Jonathan Tilove
Austin American-Statesman
Austin, TX, United States
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Tilove: Bidding Texas a fond adieu
I was standing on a street corner in downtown Washington in late May 2012 when my colleague in the Washington bureau of the New Orleans Times-Picayune → Read More
Amid tumultuous times, Texans vote for the status quo
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a headline he liked from the Valley Morning Star in Harlingen: "‘Groundhog Day here in Texas’: Biggest red state stays red.""Texas Democrats have gone 26 years without winning a statewide race. That is the longest losing streak of its kind in America," Abbott tweeted. "Texans appear to like it that way!"In the article Abbott cited, his top political adviser… → Read More
Trump and Biden knotted in Texas, but with most blue strongholds counted
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump were neck-and-neck in Texas with nearly two-thirds of the vote counted, including from most of → Read More
Trump edges ahead of Biden in Texas with most blue strongholds counted
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump were neck-and-neck in Texas with 80% of the vote counted, including from most of the biggest → Read More
Trump defeats Biden in Texas
The Associated Press has declared President Donald Trump the victor over former Vice President Joe Biden in Texas, claiming the state’s 38 electoral votes.The AP called the race at 12:05 a.m.According to The New York Times tally of returns, with 93% of the ballots counted, Trump had 52.3% of the vote, and Biden had 46.2%.While the Democratic dream of taking Texas for Biden had been nurtured by… → Read More
Tilove: Don’t forget, you can actually vote on Election Day
The end is nigh.Election Day is Tuesday and, quaint as it now seems, you can still vote on Election Day.I used to vote on Election Day as an act of collective civic engagement. And for the same reason that I wish we still all watched Walter Cronkite on the evening news, and the map burning on the opening credits of Bonanza on Sunday night, and the Beatles debuting on Ed Sullivan. I wish the… → Read More
New radio ads target Texas border voters in effort to boost turnout
Veterans of Bernie Sander’s successful effort to win Latino votes in the 2020 Democratic primaries, are putting nearly a quarter million dollars into Spanish and English radio ads that will begin airing Tuesday in border counties and San Antonio aimed at spurring early voting and Election Day turnout.While the ads, being paid for by America’s Promise Action Fund, cannot make direct partisan… → Read More
Forecast: Sun on its way, warming tomorrow
It was an overcast morning in Austin Saturday, the weather befitting the doleful news that Jerry Jeff Walker, one of warmest voices and most influential → Read More
Poll: Biden tied with Trump in Texas; Hegar closing on Cornyn
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has drawn even in Texas with President Donald Trump, and Democrat MJ Hegar is closing in on U.S. Sen. John → Read More
Biden-Harris not quite all-in in Texas
On MSNBC’s "Rachel Maddow Show" on Wednesday night, Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris revealed that she was about to launch an in-person campaign swing across some crucial electoral terrain."I’m going to be in North Carolina and Ohio and Pennsylvania and, I think, Texas," Harris said.Harris thought correctly. Texas was on her itinerary for this weekend, much to the delight of… → Read More
MJ Hegar flips the script on John Cornyn in Senate fundraising
MJ Hegar has turned the tables on U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the campaign money game, raising almost twice as much in donations the third quarter → Read More
Kamala Harris coming to campaign in Texas
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is coming to campaign in Texas.In an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, Harris confirmed → Read More
Kamala Harris cancels Texas trip after spokeswoman tests positive for COVID-19
10:05 a.m. UPDATE : Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is canceling her in-person campaign schedule through Sunday, including a visit → Read More
Royce West won’t vote for MJ Hegar: `She’s had a problem all along with black folks’
State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, who finished a close second to MJ Hegar in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in July, said → Read More
Chip Roy and Wendy Davis agree that the other’s views are dangerous
Wendy Davis and Chip Roy agreed on one thing at the first and maybe only debate of their marquee congressional contest Tuesday night: the other candidate → Read More
Ted Cruz tests negative but will say home until Barrett hearing
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has tested negative for COVID-19 but is staying home "out of an abundance of caution," after contact with Sen. Mike → Read More
First Reading: Is John Cornyn a Trump enabler?
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn was interviewed via Zoom by the Austin American-Statesman editorial board, which will make an endorsement in the race. → Read More
Luther and Springer headed for runoff after virtual draw in special Texas Senate election
Shelley Luther and state Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, are headed to a runoff in the special election in state Senate District 30.With all the polling → Read More
Luther and Springer appear headed for runoff in special Texas Senate election
Shelley Luther and state Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, are locked in a very tight race in the special election in state Senate District 30.With almost → Read More
Luther takes early lead in special Texas Senate election
Shelley Luther has a narrow lead over state Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, and Democrat Jacob Minter, in the early vote from 11 of the 14 counties in the → Read More