Elections

Special Election Delayed, Now Set for Summer 2020

Updated April 29, 2020:

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, (D-Austin) has filed to be on the ballot for the special election. In an April 29 tweet Rodriguez wrote, “I am excited to announce that I have officially filed to be on the ballot for State Senate in the July special election. In this moment of crisis, we need leaders who will fight for working families and small businesses.”


Updated March 18, 2020:

Governor Abbott made a proclamation today allowing municipalities and school districts to postpone the May 2 elections until November 3. While he did not mandate the postponement, he strongly encouraged them to do so, according to a press release.


Gov. Greg Abbott postponed Texas’ special election until July 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Abbott’s proclamation postpones a vote in Texas Senate District 14 to replace retiring state Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), which would have been held on May 2. Watson will become the first dean of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. He will be retiring from the Texas Senate on April 30, which leaves at least ten weeks without a State Senator. 

Now early voting will begin June 29. 

“Candidates who wish to have their names placed on the special election ballot for Texas State Senate District No. 14 must file their applications with the Secretary of State beginning Wednesday, April 29, 2020, with a deadline no later than 5:00PM on Monday, May 13, 2020,” Abbott’s press release states.

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) are running.  Eckard flipped a coin to make her decision whether to resign from her position with the county.

“I would stay put if it was heads. I flipped it, and it was heads. And I felt regret. So, I flipped the coin again, it was tails, and I felt fear. I thought to myself, ‘What would I be more proud of to face?’ I felt that I would be prouder to face fear,” Eckhardt told KXAN

Austin City Council member Greg Casar recently filed a campaign treasurer report for the Senate seat, according to the The Texas Tribune.

RA Staff

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