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November 3, 2025      6:00 PM

Funeral services for Judge Junell set for later this month

Visitation on Thursday Nov 13 from 5 PM to 7 PM at Nally-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home, 3800 N. Big Spring St., Midland, TX 79705. Funeral services Friday Nov. 14 at 2 PM at First Presbyterian Church 800 W. Texas Ave., Midland, TX 79701. Graveside Services Monday Nov 17 at 1 PM at the Texas State Cemetery

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October 31, 2025      4:47 PM

Sources indicate Ryan Patrick, son of Lt. Gov. Patrick, will become CEO of TLR in January

Also props to reporter Brad Johnson who appears to have first reported that Patrick would join the organization in a leadership role

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October 31, 2025      4:00 PM

Kronberg argues that seen through the prism of 2018 Mid-term election, UT Poll should send alarm bells to Republicans

Despite conservative news ecosystems, little support among registered Texans for Trump policies and support for statewide GOP officeholders has dropped

Polls are like crack cocaine for political junkies as we seek to divine every shift and pop in public mood and perception. Polling is obviously increasingly difficult, but the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas has published consistently for 15 years and they continue to be largely successful in capturing the public mood.

Having said that, the poll just released is an eye opener on multiple levels and if the trends they have captured stay in place through the next year, this upcoming midterm election suggests some serious changes are possible.

One of the best things about this poll is that they ask many of the same questions year after year and provide not only the answer to this year’s question but to every previous year so that you can watch the ebb and flow of popular sentiment on a number of issues.

Before getting into some of the results of the poll, let’s note how quickly and dramatically the public’s news consumption has changed.

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By Harvey Kronberg

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October 31, 2025      3:53 PM

National GOP pollster Chris Wilson finds Wambsganss leading overwhelmingly among Republican primary voters in SD 9

She’s poised to win in a blowout next year in the 2026 GOP primary to succeed former Sen. Hancock

The polling memo is here.

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October 29, 2025      11:25 AM

Half a million Texans voted in first week of early voting, per Secretary Nelson

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October 28, 2025      4:45 PM

Republicans spending big in North Texas Senate special election as Patrick and TLR duke it out with Sands

Meantime the Democrat is playing it low key

With just a week to go until election day in the special to succeed acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock, the big bucks are rolling in as a proxy battle plays out for a prized seat in the Texas Senate.

John Huffman and Leigh Wambsganss, the GOP candidates, will have spent more than $2 million by election day with the eventual winner having to again run in the March primary.

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By James Russell

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October 28, 2025      8:25 AM

Kronberg sees no upside for Abbott to endorse in US Senate GOP primary

On Spectrum News' Capital Tonight show, host James Barragan and QR publisher Harvey Kronberg got into Abbott's non-answer on endorsing a Senate candidate, the congressional announcement of Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, and more

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October 28, 2025      5:59 AM

In US Senate bid Talarico earns endorsements of more than a hundred officeholders from every region of Texas

"This broad, diverse coalition of elected endorsers includes current elected officials at the federal, state, county, and city level, as well as school board members and Democratic county party chairs, highlighting Talarico’s breadth of support from local school boards all the way up to the halls of Congress."

The full list is right here.

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