Off the Kuff

Today's interview is with Dr. Darlene Breaux, who is the nominee in HD149 after defeating longtime Rep. Hubert Vo in the primary.

Interview with Darlene Breaux | Off the Kuff One more legislative interview for the week, and it’s one I could have done for the primaries, as it was the highest-profile challenge to a sitting Democrat, which in the end was a success. Dr. Darlene Breaux filed against longtime Rep. Hubert Vo, who was unfortunately not a very visible or active...

Today's judicial Q&A is with Judge Jason Cox, incumbent judge of Harris County Probate Court #3.

Judicial Q&A: Judge Jason Cox | Off the Kuff (Note: As I have done in past elections, I am running a series of Q&As for Democratic judicial candidates. I ran a series of these for candidates in contested primaries, and now these are for the rest of the candidates. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidate...

Ken Paxton doesn't think that the Trumpapalooza convention helped his campaign any. Damn shame, that.

Paxton whines about Trumpapalooza | Off the Kuff Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week that President Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Mr. Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times.

Did you know there are legal requirements one must meet in order to be able to run for and serve as Commissioner of Agriculture in Texas? Clayton Tucker has accused Republican nominee Nate Sheets of not meeting those requirements, which prompted Sheets to lob his own accusations.

Tucker accuses Sheets of being ineligible to serve as Ag Commissioner | Off the Kuff Attorneys for Clayton Tucker, the Democratic candidate running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, on Tuesday accused his opponent, Nate Sheets, of being ineligible to serve in the position and is asking state Republican party leadership to review and potentially declare Sheets as ineligible for the...

Today's interview is with Stefanie Bord, who is an educator, precinct chair, Moms Demand Action activist, and the Democratic candidate in HD126.

Interview with Stefanie Bord | Off the Kuff Moving out to HD126, we get to meet Stefanie Bord, who is the kind of person who sees a problem and decides to do something about it. After getting degrees in evolutionary anthropology and climate science, she taught science in high school to foster environmental education. After moving with her hus...

Today's judicial Q&A is with BreAnna Schwartz, who is running for the Republican-held 497th Criminal District Court.

Judicial Q&A: BreAnna Schwartz | Off the Kuff (Note: As I have done in past elections, I am running a series of Q&As for Democratic judicial candidates. I ran a series of these for candidates in contested primaries, and now these are for the rest of the candidates. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidate...

The Trib has identified and published the name of the ICE agent who shot and killed Victor Salgado Araujo.

Shooter of Victor Salgado Araujo named | Off the Kuff Editor’s note: In recent shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the federal government has withheld the names of the officers involved. This is a departure from the practice of many law enforcement agencies — including Texas’ biggest police departments — and contradicts adv...

In this blue year we should expect to see some previously red counties go blue, and we ought to see some formerly blue counties bounce back.

Counties of interest | Off the Kuff Gee, we’re like 48 days away now. And I promised you a few other pieces of content beforehand. This is part of my county series. If you missed the previous installments:

Remember that guy who was going to take over Loving County by moving in enough people to win their elections? Yeah, it's all fallen apart and he's facing criminal charges now.

The Loving County takeover effort has crumbled | Off the Kuff An out-of-state man who vowed to orchestrate the “political takeover” of a sparsely populated but oil-rich West Texas county by establishing a community with enough of his followers to out-vote local candidates has been arrested on criminal charges of threatening a local oil worker.

Today's interview is with Odus Evbagharu, who is running to succeed Rep. Jon Rosenthal in HD135.

Interview with Odus Evbagharu | Off the Kuff When Rep. Jon Rosenthal decided to run for Railroad Commissioner this year, it meant he was not running for re-election to HD135. Stepping up to take the baton from him is his longtime staffer and Chief of Staff Odus Evbagharu. The son of immigrants and longtime Cy-Fair resident, Evbagharu is a smal...