‘Inside Texas Politics’: Gina Hinojosa, Jimmy Blacklock, Maggie Ellis, and the Final Push Before Early Voting Begins

Let's begin with the headlines as always in the biggest headline now Monday.

That's the day that early voting begins across the state here.

Elections administrators urge you to take advantage of this two week period of early voting.

Don't wait until Election Day, they say, in case the weather is bad or something comes up.

You can vote countywide in more than 100 Texas counties, but check with your county to confirm if that's the case there.

Texas Democrats are leading in every single major statewide race except one.

That is according to a new poll.

The Texas Politics Project at UT Austin did the survey.

Democrats James Tallarico, Gina Hinojosa, Vicki Goodwin, Nathan Johnson, and John Rosenthal, all with narrow leads in this poll within the margin of error.

Don Huff finds the only Republican ahead of his opponent in the race for comptroller.

Keep in mind, polls do not predict winners.

They're simply a snapshot in time of voter preferences.

And the race for U.S. Senate in Texas just surpassed a staggering milestone here, $500 million in spending.

This is the entire race, the competitive March primary, the May runoff between Paxton and Cornyn, and the general election race underway right now.

Ad Impact says this is the only the second time a non-presidential race in the country has seen spending like that.

No turnout in that US Senate race is likely to impact the governor's race in Texas.

Governor Abbott facing his toughest reelection yet as he asks voters for a fourth term.

We offered him an opportunity to be with us here on this program.

His campaign said he did not have time for an interview during a recent visit to North Texas, but his opponent is here.

Gina Hinojosa has new momentum after that poll from UT Austin showed her narrowly ahead.

Let's begin with the headlines as always in the biggest headline now Monday.

That's the day that early voting begins across the state here.

Elections administrators urge you to take advantage of this two week period of early voting.

Don't wait until Election Day, they say, in case the weather is bad or something comes up.

You can vote countywide in more than 100 Texas counties, but check with your county to confirm if that's the case there.

Texas Democrats are leading in every single major statewide race except one.

That is according to a new poll.

The Texas Politics Project at UT Austin did the survey.

Democrats James Tallarico, Gina Hinojosa, Vicki Goodwin, Nathan Johnson, and John Rosenthal, all with narrow leads in this poll within the margin of error.

Don Huff finds the only Republican ahead of his opponent in the race for comptroller.

Keep in mind, polls do not predict winners.

They're simply a snapshot in time of voter preferences.

And the race for U.S. Senate in Texas just surpassed a staggering milestone here, $500 million in spending.

This is the entire race, the competitive March primary, the May runoff between Paxton and Cornyn, and the general election race underway right now.

Ad Impact says this is the only the second time a non-presidential race in the country has seen spending like that.

No turnout in that US Senate race is likely to impact the governor's race in Texas.

Governor Abbott facing his toughest reelection yet as he asks voters for a fourth term.

We offered him an opportunity to be with us here on this program.

His campaign said he did not have time for an interview during a recent visit to North Texas, but his opponent is here.

Gina Hinojosa has new momentum after that poll from UT Austin showed her narrowly ahead.