Texas Free Press

12/06/2024

Seguin Gazette and Texas Free Press columnist Nolan Schmidt is back.

Originally published in the Seguin Gazette on January 1, 2024The argument of “there is a price to everything” as well as “there is no such thing as free” is still old and true to this day. Everything has a cost, and whatever something costs needs to be paid. Our most important freedoms and r...

08/06/2024

https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/the-2024-libertarian-party-convention-was-wild-as-oliver-who-cost-the-republicans-control-of-the-se

11/04/2022

https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/texas-libertarians-greens-nominate-statewide-candidates-for-november

Per state law, Texas 3rd parties nominate candidates by old school convention, not primary. This weekend the two parties met at their respective conventions, 221 credentialed delegates for the Libertarian Party in Irving, and 30 delegates to the much smaller Green Party, in Kyle, numbers significant...

28/02/2022

Earlybird Exclusively Available to Premium Subscribers. And don't forget to check which Girl Scout Cookie is ranked as "best" for both Republican and Democratic Party leaders in Texas.

Texas Free Press sent an emailed Strawpoll on Feb 27 to publicly available emails of c. 3,000 Democratic and Republican party leaders in Texas, predominantly State and County Chairs and Officers, and Precinct Chairs.

26/02/2022

The Texas Primary Elections are Imminent, Does Anyone Care?

Texas primaries are on March 1st, just around the corner. Does anyone care? Unlike the 2020 Presidential cycle headlined by Trump v Biden, and the 2018 news cycle in Texas headlined by Beto O'Rourke's heavily funded high profile challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz (the author came in third as the Libertarian...

26/02/2022

https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/a-fascinating-and-completely-whimsical-look-ahead-to-texas-2024-and-beyond-elections

Looking Ahead The Texas primary is this week, and no one seems to really care. So looking ahead to 2024, right before we know who will contest the general election in 2022 seems completely appropriate somehow. Democratic Party Look Ahead Longtime Democratic Party stalwarts including the former San A...

26/02/2022

https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/offbeat-texas-politics-people-moves-you-should-know-but-don-t

Ross Ramsey Retires - Longtime respected independent political analyst and managing editor of the Texas Tribune, Ross Ramsey, has announced his retirement. Ramsey has long been one of the most respected non partisan political journalist and analysts in the state. Unknown Sarah Stogner Steals a March...