Special Election results. 
Last night, Art Fierro (D-El Paso) won a three-way race to fill the seat for House District 79 vacated by Rep. Joe Pickett (D-El Paso) with 53% of the vote. In House District 145, vacated by now Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston), Democrats Christina Morales and Melissa Noriega head to a runoff. To read more…
Paredes to step down.
Commissioner Raymund Paredes has announced that he will step down from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board effective August 31, 2019. He has served since 2004. Paredes says he will stay involved in higher education policy. To read more…
Another Cornyn campaign hire.
Steve Munisteri, former Texas GOP chairman, will begin February 9th as senior advisor to U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s re-election campaign. He will leave his current roles as deputy assistant to the President and deputy director for the Office of Public Liaison at the White House to return to work with the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) and county party chairs. To read more…
Only in Austin…
This weekend, Cirque Italia, a traveling Italian water circus, is setting up in the parking lot of Barton Creek Mall. Inside its blue and white circus-style tent, there is a stage complete with aerialists, contortionists, Bellagio-style fountains, and a wheel of death! To read more…