Author: Will McDaniel

Decision 2026

Congressman August Pfluger leads his Democratic challenger Claire Reynolds by 42,850 votes at midnight, per the New York Times. The race stands at 128,100 for Pfluger, 85,250 for Reynolds.

The recently gerrymandered district picked up counties in south Texas, which appear to have turned full blue. But it likely won’t be enough to topple the deep Permian Basin Republican base.

In 2020, 291,773 voted in the race for TX-11, where August Pfluger beat his democratic challenger Jon Mark Hogg.

This year, 213,350 voters cast their ballots. That makes a difference of -78,423 voters compared to 2020.

In TX-23, our neighboring district, 213,371 votes have come in as of publish. The Democratic challenger Katy Padilla Stout leads against the Republican upstart Brandon Herrera by a margin of who has made no friends for himself on the campaign trail, referring to women in derogatory manners.

Texas House Rep. James Talarico leads by around one million votes as of midnight on Election Day.

Talarico addressed a crowd at his Austin rally. The candidate for U.S. Senate made his appearance in San Angelo early on during the Democratic primaries, in October of 2025. At that time, he drew a large crowd and a winding queue to take pictures. He presented his campaign on straight economic lines, discussing the campaign in terms like Bottom Vs. Top, making frequent mentions of Billionaires.

He is clearly not the natural politician that other Texas GOP leaders like Greg Abbott are.

Greg Abbott, Charles Perry, and Drew Darby all appear able to speak extemporaneously about their policies and positions.

Even with a teleprompter, Paxton’s jokes are lame and the crowds laughter is forced and angry. His policies are mostly vague sounding tax breaks, which I’m sure won’t be used to disguise more tax relief for the richest in this country.

The Art Alliance of San Angelo will hold their Midwinter Market on November 8, from 3 to 8 p.m at 82 Gillis St.

A few days ahead of their world record attempt — “Most People Painting Plein Air At Once In One Venue” currently held by the city of Long Getty in New South Wales, Australia since 2015 — artists spent the day teaching young painters about En Plein Air painting at San Angelo’s Museum of Fine Arts.

State Senator Charles Perry discussed his intentions for the upcoming 2027 Legislative Session, at a town hall meeting on Oct. 21 at ASU’s Mayer Hall. His talk lasted for about 30 minutes, followed by a 30 minute Q-and-A.

At Monday’s regular San Angelo Independent School District board meeting, trustees heard from two representatives of the community group seeking to preserve the historic George Washington Carver Elementary in San Angelo. The campus was almost set for demolition before community members spoke out against that move, and the SAISD board gave the community six months to organize. No action was taken at the meeting.