Republican

Disclosure: This analysis was researched and written with the assistance of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. All candidate information was sourced from public reporting, campaign websites, editorial board interviews, and polling data. The persuasion scoring reflects the author’s editorial judgment applied through an AI-assisted workflow. Voters should verify claims independently before casting a ballot. I just finished scoring every candidate in every contested race on both the Republican and Democratic primary ballots for Dallas County. Same methodology for both: two independent 1–10 scales measuring how much each candidate relies on facts/data versus feelings/emotions. Now that both ballots are done, patterns jump out. The two primaries are operating in different universes — different emotional registers, different power dynamics, different relationships with money. Here’s what I found. ...

Disclosure: This analysis was researched and written with the assistance of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. All candidate information was sourced from public reporting, campaign websites, editorial board interviews, and polling data. The persuasion scoring reflects the author’s editorial judgment applied through an AI-assisted workflow. Voters should verify claims independently before casting a ballot. The March 3, 2026 Texas Republican Primary ballot for Dallas County is packed — 12 contested races with 47 candidates total. I went through my sample ballot (Precinct 166), researched every candidate in every contested race, and scored them on how much they rely on facts and data versus feelings and emotions to make their case. The methodology is simple: two independent 1–10 scales. A candidate can score high on both (a skilled communicator who uses data and stirs emotion) or low on both (a quiet campaign with little public presence). The scores come from reviewing campaign websites, public statements, news coverage, editorial board interviews, and advertising. ...