Thread by @Taniel

Polls are now closed, in much of Texas on CT. Follow along here as the results come in.

https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1388600177049620481

The San Antonio police union referendum? 50/50 in early results.

Austin’s *early voting* give a lead to Prop B, which would re-criminalize some activities tied to homelessness.

First results in #Tx06 have 4 candidates between 10% & 16%, so buckle up for a tight Top 2 race here.

Democrats are at risk of being shut out of the #TX06 runoff based on the results of early voting, which is far worse for them in it was in November.

https://twitter.com/patricksvitek/status/1388657154245242880

As the first Election Day ballots are counted in San Antonio, the initiative to weaken the local police unions (Prop B) is trailing — by less than 2 percentage points. (That’s out of roughly 110K ballots counted.)

First ELECTION DAY results are in from TX06, & here’s what’s interesting: Susan Wright, who got Trump’s endorsement in the final days, is doing much better compared to the early vote, & other Republicans are doing worse. Will that enable the lead Dem to make up ground for Top 2?

Right now the Democratic candidate with the SEVENTH most votes in the field (7th among just among the Dems) is getting more votes than the difference between the Republican in spot 2 & the Democrat in spot 3! That’s how fractured the field is that may lead to an all-GOP runoff.

#T06: This is what is now turning out to be quite damaging for Dems: the Republican vote got *more* consolidated on Election Day voting compared to early voting (clearly as a result of Trump's endorsement), but the Democratic vote... got less consolidated!

It's looking dicier now for San Antonio's Prop B, which would weaken the power of local police unions: It's trailing ever so slightly in the Election Day vote with the majority of vote centers reporting, but has an overall deficit of 2 percentage points (2,500 votes) to make up.

Austin's Prop B, which would reinstate criminal penalties against homeless people for camping or panhandling, is losing the Election Day vote (just starting to report). But it doesn't seem to be nearly by enough to undo its large lead.

#TX06: Tarrant County just reported another big batch of Election Day votes, and Democrats didn't make-up nearly enough room. Only 6 "vote centers" (out of 173) remain in Tarrant. Unless there's an issue somewhere, Democrats will be entirely shut-out of the #TX06 runoff.

Dark humor alert:

the FIFTEENTH candidate in the #TX06 field (& the 7th highest-vote getter just among Dems!) received 3 times more votes than the margin by which Democrats are being eliminated from the runoff here.

The Fort Worth mayoral election is heading to a runoff.

Mattie Parker (a Republican who's worked for outgoing GOP Mayor Betsy Price) will face a progressive Dem, Deborah Peoples. They grabbed the Top 2 spots.

(Forth Worth is the 2nd biggest city left with a GOP mayor.)

REMINDER: if you want a recap of all of the night's major results (& overall it's quite a strong night for the right), you can check out all at whatsontheballot.com

RESULT: Austin has voted to *pass* Prop B, an initiative (supported by the GOP governor) to re-criminalize homelessness & re-instate criminal penalties for behaviors like camping, & panhandling, & laying down on a sidewalk.

context: theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…

RESULT: Lubbock, TX, has voted to adopt an ordinance that is meant to ban abortion within city limits.

A legal battle will be next, the Texas Tribune explains: texastribune.org/2021/05/01/lub…

RESULT: San Antonio defeated its Prop B, which would have weakened local police unions & their collective bargaining rights. Result was narrow, 51% to 49%.

Context: theappeal.org/politicalrepor…

RESULT: Two Republicans, Wright & Ellzey, will move on to the #TX06 runoff. Dems shut-out.

Lead Dem was eliminated by < 400 votes; that's less than the 18th candidate in the field! (Silver-lining for Dems is district will be redrawn anyway, one reason for lack of engagement.)