Category Archives: Election 2006

Bell ordered to pay $300K to RGA

Ouch. Unsuccessful 2006 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell, once awarded $2 million in his lawsuit against the Republican Governors Association, has instead been ordered to pay the organization $300,000 in legal fees after losing on appeal. The case dates to … Continue reading

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Bell lawsuit award against RGA tossed by appeals court

Some old history got raked up recently. An attorney for failed 2006 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell is considering appealing a state appeals court’s decision to throw out a $2 million award to Bell in a lawsuit where Bell contended … Continue reading

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Bell scores $2 million verdict against RGA

Chris Bell racks up his second legal victory related to a lawsuit stemming from the 2006 Governor’s race. A state district judge Tuesday ruled that the Republican Governors Association violated state campaign finance laws and ordered it to pay Chris … Continue reading

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Perry settles lawsuit with Bell

The settlement in the lawsuit by Chris Bell against the Rick Perry campaign over allegations of illegal campaign contributions to Perry by the Republican Governors Association (RGA) is now official. Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign paid $426,000 to former Democratic challenger … Continue reading

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The Kinky/Strayhorn effect

As I did my analysis of the Latino vote in the 2006 election, it occurred to me that I had stumbled across a framework for trying to understand what the effect was of Kinky Friedman and Carole Keeton Strayhorn’s candidacies … Continue reading

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Rick Perry and the Latino vote, part 3

Having looked at the 2002 election last week, I turn my attention now to 2006. This presents a number of challenges, thanks to the bizarre four-way contest that was the Governor’s race. In all my previous work on the 2006 … Continue reading

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Settlement reached in Bell lawsuit against Perry

Texas Watchdog: A 2007 lawsuit alleging Texas Gov. Rick Perry unlawfully hid $1 million in illegal campaign contributions has been settled in a confidential agreement, a lawyer connected to the case said Friday. The case was filed by Chris Bell, … Continue reading

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Straight ticket voting trends

One last look at partisan voting trends this decade, with a peek at how straight ticket voting has changed over time. This one is a bit trickier to determine, since it’s not tracked by the Secretary of State. You have … Continue reading

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Population and voting trends: 2002 and 2006 judicial elections, Part II

In the previous entry, I said there was another way we could compare the 2002 and 2006 statewide judicial elections to get a feel for how partisan voting patterns changed at the county level. Turns out that the two Democratic … Continue reading

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Population and voting trends: 2002 and 2006 judicial elections, Part I

For the next entry in this series, we’re going to look at how county returns changed from 2002 to 2006 in statewide judicial races in Texas. Again, I’m using judicial races here because they tend to reflect straight partisan preference … Continue reading

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IRS complaint filed against Perry-backing foundation

Interesting. A project to mobilize faith-based voters to support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage may have illegally served Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the Internal Revenue Service. The Texas Freedom Network, a … Continue reading Continue reading

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“No ducking truth behind Perry’s gift”

From the weekend, the Statesman lays out the issue of Rick Perry’s RGA troubles. Even by Texas standards, the Republican Governors Association’s argument that it isn’t a political committee is absurd. Not only absurd, it’s obscene. Just before last year’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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NASA chief rebuked for DeLay endorsement

You may recall back in March that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin stirred up some trouble when he gave a public address that included an exhortation to the audience to keep Tom DeLay in office. This is because of the Hatch … Continue reading Continue reading

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Janette Sexton

I’m not sure why this has come up right now, but both Perry and Stace are using the case of Janette Sexton in HD144 to make a point in a larger argument about who did and didn’t do what to … Continue reading Continue reading

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CD29 results thread

I’m following the CD29 results here. The folks who are embedded with the DiNovo campaign are doing the same here and here. With all of Matagorda and about half of Brazoria in, the standings are here, and K-T’s assessment at … Continue reading Continue reading

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HD29 special election today

Today is the day for the last election of 2006, the special election in HD29 to fill the seat of the late Rep. Glenda Dawson. I’ve got a writeup on it over at Kuff’s World, and to that I’ll add … Continue reading Continue reading

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No love from the National Journal

Last Thursday, I blogged about how the National Journal twice quoted an incorrect assertion that Tom DeLay’s 2003 re-redistricting netted the GOP a mere two seats. PerryVsWorld has also blogged about this – though I disagree about his assessment of … Continue reading Continue reading

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One more to go: HD29

The last election of 2006 (but not necessarily the last election of this cycle) will take place on Tuesday. It’s the special election for HD29 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of State Rep. Glenda Dawson. There … Continue reading Continue reading

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Williamson County election update

Eye on Williamson brings the latest news about the major voting problems they had in that county this year. Williamson County officials took a major step Thursday to restore residents’ trust in the voting system after numerous problems in the … Continue reading Continue reading

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DeLay’s net gain

Long as I’m in a quibbling mood, I need to point out an error in this Hotline post about CD23. [Congressional guru Rich] Cohen also makes one other point. This is now the second seat in TX this cycle that … Continue reading Continue reading

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Ciro wins!

Wow. U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla conceded defeat to former congressman Ciro Rodriguez in a stunning upset that completed the Democratic takeover of Congress. The Republican incumbent lost Bexar County for the first time in his political career Tuesday night, and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Clinton and Cisneros

Were you not able to be in San Antonio for the get-out-the-vote rally with Bill Clinton and Henry Cisneros? Have no fear, PM Bryant was there, and he’s got pictures and video from the event for you. A quick review … Continue reading Continue reading

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HD29 weekend activities

CD23 isn’t the only election going on this month – the special election to fill the vacant HD29 is Tuesday, December 19, with early voting going on Monday through Friday of next week. There’s phonebanking and blockwalking going on this … Continue reading Continue reading

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CD23 roundup

Lots of stuff happening in the CD23 runoff as early voting draws to an end. Here’s a link dump for you so you can keep up: Henry Bonilla goes very negative amid rumors that his lead over Ciro Rodriguez is … Continue reading Continue reading

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SurveyUSA says: Bonilla leads by seven

We have a poll for the runoff. In a runoff election today, 12/4/06, in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla appears to edge Democrat Ciro Rodriguez, 53% to 46%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WOAI-TV … Continue reading Continue reading

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The HDCC

BOR has done a series of posts on how the Dems made gains in this last election cycle. The latest entry gives props to the least well known of the factors, the House Democratic Campaign Committee, or HDCC. Check it … Continue reading Continue reading

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The best and worst of 2006

Vince has put together a Best and Worst of 2006 survey that’s worth checking out. I just finished filling in my responses – click on the More link to see what I entered., or click here to see PDiddie’s. Continue reading

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Precinct analysis: The overachievers

Continuing with my series of reports on how Harris County candidates did this year, I’d like to focus on three State Rep candidates who clearly exceeded the baseline Democratic performance of their districts. We’ll start in HD129, where Sherrie Matula … Continue reading Continue reading

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Richmond Rail Effect followup

There seems to be some confusion about what I was trying to show with my posts on the Richmond Rail Effect from this past election. I think way more is being made about what I said and what the data … Continue reading Continue reading

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Richmond rail effect revisited

I have four things to say about this Chron article regarding the Richmond rail issue and its possible effects on the Wong-Cohen race: 1. I covered this exact topic more than two weeks ago, both here and at Kuff’s World. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Follow the bouncing election dates

As we have seen, the runoff dates for CD23 and HD29 are a week apart, with CD23 coming first on December 12. That date, which is the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe for Catholics, has drawn complaints by Latino … Continue reading Continue reading

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Precinct analysis: One more thing about Danno

Didn’t quite get the chance to do the next writeup that I have in mind, but in the course of noodling around with it, I found another nice little illustration of why Dan Patrick was not exactly all that and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cuellar backs Ciro

Maybe this has something to do with his rumored interest in the 2008 Senate race and maybe it doesn’t, but I for one am glad to see Rep. Henry Cuellar bury the hatchet and get behind Ciro Rodriguez in his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Precinct analysis: SD07

I was going to save this one for later, but given the mostly fawning profile that just ran in the Statesman, plus my own recent tweaking of him, I suppose now is as good a time as any to analyze … Continue reading Continue reading

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