Tag Archives: John Bucy

More on Ken Paxton’s ethicslessness

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, that’s a word. It’s also a good description of the state of our Attorney General. Three decades following its inception, the [Texas Ethics C]ommission is toothless. Compliance of Texas’ ethics laws is largely voluntary. That’s because the agency relies … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Brent Webster, Bryan Hughes, campaign finance reform, Common Cause, ethics, impeachment, John Bucy, Ken Paxton, Reggie Smith, Ron Reynolds, Texas, Texas Ethics Commission, The Lege | Comments Off

More on why we need a split primary

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Votebeat fills in some blanks. Some Texas election officials are running out of time before the March 5 primary to find sufficient polling locations, equipment, and election workers mandated by a new Republican-backed election law, and may not be able … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, That's our Lege | Tagged Bexar County, Cindy Siegel, Collin County, Commissioners Court, Dallas County, Denton County, Drew Springer, Election 2024, electronic voting machines, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Hidalgo County, John Bucy, primaries, Tarrant County, Teneshia Hudspeth, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, voting centers | Comments Off

Farewell, ERIC

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Into the unknown… The Texas secretary of state submitted its exit notice Thursday to a national coalition that is one of the best tools to combat voter fraud, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Votebeat. The withdrawal from the … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bryan Hughes, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Electronic Registration Information Center, Jane Nelson, John Bucy, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, voter suppression | Comments Off

There were actually a couple of pro-voting rights bills this session

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Believe it or not. “This was a nail-biter all the way to the end. But we’re excited about all the people that will benefit from this. We’re still hopeful that the governor will sign them,” said Chase Bearden, deputy executive … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, curbside voting, Jeff Leach, John Bucy, Judith Zaffirini, Senate, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

A tale of two elections bills

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

The good news. Texas lawmakers have voted to reverse an expensive state law requiring election officials to replace all their current vote-counting equipment with technology that doesn’t exist. An unprecedented mandate the Legislature passed in 2021, without fully realizing its … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bob Hall, Bryan Hughes, Chris Turner, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Electronic Registration Information Center, electronic voting machines, HD26, Jacey Jetton, Jane Nelson, John Bucy, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, voter suppression, Williamson County | Comments Off

Yeah, the crypto lovers here are still all in

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I mean, at least they’re consistent. The crypto community in Austin was buzzing. Hundreds of investors, legislators, professionals and enthusiasts packed the halls of the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Texas on Nov. 17-18 for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness | Tagged Angela Paxton, ATX DAO, Beto O'Rourke, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, decentralized autonomous organizations, FTX, fundraising, Giovanni Capriglione, John Bucy, Lee Bratcher, Royce West, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Blockchain Council, The Lege | 1 Comment

Primary checkup

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Let me start this post off by once again noting that I cannot find any reporting, like at all, about how many mail ballots were rejected for the May elections. Just nothing. It’s as if interest in the subject by … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Briscoe Cain, Dallas County, Election 2022, Harris County, Isabel Longoria, John Bucy, paper ballots, poll watchers, primaries, special election, Texas, The Lege, voter suppression | Comments Off

Trying to make the sausage less bad

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

RG Ratcliffe walsk us through some bipartisan negotiations on HB6, the House version of the big Senate voter suppression bill, as three Democrats who want to make this bad bill slightly less bad work with a couple of Republicans who … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Andrew Murr, Attorney General, Briscoe Cain, Brooks Landgraf, Dade Phelan, Dustin Burrows, Jessica Gonzalez, Joe Moody, John Bucy, John Turner, jury duty, Morgan Meyer, Secretary of State, Stephanie Klick, Terry Canales, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, voter suppression | 1 Comment

Briscoe Cain’s latest follies

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

This guy, I swear. After an early misfire, House Republicans on Thursday succeeded in pushing their proposed restrictions on voting to the legislative forefront as the Texas Legislature’s 2021 session enters its final sprint. The House Elections Committee’s Republican majority … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, Briscoe Cain, Bryan Hughes, curbside voting, drop off boxes, early voting, Election 2020, Harris County, Jessica Gonzalez, John Bucy, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Travis Clardy, voter suppression | 1 Comment

How bad will the attack on voting be this session?

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Hard to say, but there’s no reason to be particularly optimistic. As the country’s political polarization reaches a boiling point — illustrated vividly Wednesday by the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the president who believed his … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, Allen West, Congress, constitutional amendments, coronavirus, curbside voting, Donald Trump, Drew Springer, drop off boxes, early voting, Election 2020, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, John Bucy, Paul Bettencourt, Senate, special session, Steve Toth, Texas, The Lege, voter ID, voter registration, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act | 8 Comments

A closer look at county races, Part 1

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

In this series of entries, I’m going to take a trip through the local election results pages on some counties of interest, to get a closer look at how they went this year and how that compares to 2016. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bexar County, Carlos Uresti, CD31, Commissioners Court, Constable, Court of Criminal Appeals, Donald Trump, Donna Imam, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Eric Fagan, Falls County, Fort Bend County, Harris County, HD117, HD118, HD136, HD52, HD85, Hillary Clinton, James Talarico, Jennifer Cantu, Joe Biden, Joe Lopez, John Bucy, John Carter, John Cornyn, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Larry Gonzales, Leo Pacheco, Mike Clark, Mike Gleason, MJ Hegar, Pete Flores, Phil Stephenson, Phillip Cortez, President, Railroad Commission, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Richard Morrison, Robert Chody, Roland Gutierrez, SBOE, SD19, Senate, Sheriff, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Tomas Uresti, Tony Dale, Williamson County | 3 Comments

30 Day 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 4

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Last but not least, here are the 30-day finance reports from the 10 non-Houston-area seats that Dems flipped in 2018, plus four others of interest. Part One of my stroll through the 30-day finance reports, for statewide, SBOE, and State … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Abel Herrero, Ana-Maria Ramos, campaign finance reports, Carrie Isaac, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gerson Hernandez, HD017, HD103, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD136, HD31, HD34, HD45, HD47, HD53, HD65, HD74, James Hernandez, James Talarico, Jennifer Fleck, John Bucy, John Turner, Julie Johnson, Justin Berry, Karyn Brownlee, Kronda Thimesch, Linda Koop, Lucio Valdez, Luisa Del Rosal, Marian Knowlton, Michelle Beckley, Mike Guevara, Rhetta Bowers, Ruben Falcon, Ryan Guillen, Samuel Smith, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin, Will Douglas | 1 Comment

We don’t need a vote to expand Medicaid

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

There’s a fundamental truth that needs to be addressed in this. On Tuesday, Missouri became the 38th state to expand Medicaid, opening healthcare to over 230,000 Missourians. It joins a lengthy list of GOP-led states in expanding healthcare, including Nebraska, … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Celia Israel, Constitution, constitutional amendments, coronavirus, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, health insurance, Idaho, John Bucy, John Zerwas, Medicaid, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, petitions, Senate, Texas, The Lege | 2 Comments

July 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 4

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

So yeah, after my previous entry I went and talked myself into checking on the finance reports from the 10 non-Houston-area seats that Dems flipped in 2018, plus four others of interest. It’s a sickness, I admit it, but here … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Abel Herrero, Ana-Maria Ramos, campaign finance reports, Carrie Isaac, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gerson Hernandez, HD017, HD103, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD136, HD31, HD34, HD45, HD47, HD53, HD65, HD74, James Hernandez, James Talarico, Jennifer Fleck, John Bucy, John Turner, Julie Johnson, Karyn Brownlee, Kronda Thimesch, Linda Koop, Lucio Valdez, Luisa Del Rosal, Marian Knowlton, Michelle Beckley, Mike Guevara, Rhetta Bowers, Ruben Falcon, Ryan Guillen, Samuel Smith, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin, Will Douglas | 1 Comment

Texas GOP accidentally releases its 2020 strategy

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Oops. In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas’s election strategy for the 2020 elections has ended up in the hands of Texas Democrats. Attacking Democratic candidates through websites and mitigating “the polarizing nature” … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Ana-Maria Ramos, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, Gina Calanni, James Talarico, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Michelle Beckley, Republican Party, Rhetta Bowers, straight ticket voting, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Initial thoughts: The Lege

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Live by the gerrymander, die by the gerrymander. At the end of the 2011 legislative session, state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a Dallas Democrat, sat down to dinner with a Republican colleague from the Texas House. Anchia was exhausted and incensed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Celia Israel, Chris Turner, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Donna Howard, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Erin Zwiener, Gina Calanni, HD102, HD105, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD121, HD126, HD129, HD132, HD134, HD135, HD136, HD138, HD14, HD150, HD23, HD26, HD28, HD29, HD32, HD43, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD54, HD64, HD65, HD66, HD67, HD70, HD84, HD85, HD89, HD92, HD93, HD94, HD96, HD97, Hillary Clinton, James Talarico, Jessica Gonzalez, Joe Pickett, John Bucy, John Turner, John Whitmire, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Kirk Watson, Mary Gonzalez, Michelle Beckley, Rafael Anchia, redistricting, Texas, The Lege, Tracy King, turnout, Vikki Goodwin | 4 Comments

Omnibus election report

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

It’s after midnight, I’ve mostly posted stuff on my long-dormant Twitter account (@kuff), and I will have many, many thoughts in the coming days. For now, a brief recap. – As you know, neither Beto nor any other Dem won … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged 13th Court of Appeals, 14th Court of Appeals, 4th Court of Appeals, 5th Court of Appeals, Adrian Garcia, Ana-Maria Ramos, Beto O'Rourke, Beverly Powell, Brian Middleton, CD02, CD03, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD31, CD32, Colin Allred, Commissioners Court, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, District Attorney, Ed Emmett, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Erin Zwiener, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Gina Ortiz Jones, Harris County, Harris County Judge, Hays County, HD102, HD105, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD135, HD136, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD65, Houston, Jack Morman, James Talarico, Jan McDowell, Jana Sanchez, Joe Kopser, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, judicial races, Julie Johnson, Julie Oliver, Lina Hidalgo, Lizzie FLetcher, Lorie Burch, Michelle Beckley, Mike Siegel, MJ Hegar, Nathan Johnson, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, SD10, SD16, Senate, Sri Kulkarni, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals, Todd Litton, turnout, Vikki Goodwin, Williamson County | 13 Comments

July 2018 campaign finance reports: State House

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

We’e seen a lot of very good campaign finance reports, all of which speak to the enthusiasm and engagement of Democrats this cycle. This batch of reports is not as good. These are July reports from State House candidates, take … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adam Milasincic, Alexander Karjeker, Allison Sawyer, Amanda Jamrok, Ana-Maria Ramos, Annie's List, Beth McLaughlin, Brandy Chambers, campaign finance reports, Dee Ann Torres Miller, Election 2018, Erin Zwiener, fundraising, Gina Calanni, HD102, HD105, HD107, HD108, HD112, HD113, HD114, HD115, HD126, HD129, HD132, HD134, HD135, HD136, HD138, HD23, HD28, HD43, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD65, HD66, HD97, James Talarico, Joanna Cattanach, John Bucy, John Turner, Jon Rosenthal, Julie Johnson, Meghan Scoggins, Michelle Beckley, Natali Hurtado, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, Sharon Hirsch, Terry Meza, Texas, The Lege, Victoria Neave, Vikki Goodwin | 1 Comment

A look at how Democratic legislative challengers did against the spread

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

It’s been long enough since the election that I feel like I can go back and look at some numbers. Not a whole lot of good out there, but we’ll try to learn what we can. To start off, here … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2014 | Tagged Bill White, Chris Osborn, Cole Ballweg, Collin County, Commissioners Court, Dallas County, Denton, Denton County, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2015, Election 2016, Emy Lyons, fracking, Harris County, HD105, HD107, HD113, HD136, HD52, HD89, HD92, HD94, John Bucy, Jonathan Stickland, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Lisa Osterholt, Sameena Karmally, Steve Radack, Tarrant County, The Lege, Tina Penney, Tony Dale, Tony Tinderholt, Wendy Davis, Williamson County | 4 Comments

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