"Stop Yer Bitchin'"

In a seismic shift, Gov. Greg Abbott and every other statewide Republican on the ballot were all shown the door this week by Texas voters. Stick around for the end of the show for my parting message to Abbott. Before that, Harvey drops in to give his thoughts on how we got here and what might happen next. Plus, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa hints at what's coming next year as she introduced the team who will help her make the transition to the Texas Governor's Mansion and lawmakers from both parties have coalesced around Dean Senfronia Thompson of Houston to be the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Oh, and our listener Matt Foster in DFW is raising money through the end of the year for his fellow veterans through the PGA Hope campaign. Please join me in making a donation and share the link with friends: https://give.pgareach.org/matt   Programming note: We'll take a vacation from the show next week and return to the mic on Nov 20. Meantime, make sure you're a subscriber at quorumreport.com for all the latest news on Texas politics and government. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

The final edition of the show before election day has arrived. We’ll break down the final push by the campaigns to turn out their voters, and my friend Brad Johnson with The Texas Bullpen will drop by for a drink as we do our best to read the tea leaves ahead of Tuesday. Oh, and our listener Matt Foster in DFW is raising money for his fellow veterans through the PGA Hope campaign. Please join me in making a donation:https://give.pgareach.org/matt   Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

It seems some of the biggest names in Texas GOP politics didn't get the "One Party, One Mission" memo: Sen. John Cornyn, Ag Commissioner Sid Miller, and former Speaker Dade Phelan were all on national broadcast TV this week saying something very different. Plus a history lesson from Karl Rove. Then WFAA Senior Investigative Journalist Tanya Eiserer joins us to talk about the search for the origin of those mysterious transgender pamphlets mailed to kids all over Texas. And finally: A reality check on just how many more Republicans there are in Texas than Democrats. Will they get out to vote? Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

With Gov. Abbott going full bore against Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa – accusing her of supporting a state income tax – you’ve got to hear Harvey Kronberg's explanation of the real history of that third rail issue in Texas politics. Meantime top Texas Democrats are debating random strangers because their Republican opponents won't show up and Tony Ortiz at Current Revolt joins us for the story under the story of these fake rumors about Rep. Talarico in a mental health facility in Ohio. Plus, our friend Chris Tritico is about to debut a documentary on the dismantling of Texas public schools. "The Long Game" premieres at 7 p.m. Monday, October 19, at MATCH in Houston, with additional screenings planned across Texas. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

So much cover: This week, Harvey has the lowdown on how some GOP women got up and walked out when Sen. Angela Paxton told them to vote for her estranged husband. Before that, Evan and I called the Ken Paxton "tip line" to let him know what we've heard about the whereabouts of James Talarico. Defending the Texas House GOP majority, Speaker Dustin Burrows is now working right alongside the rightwing megadonors who his original supporters feared would take over the Texas House last year. Then, after AG Paxton said in leaked audio that he's not fully in control of his campaign, Sarah Rumpf with Mediaite joined the show to talk about who's really been running Paxton's campaigns all along. Hint: It was those same megadonors now helping Speaker Burrows' efforts to save his majority. And after one of Gov. Greg Abbott's endorsed candidates went on a racist rant during a DWI arrest in the Houston area, it's worth asking what ever happened to Abbott's plan to turn Harris County "deep red." Evan Mintz with the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board checks in about that. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

The ads are absolutely out of control. We'll have some fun with that but the truth is that the candidates are absolutely feeling the pressure to respond to some of what's in the nonstop barrage of political commercials blanketing Texas right now. We'll go out to East Texas on the campaign trail with Rep. Gina Hinojosa in her spirited campaign to unseat the strongest Republican in Texas. And what would Texas government look like if she was successful? It's a conversation being had more and more in Austin. Our Publisher Harvey Kronberg explains how that unfolded the last time there was a divided government in Texas, which of course was more than three decades ago. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

Gov. Abbott must be listening to the show because he's completely shifted his message on property taxes from blaming local governments - run mostly by Republicans - to slamming his Democratic opponent Gina Hinojosa. He says she voted to raise your taxes but what did the legislation he's talking about actually do? You'll hear from conservative Republicans about it but first you have to hear what Abbott said about gas prices. Is he against President Trump's war in Iran now? Plus Harvey weighs in on the ICE shooting in Austin and a tribute to the late Chairman Garnet Coleman, who passed away this week. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

We already knew that Gov. Abbott thinks all Democrats are socialists and can't be trusted. But why is one of his major campaign themes now slamming local Republican leaders around Texas about property taxes? And oh yes, we will get into the Bo French debacle when Harvey weighs in with his weekly commentary. Plus, Suzanne Bellsnyder joins us from Texas Rural Reporter to talk about whether Abbott's campaign consultant Dave Carney is right to argue the anger over data centers is tapering off now. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston.

On the anniversary of 9/11, one thing that's perfectly clear is that the politics of government surveillance have completely flipped upside down since that fateful day. Right after the terror attack a quarter century ago, Republicans and Democrats alike joined together to support the global War on Terror including stepped up surveillance within the United States. Flash forward to today and Gov. Greg Abbott is being forced to flip-flop on his past support of surveillance cameras all over Texas after his opponent Gina Hinojosa pressed him on the issue. Plus, we're reporting from Dallas this week where the 2026 RNC Midterm "Convention" just wrapped up. Harvey checks in with his thoughts on it while Tony Ortiz of Current Revolt tells us about the protesters outside the American Airlines Center. Seems like Paxton's performance in Dallas made national Republicans realize he needs some serious financial help in his bid for US Senate. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston. 

With Texas Republicans still divided following a nasty and expensive US Senate primary, Sen. Ted Cruz has this message for those in the GOP unhappy with their nominee Ken Paxton: "Stop yer bitchin.'" In this semi-special episode, we explore all facets of a question Republicans in Texas are dealing with - how to win when their standard bearer in this state is described even by President Trump as lackluster on the campaign trail? And why haven't the West Texas billionaires who always previously bankrolled Paxton now closing their wallets? It's the perfect primer heading into next week's Midterm RNC Convention in Dallas. Our producer is the famous Evan Sherer and the original music for the show is by Checkmayne in Houston.