Special Election Results

Texans voted yesterday in three runoff elections to fill terms in the Texas House. Because these elections filled vacancies left when previous officeholders retired, winning candidates must still run again in the March 3, 2020 Primary and the November 3rd, 2020 General Election. With all polling locations reporting, here are last night’s results: Gary Gates…

Sunset Appointments & Special Elections

Lt. Governor Names Sunset Appointees. On January 21, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced four new appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Senators Pat Fallon (R-Prosper), Eddie Lucio (D-Brownsville) and Angela Paxton (R-McKinney). Patrick also named Ralph Duggins, of Fort Worth, as the new the public member appointee. Duggins is a partner at Cantey Hanger, LLP…