huffines took office and the first thing he did was fire the staff and build himself a ballroom - does that sound familiar? His idea to 'DOGE Texas' is cover for the rich and powerful using your money to expand their C-Suite bathrooms."
The scoop
by reporter Aaron Torres in the
Dallas Morning News:
A state
agency that manages and invests Texas funds plans to spend $3 million
renovating Republican Comptroller Don Huffines’ offices, drawing
questions about the use of the money as he campaigns against government waste.
Records
show Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. would pay for the
renovation of the comptroller’s executive suite, including office space,
conference rooms and a work cafe. The renovation in
the Lyndon B. Johnson State Office Building in Austin would retain an
executive’s private restroom, storage and break area.
Documents
obtained by The Dallas Morning News through an open records request list nearly
$2.1 million budgeted for construction, $280,000 for architecture and
engineering, $130,500 for project management and nearly $500,000 for
contingencies.
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October 15, 2026 3:54 PM
Mr. Trump wrote, in part, on social media: "Sadly, and very stupidly, John Cornyn, and his Liddle’ Buddy, Super RINO, Karl Rove, are doing everything possible to make it hard for Ken Paxton, the Greatest Attorney General in the History of Texas, and one of the Best in the United States, to win the upcoming Midterm Election against a Radical Left Lunatic, James TalaFREAKO, who is the ANTITHESIS of Texas Values. John Cornyn who, after my Endorsement, lost the Primary to Ken by a very wide margin, and Karl Rove, who shouldn’t be allowed to spew his jealousy on FoxNews, should be ashamed of themselves."
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