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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
Elections Division at the Texas Secretary of State. Official candidate lists; U.S. Congress Candidates for Texas at Project Vote Smart; Texas U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com; Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Texas from OpenSecrets; 2010 Texas General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
Reasons offered for why "big money" in politics (campaign contributions and high level lobbying from corporations and the wealthy) should be regulated include: it "results in corruption"; [42] (i.e., “quid pro quo corruption”, or bribery); [43] harms trust in government; [42] decreases public interest in public affairs and government; [42]
Here's a look at the most recent campaign donations for several of Texas' leading politicians as races heat up before the March 5 primary elections. 'Largest single donation in Texas history ...
Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter. Summaries of these reports are made available to the public shortly thereafter, revealing the relative financial situations of all the campaigns.
During the election cycle, Biggs garnered $341,739, with $122,251 during the recent ethics period. She reported having $40,185 cash on hand. Biggs’ contributions mostly come from large ...
Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter.
The Alsobrooks campaign has spent a couple million dollars so far this year, including nearly $100,000 on “online advertising” with the D.C.-based company Break Something Inc. and over ...