2014 Texas Elections

When I moved to Austin in 2002, one of the first things I did to acclimate myself to Texas was visit the Bullock Texas State History Museum. I remember…

Governor-elect Greg Abbott says he has a plan to unite Texas, and it includes whom he appoints to key state offices.In fact, Abbott began reaching out to…

Election Day totals are in.Republicans swept the statewide elections, with Greg Abbott winning the gubernatorial race and Dan Patrick besting San Antonio…

Update: The constitutional amendment to take some oil and gas tax revenues and direct them towards road project funding passed by a wide margin – 79.78…

Update: Ryan Sitton defeated Steve Brown in the race for Railroad Commissioner 58.31 percent to 36.49 percent.Original Story (Nov. 4, 4:14 p.m.): An empty…

Updated throughout with Final Totals.Republicans swept statewide offices on Election Day, with Attorney General Greg Abbott assuming the Governorship over…

The Texas Comptroller has the very important job of telling lawmakers how much money they have to spend in each 2-year budget. Getting that answer wrong…

Texas is a Red state. All things being equal, if two candidates have equal access to money and equal get out the vote efforts, the Republican is going to…

It's known as the most powerful office in Texas government. And for the first time in 12 years, this Election Day, Texans will choose a new Lieutenant…

Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis have criss-crossed the state and spent millions on who will be the state's next governor. But here in…