Lt. Governor-elect Vikki Goodwin introduces bipartisan transition team
Goodwin's team includes two former Republican state senators.
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Jack is as passionate about reporting today as he was when he first began his broadcast journalism career about 35 years ago.
He covers politics for CBS News Texas and hosts the weekly show Eye On Politics, which airs at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas Channel 11 and is streamed through the CBS News app and Pluto TV at the same time.
Jack joined CBS News Texas in September 2003.
He regularly interviews Republican and Democratic elected officials, and interviewed Joe Biden when he ran for President in 2020 and former President Donald Trump in 2018 and when he was a candidate in 2016.
While Jack loves covering politics, he has also worked on investigative stories and covered numerous hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.
He won an Emmy Award for his investigative report on DFW Airport spending, and Texas Associated Press awards for his stories about the previous indictments against former Governor Rick Perry, his coverage of the federal courts in Dallas and his weather coverage.
Before moving to North Texas, Jack reported for television stations in Orlando, Southern California, Fort Myers-Naples and Utica, New York.
He began his journalism career in Syracuse, where he was an anchor and reporter at WHEN-AM.
Jack has been happily married for more than 30 years to Amy, who is a former morning news anchor at radio station KLIF-AM in Dallas. They are the proud parents of two amazing daughters.
Jack and Amy both graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
While they still bleed Orange, they love Texas and are happy to call the Lone Star State home.
Goodwin's team includes two former Republican state senators.
Republicans maintain their majority in the Texas Senate, and as the new President of the Senate, Goodwin said she will reach across the aisle.
She is among the Texas Democrats who rode a blue wave last Tuesday night and unseated Republicans, including three-term Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.
The Houston Democrat could make history in January.
Texas lawmakers have increased the amount of religious expression and Christianity in Texas classrooms.
The transition of power in Austin is underway after Gina Hinojosa's win Tuesday night ousted incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott.
"It's not enough just to win an election," said Kendall Scudder, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party.
Various data analysts are predicting a record turnout in Texas for the midterm election.
The race will be key in deciding control of the Senate come January.
AdImpact Politics reports that when you add up the amount of ad spending in both the general election and the primaries, the Texas Senate race is now the most expensive non-presidential race on record — with ad spending reaching $544.5 million.
Vance urged Republicans to turn out for Ken Paxton, taking aim at Democrat James Talarico as concerns grow over GOP participation in early voting.
Voters with a history of casting ballots in Democratic primaries hold an early advantage in Tarrant County and statewide, but Republican leaders expect to close the gap by Election Day.
The Texas Secretary of State said more than 4.2 million Texans cast ballots during the first six days of early voting.
The latest CBS News poll showed Talarico leading 51% to 49%, well within the margin for error.
Head of Data Science at VoteHub, said the Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton attracts a lot of attention not only in Texas.