Post Date: July 2023

As GOP preemption bill steers power to the state, most Texans still express positive views of locals

| By: Jim Henson and Joshua Blank

While stifling the autonomy of state governments has been an ongoing project of the state’s Republican elected officials for several years, the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll found Texas voters much more positively inclined toward their local government than toward state government.

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The (very) early public opinion context for the 2024 US Senate Race in Texas

| By: Jim Henson and Joshua Blank

Texas state senator Roland Gutierrez’s widely-expected announcement that he will join U.S. Congressman Colin Allred in seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in 2024 sets the stage for a long campaign in what could shape up to be one of the marquee Senate races in the next election.

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