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📊New Marist poll of Texas coming out at midnight ET
US Senate and Texas Governor will be surveyed
📊Source tells @PollTracker2024 that Marist is polling Texas
They are surveying the US Senate and Governor’s race in the Lone Star State.
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News: SLC’s Texas PAC will have $100 million in TV reservations by tomorrow supporting Ken Paxton’s campaign, an addition of $35M from the $65M currently in reservations.
Source: Punchbowl News
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🚨BREAKING NEWS:
TEXAS PAC, the super PAC run by leadership-backed SLF, will have $100M in TV reservations by tomorrow in the LONE STAR STATE.
they are currently at $65M.
That means they are adding another $35M plus.
@punchbowlnews text subscribers had it first.
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"In his order, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman found that conditions in Texas prisons without air conditioning violate the Eighth Amendment — which protects against cruel and unusual punishment — and that TDCJ’s current response to extreme heat is insufficient."
Courts: Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029.
Just over a third of the TDCJ's 104 facilities were fully air conditioned as of the beginning of the month.
Source: Texas Tribune
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DHS says in statement that ICE "will not be slowing down operations in Austin."
Coordinated vandalism and violence will NOT overturn law and order.
@ICEgov will not be slowing down operations in Austin. Our mission is to administer the laws passed by Congress — we do not pick and choose which laws to enforce or where we enforce them.
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Poll: #Favorabilities (1/2)
🟩Don Huffines: 32-23% (+9)
🟩Gina Hinojosa: 42-37% (+5)
🟩Mayes Middleton: 28-23% (+5)
🟩Vikki Goodwin: 20-16% (+4)
🟩Nate Sheets: 13-10% (+3)
🟩Dawn Buckingham: 13-11% (+2)
🟨Nathan Johnson: 14-14% (TIE)
🟨Sarah Eckhardt: 12-12% (TIE)
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#Favorabilities (2/2)
🟥Greg Abbott: 49-50% (-1)
🟥Clayton Tucker: 10-11% (-1)
🟥Jon Rosenthal: 11-13% (-2)
🟥James Talarico: 47-50% (-3)
🟥Benjamin Flores: 9-12% (-3)
🟥Dan Patrick: 41-46% (-5)
🟥Donald Trump: 46-53% (-7)
🟥Bo French: 22-32% (-10)
🟥Ken Paxton: 43-55% (-12)
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(Among Texas Rs)
Which TX Political Figure LVs Identify With Most
Ted Cruz: 30%
Greg Abbott: 25%
George W. Bush: 16%
Ken Paxton: 9%
Rick Perry: 4%
Dan Patrick: 3%
John Cornyn: 2%
None of these: 11%
Texas Southern University | 09/15 - 09/19
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Poll: The Wing of the GOP Texas Republican Likely Voters Identify With Most
MAGA Republicans: 39%
Traditional Conservative Republicans: 37%
Moderate Republicans: 15%
Libertarian Republicans: 5%
None of these: 4%
Texas Southern University | 09/15 - 09/19
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Poll: #TXRRC
🟥Bo French (R): 44%
🟦Jon Rosenthal (D): 42% (+1)
Texas Southern University | 1800 LV | 09/15 - 09/19 | MoE: +/- 2.31%
Prev. Poll:🟥French+3
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Poll: #TXAgComm
🟥Nate Sheets (R): 45%
🟦Clayton Tucker (D): 39%
Texas Southern University | 1800 LV | 09/15 - 09/19 | MoE: +/- 2.31%
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Poll: #TXLC
🟥Dawn Buckingham (R): 47% (+2)
🟦Benjamin Flores (D): 39% (-1)
Texas Southern University | 1800 LV | 09/15 - 09/19 | MoE: +/- 2.31%
Prev. Poll:🟥Buckingham+5
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Poll: #TXComptroller
🟥Don Huffines (R): 47% (+1)
🟦Sarah Eckhardt (D): 39%
Texas Southern University | 1800 LV | 09/15 - 09/19 | MoE: +/- 2.31%
Prev. Poll:🟥Huffines+7
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