Category Archives: Election 2008

Eye on Williamson brings word that Diana Maldonado, currently a trustee with the Round Rock ISD, will challenge State Rep. Mike Krusee in HD52. This is a top-tier pickup opportunity for Democrats, as Krusee, who has made himself a target … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fundraising is of course an important aspect of running a campaign. As we know, Rick Noriega has done pretty well in that department so far (and as we also know, you are powerless to resist clicking on that link whenever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What’s the over/under on how many votes this guy gets in next March’s GOP Senate primary? [Larry] Kilgore, of Mansfield, doesn’t say what state he plans to run in (he has endorsements from a legislator in Montana and a congressional … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s tough to pick the most wrong thing from John Cornyn’s Q&A with the Statesman, but it’s easy enough to pick the most poignant: Q. Will you ask the president to appear with you on the campaign trail? A. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Republicans finally have someone besides Shelley Sekula Gibbs to try to challenge Nick Lampson – State Rep. Robert Talton says he’s in for CD22. State Rep. Robert Talton is giving up his seat to run in the increasingly crowded … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s been one month since folks like me who support Rick Noriega for Senate first launched a drive to get 800 donors to Rick’s campaign by the end of the quarter on September 30. As of this one-month anniversary, some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like we here in Texas aren’t the only ones who want to give Karl Rove a warm welcome back to Texas. Howie Klein, Firedoglake, and others associated with the Blue America 08 PAC all joined in to give the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Grits raises a question he’s asked before, which is “Will we have good candidates to run for the Court of Criminal Appeals”, also known as Texas’ worst court? Somebody with experience or name ID would be good, but in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, if Karl Rove is coming back to Texas, I think the least we can do is to make him feel welcome once he’s here. I think justice would never be more poetic if Rove were to return to Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vince has a followup to the rent-a-protester story from the other day, which was picked up by the Galveston media on Saturday. I got the same comment he did, and I like his response. Check it out. Continue reading →

Fort Worth City Council Member Wendy Davis, one of two potential candidates to run against vulnerable State Sen. Kim Brimer, has resigned her Council seat and announced her intention to run next year. Davis has represented the city’s District 9 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Go here to read about the newest Blue America beneficiary – and ask him a few questions while you’re there – Rick Noriega. See why everyone who’s met him is thrilled about his candidacy: Rick wants to end Bush’s wars … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just a reminder that Rick Noriega will be chatting on Firedoglake at 1 PM Central time today. They’ve caught a case of Noriega fever at FDL, as well they should. I’m looking forward to Rick’s interaction with that crowd, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is almost too funny. Protesters hired by an unknown party attempted [Thursday night] to disrupt a Galveston fund-raiser for State District Judge Susan Criss, who is running for Texas Supreme Court. Criss [was] holding a campaign kickoff event at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s hard out there for a Republican, says Attorney General Greg Abbott. Abbott spoke before a packed house at a meeting of the Galveston Island Pachyderm Club, Texas’ largest chapter. He noted that in the 2006 elections, Dallas County, historically … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wow. This guy makes the case for Rick Noriega better than I can. One of the top Hispanic Republicans in the nation says he cannot support U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the next election because of the position Texas’ junior … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may have seen Matt Glazer’s announcement of the creation of the Texas Blog PAC. I’m on the board of this PAC, and I intend to do what I can to help it raise the money to help elect enough … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Long as we’re speaking about Fort Worth legislative possibilities, the Star Telegram reports the identities of the two potential candidates for SD10 next year. Word has it that a couple of local Democrats are considering challenging Republican state Sen. Kim … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now hear this: Mikal Watts has a lot of money, and he’s not afraid to use it. Attorney Mikal Watts has the wealth to wage a Senate race in Texas, reporting in financial disclosure forms that he earned $40 million … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The latest addition to the Blue America 08 PAC suite of candidates is none other than Rick Noriega. Blue America raised over $540,000 for the candidates it supported in 2006, and has already taken in another $56,000 for its 2008 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the privilege of being with Rick Noriega all day yesterday at YearlyKos. Netroots rock star! I got the photos . . . Rick liveblogs at Daily Kos during YKC07. He got on the recommended diary list FAST! He … Continue reading → Continue reading →

All of a sudden, the news is full of primary challenges for various legislative seats in Texas. We’ll start with SD11, where Sen. Mike Jackson now has more to worry about than just Joe Jaworski. From QR, via Vince: Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rick Noriega paid a visit to Yearly Kos today and blogged about it here. Lots of positive responses to him there, which is no surprise to anyone who’s met Rick. You sometimes hear about candidates who have Elvis in them, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Judge Susan Criss, the “blogging judge” who’s also a candidate for the State Supreme Court, has revamped her website in preparation for her planned statewide run. Sure seems like there’s a lot of Democrats out there who are already pretty … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rick Noriega was down in the Rio Grande Valley, and had a few sharp words for John Cornyn while he was there. Noriega joked that he ought to come down more often to the Valley, so that the region gets … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vince gives us a three-part interview with Senate District 11 candidate (and strong fundraiser) Joe Jaworski. This race represents a not-too-common opportunity for a pickup in the Senate, which would give the Democrats a little breathing room. Part I: Joe … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week, a fellow named Quico Canseco, who hopes to be the Republican candidate in CD23 against Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, sent out a press release saying he’d raised the eye-popping total of $566,000 for the last quarter (see The Walker … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Why is it so important to stop John Cornyn? Among many other reasons, it’s the company he keeps. HARLINGEN — The first to arrive was a woman delivering a flower arrangement about 2 p.m. Friday. About a half hour later, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Haven’t heard Rick Noriega speak? Those of you who are up early on Saturday, hop in the car and go to the West Houston Democrats meeting. Rick is the speaker and you are sure to be inspired by his vision … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You know, there’s been an awful lot of attention paid lately to all the wackiness in CD22, thanks in no small part to one of the wannabees for that office. As entertaining as that has been, some of us in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you read that Texas Lawyer article I linked to earlier, you know that there’s a lot of action already by both parties here in Harris County for the 2008 elections. You also got to meet one of the Democrats … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While Rick Noriega was making his announcement yesterday, the Republicans were not sitting idle. The Austin Chronicle describes the kickoff of their “Victory 2008” campaign in Austin. It was scarcely an ebullient exercise. In one of the smaller conference rooms … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday was the day Rick Noriega made his official announcement that he was forming an exploratory committee to run for Senate. Here’s a roundup of news coverage and related links. News coverage: Texas Politics blog Texas Politics blog again (both … Continue reading → Continue reading →