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Jasper Scherer
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Politics editor @TexasTribune. Formerly @HoustonChron, @ExpressNews, @NorthwesternU. Email: [email protected]
- Inbox — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) calls on @GovAbbott to end his "catastrophic" truck inspection policy at the border: "This is not solving the border problem, it is increasing the cost of food and adding to supply chain shortages." #txlege
- With 133K Election Day votes as of 3 p.m., Harris County turnout has now reached 1.57 million, a bit more than 63% of registered voters. This is the county's highest turnout rate since 1992 (72%), per @TXsecofstate. #txlege
- Republicans are winning or have won 24 of 27 U.S. House races listed as "toss-ups" by @nytimes... and 13 of 36 ones listed under "Democrats expected to win narrowly."
- .@SecondGentleman, between fundraisers and rallies on his swing through Texas, stops at an Austin Whataburger with @BetoORourke. Both order No. 2’s with some modifications. O’Rourke evangelizes about how Whataburger was his campaign’s go-to spot throughout the 2018/22 runs
- New: Bexar County Commissioners Court has voted to hire a private company to mail out voter registration forms to county residents, defying Texas AG Ken Paxton’s threat to use “all available legal means” to quash the effort. #txlege
- New @hobbyschooluh Texas poll: Trump 49.5 (+4.9) Harris 44.6 Cruz 46.6 (+2.1) Allred 44.5 Same pollster had Trump leading Biden 49-40 in June. Trump’s lead among independents has shrunk from +24 to +2. Cruz is +4 among independents in the #txsen race, with 14% undecided.
- A group of about 50 trail riders has arrived, with at least one man wearing a “Black Cowboys Matter” shirt.
00:00 - Q: “Are you saying that all the millions of people who are registered to vote right this minute in the state of Texas are gonna have to re-register to vote in order to get registered?” A: “You have to re-register every year.” #txlege
00:00 - Some guys riding a Gator/ATV with an American flag along the Bush funeral train
00:00 - NEW: The Texas Supreme Court has DENIED @GovAbbott's request to block a Travis County judge's temporary restraining order that allowed local mask mandates. The court's ruling allows school mask orders to stand. txcourts.gov/supreme/orders… #txlege
- Texas politicos and reporters watching New Yorkers assume that a politician’s indictment means the end of his political career
GIF - New: Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Houston on Friday for a campaign rally, a surprise visit that comes in the closing weeks of a campaign in which she has largely focused her efforts on other states seen as more competitive. texastribune.org/2024/10/22/kam…
