by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
“There’s no road map gonna tell us where we are.” Eliza Gilkyson. That line comes from Austin’s own Eliza Gilkyson in her song Promises to Keep from her incredibly prescient album entitled 2020. It was released in April of this year. Like much good art, this line is...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
Texas has burst into the national headlines over the last few days for something absolutely, totally unprecedented — high voter turnout. More Texans voted early this year than voted in the entire 2016 election — that is more than the 2016 early, mail-in and election...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Austin Elections
Here in Austin, we have a number of local races on the ballot. As covered here extensively, five City Council races are on the ballot. Four feature incumbents running for reelection and District 2 in southeast and south Austin is an open seat. Also on the City ballot...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
As folks have probably already heard, a caravan of Trump supporters in pickup trucks surrounded a Biden campaign bus on IH 35 last Friday. They were evidently trying to force the bus to stop completely, but only succeeded in slowing it down to about 20 miles per hour....
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 30, 2020 | Austin Elections
Today, we continue our coverage of campaign financing in the City Council races. We focus both on the total amount candidates raised and in particular on the amount candidates raised from development and real estate interests. Before moving into the numbers though,...
