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Texas school districts violated a law intended to add transparency to local elections

By Jessica Priest and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica April 25, 2024

The Texas Tribune and ProPublica analyzed 35 Texas school districts that held trustee elections last fall and found none that posted all of the required campaign finance records. Full Story

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Ken Paxton paid $2.3 million to defense lawyers for impeachment trial

By Patrick Svitek Jan. 18, 2024

The lawyers were paid from his campaign, according to a report filed this week. Full Story

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Defend Texas Liberty promised big primary spending. Then its leader met with an Adolf Hitler fan.

By Robert Downen Jan. 17, 2024

The Defend Texas Liberty PAC gave just $10,000 in the last two months of 2023 and received no new money from its billionaire funders. Full Story

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School voucher supporter gave Gov. Greg Abbott $6 million in December

By Patrick Svitek Updated: Jan. 16, 2024

The contribution is the largest single campaign donation in Texas history, according to Abbott’s campaign. Full Story

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U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raises $4.7 million in third quarter of U.S. Senate campaign

By Patrick Svitek Oct. 11, 2023

The Dallas congressman collected the sum over the last three months, continuing to show he could be Cruz’s biggest financial threat in the Democratic primary. Full Story

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Churches’ role in Abilene election prompts calls for investigations

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica May 16, 2023

West Texas voters rejected three conservative Christian candidates who sought to infuse religious values into local politics. The campaign support the candidates received from local churches has prompted calls for state and federal probes. Full Story

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National Democrats will invest to retake South Texas congressional district in 2024

By Matthew Choi April 3, 2023

The U.S. House Democratic campaign arm will target the 15th Congressional District in next year’s elections, hoping to reclaim the seat from Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz, the first Republican ever to represent the district. Full Story

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National Republicans say they will spend big to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez from his South Texas seat in 2024

By Matthew Choi March 13, 2023

Congressional Republicans’ campaign arm will make another effort to unseat the South Texas Democrat who ran in one of the state’s most competitive races last year. Full Story

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U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls’ campaign lost $150,000 in wire fraud theft

By Patrick Svitek Feb. 6, 2023

The Texas Republican’s campaign, which recouped most of the money, has reported the case to the FBI. The Federal Elections Commission is also looking into it. Full Story

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Beto O’Rourke returned $1 million check from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

By James Barragán Nov. 29, 2022

O’Rourke’s campaign said they gave the money back before the company’s scandals became widely public, because they were taken aback by such a large unsolicited donation. Full Story

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O’Rourke outraises Abbott in final month of Texas governor’s race

By Patrick Svitek Nov. 1, 2022

In the homestretch of the state’s governor race, Beto O’Rourke outraises incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott though he still trails in the polls. Full Story

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Beto O’Rourke catches Gov. Greg Abbott in cash on hand as race hits homestretch

By Patrick Svitek and Carla Astudillo Oct. 13, 2022

The Democratic challenger ended the latest fundraising period, July 1 through Sept. 29, with slightly more cash on hand than the governor. Full Story

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As they target South Texas, Republicans say one Democratic county isn’t maintaining campaign finance records

By Patrick Svitek June 28, 2022

Starr County, one of the four counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley, has not been able to produce campaign finance reports that it is required to maintain, according to a GOP group targeting the area. Full Story

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Republican Texas House races become high-dollar affairs as Tuesday’s primary runoff nears

By Patrick Svitek May 19, 2022

The pricey fights illustrate how much of the action in Texas politics has shifted back to the primary after redistricting dramatically reduced the number of competitive seats. Full Story

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Supreme Court overturns law that barred Ted Cruz from fully recouping a personal loan he made to his campaign

By Reese Oxner Updated: May 16, 2022

The court’s three liberal justices dissented from the majority’s decision, saying that the ruling rewards politicians and paves the way for political corruption. Full Story

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In Democratic runoff for South Texas congressional seat, nonprofit backing a candidate is accused of campaign finance violations

By Patrick Svitek April 26, 2022

Michelle Vallejo faces Ruben Ramirez in a runoff for the Democratic nomination in the 15th Congressional District. A nonprofit that supports Vallejo is accused of breaking campaign finance rules. Full Story

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Las Vegas Sands launches $2 million PAC to continue its push to legalize casinos in Texas

By Patrick Svitek Feb. 24, 2022

The new Texas Sands PAC has already spread over half a million dollars across roughly three dozen primaries for the state House and Senate. Full Story

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After failing to disclose many donors, Ken Paxton files corrected campaign finance report

By Patrick Svitek Jan. 31, 2022

The amended report came 13 days after the deadline and as the attorney general nears a hotly contested primary in which his ethics are a top issue. Full Story

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Ken Paxton still hasn’t disclosed donors who fueled most of his $2.8 million campaign haul

By Patrick Svitek Jan. 25, 2022

Paxton’s campaign admitted last week that it was having problems trying to report all his latest donor data and would file an amended report — but as of Tuesday, it had yet to do so. Full Story

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Ted Cruz has never recouped more than $500,000 he loaned his first campaign. He’s working to overturn the law that’s blocked him.

By James Pollard Dec. 8, 2021

The Supreme Court next month will hear arguments in his challenge to the law that prevents the repayment, prompting fears among watchdog groups that another rollback of campaign finance regulations might be looming. Full Story

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