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Brandon Alderete retweeted
Family and friends will gather in Houston this morning to honor the remarkable life of Representative Garnet Coleman. Garnet was a true public servant who always advocated for his constituents and for Texans whose voices often go unheard. He mastered the details, built trust, fought hard, and earned respect. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to serve with him and to be his friend. #txlege
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ICYMI: @TexasTribune published our 2026 hotlist of the most competitive races for Congress & the Texas Legislature.
Lots of #txlege contests flying under the radar, in particular, w/ Senate & governor monopolizing things texastribune.org/2026/10/06/… via @ApurvaMahajan_ & @RenzoDowney
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It’s official Houston just dropped the greatest helmets the universe has ever seen
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So thankful for these guys helping out with knocking on doors!! Don’t forget, early voting starts October 19, make a plan now to go vote! #txlege #CantStopWontStop #ComeAndTakeIt
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🟡 VOTER ALERT: A @TxDPS database error kept approximately 178,000 Texas voter registrations, some dating back to October 2025, from ever reaching county election offices!
In typical unintended IT upgrade consequences, the DPS vendor Deloitte updated the voter registration system, and those automatic transfers stopped coming thru, and before you ask, YES, the Texas Secretary of State personnel should have also caught the lack of Voter Registrations, but they didn't!
On the positive side, the missing files were pushed through to the counties that update their Voter rolls, and in bipartisan unanimity are working on getting their rolls updated by Oct 5th. I've spoken directly with new @TXsecofstate Howden, and he is helping with the backlog by getting monies for the Counties if needed, and the backlog VR is being worked NOW.
Read @NataliaECG’s story now for more details. I had started asking oversight questions in June, as County election officials had been putting in the long hours even then into Voter Registration rolls, as they had issues with the State of Texas TEAM system and their vendor Civix.
So literally, work has to be done and I received a call from the State’s Largest Voter Registrar, Annette Ramirez @ElectAnnetteR saying they will have the updated roll done in time.
If you've had a major voter registration issue, comment now. I'll keep you posted on the progress of this Statewide Voter Registration Roll fix as it's important that we always maintain voter roll integrity.
Key GOP lawmaker says state should have caught error that delayed at least 178,000 Texas voter registrations
With @VotebeatUS: bit.ly/4yRvADR
Brandon Alderete retweeted
The Astros path to the ALCS is through two teams they have winning records against this season, the White Sox and the Guardians:
White Sox: 5-2
Guardians: 4-2
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The SEC says in a statement that the drop-kick onside kick recovered by Tennessee against Texas was "incorrectly officiated" and should have resulted in a 5-yard penalty against Tennessee.
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Okay Texas. You have one week to register to vote to be eligible for the Nov elections.
Think you are registered? Double check here to make sure. If you moved since the last election, update your address, especially if you are in a new county. goelect.txelections.civixapp…
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Paging @jamesrhenson: Need some snap polling on Trump’s favs in TX during this Texas v Tennessee game as the Secret Service screws with the game audio.
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New @CookPolitical: GOP on track to lose House majority as 15 race ratings shift towards Dems. Full analysis by @ercovey: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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Democratic nominee for Texas railroad commissioner @Jon_RosenthalTX says he and @bofrench campaign have agreed to a debate on October 22. @FOX4
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The life of a Tarrant County Republican #txlege candidate just got easier. Democrat Ericka Lomick has suspended her campaign for #HD93 against @Blaylock4texas in the R+10 district.
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Baylor football is wearing a six-year-old's artwork on their helmets today.
Her name is ILaria Ramirez. She is from Cameron, Texas.
She is a patient at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center.
Here is how it happened.
Baylor players went over to the children's hospital and sat down with the pediatric patients. Not a photo op, not a walk through and wave. They actually sat down at tables with the kids and drew together.
Blank Baylor Bear heads. Markers. Make it yours.
ILaria made hers pink and teal. She put a bear right in the middle of it.
And then she did two things that nobody told her to do.
She gave it a name. She called it the Helmet of Hope.
And she picked three words to go around the edge of it.
FAITH.
VICTORY.
STRENGTH.
A six-year-old chose those. Not a marketing department. Not a coach. Not her parents. Her.
Baylor took her drawing, turned it into a decal, and put it on every single helmet for today's Gold Rush game against Louisiana Tech.
Not a sticker on one guy's helmet. Not a patch on the sleeve.
Every player on the field wearing a first grader's bear on the side of their head.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and gold is the color for it worldwide. Baylor asked the entire stadium to wear gold today.
Head coach Dave Aranda on why:
"ILaria is one of us, and so we represent her and want her and her family to know that we're fighting along with her."
And linebacker Kyler Jordan, on what today actually is:
"Way bigger than football."
Here is the number that sits underneath all of this.
Nearly 1 in 285 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer before they turn 20.
One in 285. Before 20 years old.
Which means in a stadium that holds 45,000 people, the math says a few hundred of them have already been through some version of what ILaria is going through right now.
That is why the gold matters. That is why a helmet decal matters.
Somewhere in that building today there is a kid who knows exactly what a hospital room looks like, watching a Division I football team run out of the tunnel wearing a drawing made by a girl who is six.
FAITH. VICTORY. STRENGTH.
She picked those words herself.
