The Harris County Tax Office says @TxDPS dumped 108,000 backlogged voter registration records on them. After removing duplicates, they have 75,000 records to process. Early voting starts in 24 days.

Kalshi has now lost 15 consecutive federal court rulings since the Minnesota decision. With today’s reversal of Tennessee, States have prevailed in 38 out of 43 court decisions involving preliminary injunctions, TROs, or stays/injunctions pending appeal, an 88% success rate.

.@RenzoDowney: "@jamestalarico is consistently leading... at what point do you think there is maybe a candidate problem at the top of the ticket?" @leachfortexas: "Okay your point is well-taken. Look... if Republicans vote, and vote for what are our principles and vote for Republicans, then @KenPaxtonTX is going to win. There are more Republicans than Democrats in Texas. I will say it — there might be some disagreement, I'm not sure there is but I'll say it here this morning — that General Paxton has got to communicate more effectively with independents. I personally believe, for what it's worth, that General Paxton needs to get on a debate stage with James Talarico and the people of Texas deserve that conversation. We conservatives do not run from a fight. We shouldn't at least. And so I'm hopeful that that will happen."

What in the world is going on with this b-roll? 😂

“I think we can do both,” State GOP Rep. @cvasut says of fully-funding public ed + increasing funding for education savings accounts at #TribFest. “The more options that are available for parents, the better, because ultimately they know what's best for their kids.” #txlege

.@TXBullpen’s @cassi_schredder kicks off a discussion about the Texas House with @VoteAnnJohnson, @moralesfortexas, @ShelbySlawson, & @cvasut. “From your lips to God’s ears,” Johnson says about predictions of significant Democratic gains in the #txlege House.

At #tribfest26, @leachfortexas says @RenzoDowney’s point about Paxton trailing in the polls (perhaps!) being about the candidate is “well taken.” He says Paxton should debate Talarico, and needs to be better at speaking to moderates.

.@leachfortexas calls for @KenPaxtonTX to debate @jamestalarico.

“I’m a Republican… there’s a binary choice” @leachfortexas on his support for @KenPaxtonTX after being one of the leading Republican voices to impeach him in 2023.

“I saw what Gene had to say and started to wonder, which (Texas House) seats are they going to take?” GOP Rep. @realmitchlittle tells @RenzoDowney at #TribFest. “I can tell you, if Republican voters turn out, we won’t have to worry about anything like that happening.” #txlege

Republican State Reps @realmitchlittle and @leachfortexas say Dems are not taking the Texas House Little doesn’t know where the flips would come from Leach cited @GinaHinojosaTX saying she doesn’t believe Dems will win the Texas House

UPDATE from @TxDPS on the voter registration issues. They say a third-party vendor updated their software last October which cut off portions of the records, making them impossible to process for the SOS. Of note: they say they flagged the error and notified SOS.

.@jamestalarico says he’ll debate @KenPaxtonTX on Fox News with @BretBaier as the moderator if that’s what it takes to have a debate. “I’m challenging Ken Paxton to a game on his own turf”

This was my question, and both candidates have said in the past they plan to do so. Middleton the AG debate and Johnson at the Texas Democratic Convention Darby said, “I wasn’t born yesterday,” to open his response. Likely because I cited this reporting: politico.com/news/2026/09/03…

Outgoing Congresswoman @juliejohnsonTX is demanding answers from @TxDPS and @GregAbbott_TX on why 100,000+ voter registration applications didn’t make it to county election officials for 11 months

.@GeneforTexas says Republicans who fall in line with Trump have broken their allegiance with God because they swore an oath of office on the bible to defend the Constitution.

State Rep. @GeneforTexas: “I think we take the (Texas) House. I think we take the House.” This last legislative session Republicans had a 88-62 majority in the Texas House.

Overheard outside the Gina Hinojosa TribFest event: “yeah you were on the public education committee, but all you did was yell at Mike Morath”