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October 23, 2018 5:09 PM
Former RPT data guru Derek Ryan also shares on social media that 72.5% of voters yesterday voted in 2010 and/or 2014
Derek
Ryan’s first full report on early
voting is here.
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October 23, 2018 5:04 PM
Already bruised after a nasty primary and runoff, Empower Texans-backed challenger Deanna Metzger’s tactics called into question
DALLAS
–– The battle for North Texas’ House District 107, the swingiest of
DFW’s potential swing seats, was never going to be pretty. In 2016, upstart
Democrat Rep. Victoria Neave of
Dallas bested then Rep. Kenneth Sheets
of Mesquite in a hard-fought campaign for the district spanning Dallas, Garland
and Mesquite.
Now,
Republicans –– well, some Republicans –– are pushing hard to regain the seat.
But
their candidate, Deanna Maria Metzger,
has drawn more scrutiny than praise for her campaign tactics.
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October 23, 2018 9:50 AM
One example: Citing Cruz's Senate attendance, O'Rourke asks "If you missed half the days at work, would your boss re-hire you for the same job?"
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October 22, 2018 7:03 PM
Cruz speaks for 13 minutes, Trump speaks for more than an hour; never gives Beto O'Rourke a nickname, as he does with adversaries he takes seriously. Enjoy the video below.
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October 22, 2018 5:12 PM
“I think everyone has forgotten what a large turnout looks like,” said the Bexar County Elections Administrator said
As President Donald Trump prepares to rally for Sen.
Ted Cruz in Houston tonight, voters
across Texas have been showing up in force from Beaumont to El Paso and the Red
to the Rio Grande.
Numbers, of course, are still
being crunched as we head toward the end of the first day of early voting but
here’s snapshot of the surge seen around the state.
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October 22, 2018 4:29 PM
Group called ASSET will “fight for public policies that protect Texas small business owners from burdensome, California-style government regulations.”
Apparently
in response to a push for government-mandated
paid sick leave by some cities, among other things, many of Texas’ premier
business groups on Monday announced a new coalition aimed at protecting “state
sovereignty by passing a statewide law to preempt local governments from
unilaterally enacting piecemeal local employment and labor laws.”
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October 22, 2018 11:36 AM
Numbers
will be trickling in from all over the state later today, but for now we are
getting reports of very long lines for casting ballots even at polling places
that have traditionally been more like ghost towns on the first day of early
vote.
All
over Texas – in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, The Valley,
Lubbock, etc. – wait times are 30 minutes to an hour at traditionally empty
polling places. Some Texas House members down in San
Antonio and elsewhere told us they’ve been getting calls from constituents
complaining of long wait times.
Long
lines are also reported in big suburban counties like Williamson, Fort Bend, Montgomery,
Collin, and Denton. Those places, it is worth noting, saw some of the biggest surges
in Democratic turnout during the primary this year.
Developing...
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October 19, 2018 4:59 PM
Thanks to Nicole Krajl for compiling the list
With
about 1.6 million new voters registered from 2017 to 2018, some have asked who
won the registration sweepstakes.
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October 19, 2018 4:56 PM
Commissioner Morath says TEA has completed more than half the items in corrective action response
Federal authorities made it clear to the Texas
Education Agency, in a letter dated today, that the U.S.
Department of Education expects an ongoing oversight role in the
state’s implementation of a special education corrective action plan.
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October 19, 2018 1:22 PM
Promotions at state agencies, new titles in the governor’s office, a presidential appointment, and honoring a push for access to justice
We’re so close to the end now.
The block walkers are everywhere in
legislative races, the TV ads are vicious – though, none from the Democratic challenger
for US
Senate would qualify. Early voting begins Monday.
It was great to see Chairman Rafael Anchia and other members of the Mexican
American Legislative Caucus at their meeting in San Antonio this week
along with several Republican candidates for speaker.
Did the MALC members play golf in this nasty weather?
Well, Rep. Ramon Romero cannot be
deterred. I’ll leave it at that.
Back in Austin, there were important hires and
promotions at state agencies while there are also some openings to tell you
about. Feel free to send career news anytime to ksbraddock@gmail.com and put “POTM” in
the subject line so I don’t lose track of it.
Here’s Texas’ weekly edition of People on the Move:
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October 18, 2018 5:15 PM
DCRP Chair Shorey tells QR “We’re asking them to stop this kind of behavior”; former Rep. Ratliff says he’ll hang a copy of the resolution in his office “to commemorate the day my Republican party officially left me”
Editor’s note: This story
has been updated with comment from Dr. Deuell – SB
Following
high-profile endorsements of Democratic candidates by two Republican former
members of the Texas Legislature, the Dallas County Republican Party this
week officially called for such endorsements to end and for “party unity.”
As
QR
readers who have followed this are aware, former Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, endorsed the
Democratic candidates running against Senators Don Huffines and Bob Hall.
Former Rep. Bennett Ratliff, R-Coppell,
endorsed Julie Johnson, who’s running
against Rep. Matt Rinaldi, R-Irving.
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October 18, 2018 4:28 PM
“Republicans have a saying ‘A bad Republican is better than a good Democrat’ - in my opinion, not this year”
Saying
"People over politics," Coppell Mayor Karen Selbo
Hunt on Thursday afternoon endorsed the Democratic nominee running
against Rep. Matt Rinaldi.
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October 17, 2018 9:55 PM
Patrick says tonight: "I invited President Trump to visit Texas in July because keeping Texas red – from the top of the ballot to the bottom -- is critical."
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October 17, 2018 2:37 PM
They plan to spend up to $1 million on TV and mail
Pledging
to spend up to $1 million on TV and mail pieces, Dr. Steve Hotze and former Harris County GOP Chairman Jared Woodfill are seizing on the
controversy over “Drag
Queen Story Time” for kids in a Houston public library to argue that voters
in the Bayou City should vote straight Republican.
They’re
using the same PAC they used to help defeat the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance,
which they labeled the “bathroom ordinance.”
Dr.
Hotze, of course, is Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick’s former
business partner who’s spent decades crusading against what he calls the “radical
homosexual agenda” in Texas.
The ad is below.
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October 16, 2018 11:02 PM
Debate performance doesn’t equate to the overall campaign, but offers clues to a potential change in the narrative
Editor’s note: Here’s a quick
take on the debate tonight. Would love to know your thoughts on how it unfolded
at ksbraddock@gmail.com – SB
With
less than a week to go until early voting, Rep. Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday night finally began to do what a challenger
must to be competitive: Offer an argument for voters to fire the incumbent.
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October 16, 2018 4:29 PM
“We’ve talked a lot about the budgetary issues – big ones – that we’re going to be facing over the next few bienniums …I think this is one that we’re going to have to add to the list. I’m not sure how much longer we can afford not to take action.”
The
need for flood management in Texas goes without saying on a day like this, when
Lake Travis in Central Texas is rising a foot every hour and the Kingsland
bridge over the Llano River is collapsing under the weight of flood waters.
Chair
Rep. Lyle Larson’s House
Natural Resources Committee took up water legislation passed in the
last session, including the state flood mitigation plan, which set the stage
for up to $30 billion in proposed projects to alleviate flood risks.
The initial
process to launch the plan – mapping the state for flood risks – is estimated
to cost $604 million. House members like Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin, didn’t balk at the price tag.
Ashby
told his colleagues lawmakers needed to learn from recent history.
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October 16, 2018 4:25 PM
"Where was Matt Rinaldi when his neighbors needed him?"
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October 16, 2018 4:22 PM
Touts sex crimes legislation aimed at keeping children safe
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