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September 28, 2026 4:39 PM
In this guest op-ed, Republican data scientist John Eakin argues that TEAM's failures are a state architecture problem and the Secretary of State's answer so far has been to hand the cleanup to the counties
A motivational poster
company in Austin has spent nearly three decades selling essentially the same
joke, framing failure as inspiration and calling it leadership. The
Despair, Inc. catalog endures because
its captions describe some real organizations better than their mission
statements do. These days, you could use the same jokes to describe what’s been
happening at the Texas Secretary of State’s Office.
When Texas spends $17
million on a statewide voter-registration system, voters should expect three
things: accurate records, accountable management, and a vendor contract the
state is willing to enforce. Nothing in the August Texas House Elections
Committee hearing on Texas Election Administration Management,
or TEAM, met that standard.
Five captions from the
Despair, Inc. catalog describe it exactly.
Perseverance: “The
courage to ignore the obvious wisdom of turning back.”
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September 25, 2026 5:06 PM
Darby’s
full letter is available to subscribers.
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September 25, 2026 4:10 PM
Democrats including Hinojosa joined with conservative Republicans Tony Tinderholt, Mitch Little, and others to defeat one of the key bills now highlighted by the governor’s campaign. The real story is House leadership was rolled by the Senate the same way Burrows surrendered to Patrick on school finance and THC last year
For at
least a month, Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign has carpet bombed Texas with TV
commercials putting the blame for rising property taxes solely on local
governments, most of which are run by Republicans.
This week Abbott
shifted and took direct aim at his Democratic opponent Rep. Gina Hinojosa,
announcing a $12 million ad buy claiming she voted 40 times in favor of higher
property taxes. So far Abbott is up to nearly $40
million spent on paid media while Hinojosa says she’s raised $20 million.
Now, the
truth is always the first casualty in any real campaign. Y’all know that. But
an objective examination of just one of those 40 property tax votes might reveal
some of the reasons this scorched-earth campaign might not be working.
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September 25, 2026 4:01 PM
We're told there was an all staff meeting called with 40 minutes notice and that LBB staff was told Ashley will be their new Executive Director starting Monday. Congrats, if true
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September 25, 2026 10:37 AM
It's slated for Oct 22 at the Dallas Press Club, per Rosenthal's campaign
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September 24, 2026 10:52 AM
The full
statement from the late Chairman Garnet Coleman’s family is here.
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September 24, 2026 9:49 AM
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September 23, 2026 4:14 PM
Patrick also apparently said he and Abbott are both in tight races while Paxton is tied with Talarico
Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick told supporters on Wednesday afternoon gathered for a fundraiser upstairs
at the Austin Club that two of his GOP senators are in tough
races and his candidate in Tarrant County is trailing the Democrat. That’s
according to some in attendance today along with some Texas Senate
sources who told Quorum Report yesterday about some polling
leaking out from the Senate GOP Caucus in the last 48 hours.
Patrick
also talked about his own race as well as Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign
against Rep. Gina Hinojosa, per attendees, telling the crowd that if the
election were held today both he and Gov. Abbott would win their races “as long
as everything goes right.”
He also
said AG Ken Paxton is essentially tied with Rep. James Talarico.
During the
fundraiser, we’re told Patrick focused on three Texas Senate races as well. Here’s
the breakdown:
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September 23, 2026 1:10 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight on Spectrum News, Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg and host James Barragan got into the possible ripple effects the ICE shooting in Austin may have as the GOP tries to keep Latinos in their coaltion this year - it's a challenge that has already proven to be a steep hill to climb.
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September 23, 2026 1:07 PM
Check it out below
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September 23, 2026 1:00 PM
The numbers from a GOP pollster reveal an environment in which Tarrant Republicans may be rattled on election day; they’ve already been battening down the hatches and County Judge O’Hare is portraying himself as a “bipartisan” problem solver
Now and again,
Quorum Report has published the results of polls without
revealing how we got the numbers and without publishing the polling memo. It’s
not our usual MO and it frustrates professional pollsters. When to do it, it’s
a judgement call, for sure.
We’re
doing it again today but not without first offering a prime example of how it can
help your understanding of the shape of a campaign.
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September 22, 2026 6:56 PM
During the
North Texas Commission’s Annual Meeting this evening – this year, featuring
Congressman Jake Ellzey – the organization released eye-popping numbers
on the economic impact of the defense industry across the Dallas-Fort Worth
region.
The new Perryman
Group study shows the industry supports $35.3 billion in annual gross
product and 264,603 jobs across the 13-county Dallas-Fort Worth region, along
with $1.76 billion in state tax revenue and $1.50 billion in local tax revenue.
The full
study can be
found here.
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September 22, 2026 6:44 PM
A celebration of his life will be held at 10 A.M. on Friday, September 25, at the Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home at 5416 Parkcrest Drive in Austin, Texas 78731 with lunch following at the Headliners Club at 221 West 6th Street, 21st floor in Austin, Texas 78701.
The full
obit is here.
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September 22, 2026 11:01 AM
“Gary has dedicated his life to serving the cause of public education both inside our districts as a teacher and administrator and for the last 12 years as a leading voice in policy discussions on public education,” said Tony Hopkins, TASB Board president.
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September 22, 2026 9:16 AM
Take a look at the short version of the ad below. That's after he just spent millions on an ad telling voters that local governments are solely responsible for property taxes
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September 21, 2026 4:01 PM
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September 21, 2026 10:40 AM
The poll shows the “race for Texas House District 63 locked in a tie, with Denise Wooten trailing Republican Ben Bumgarner both receiving 46% after voters heard basic biographical information about both candidates.”
The race between
Rep. Ben Bumgarner and his Democratic challenger Denise Wooten looks
particularly competitive especially given the strong
GOP leanings of that Texas House district in Denton County, per a new poll
released this morning.
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