Category Archives: Election 2006

Tomorrow is the big fundraiser for Jim Henley: Jim Henley Fundraiser and Film Screening featuring The Hunting of the President with special guest Susan McDougal Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:00 PM at River Oaks Theater Ticket Prices: Reserved $100 Preferred … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Couple of news items of interest regarding everyone’s favorite political chameleon, Carole Keeton Strayhorn. First, a little backscratching on taxes. In early June, a lawyer and an accountant who represent businesses challenging taxes collected by state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Continuing with my series of Q&As with local judicial candidates, today I bring you Leora T. Kahn. 1. Who are you and what are you running for? I am Leora T. Kahn, the Democratic Candidate for Justice, Fourteenth Court of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t see it on the news wires as I draft this, but according to Paul Burka, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the appeal of Judge Sam Sparks’ ruling on the DeLay ballot replacement lawsuit on Monday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From Zogby Interactive, via Damon, here are some more numbers on the Texas governor’s race: Perry: 38.3% (+0.6 since June/no change since January) Bell: 20.8% (+1.1/+2.9) Kinky: 20.7% (+3.2/+6.3) Strayhorn: 11% (-3.1/-9.5) I’ll be blunt: Even with the litigation follies, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a chance to speak with Nick Lampson over the weekend. I’d done a previous interview with him at the Democratic convention in Fort Worth on more general topics (MP3 of that is here), so this time I thought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I couldn’t tune in to last night’s blogger conference call with David Van Os, but when people like Vince participate, I can still feel like I was there. Other callers include The Muse, Bay Area Houston, Houston Dems, and Half … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For those of you up in the northern part of Harris County who are looking for some Democratic campaign activity in their area, Stace has a couple of announcements for you. You can attend some town hall meetings with Dot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron has a strongly worded editorial about the recent attempts by Harris County GOP Chair Jared Woodfill and Attorney General Greg Abbott to influence the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the DeLay ballot replacement lawsuit. Unfortunately, some politicians … Continue reading → Continue reading →

HouStoned, the new Houston Press blog, has a chat with Chris Bell today. It’s mostly about environmental issues, so it’s got good timing. Check it out. Continue reading →

The conventional wisdom is that a candidate who feels comfortable about his or her odds of being elected, especially against a lesser-funded opponent, should avoid mentioning that opponent in public. If that’s the case, then Rep. John Carter is getting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I noted before that HD138 incumbent Dwayne Bohac reported zero cash on hand as of June 30. I’m still not sure what that’s about, but whatever it is, it’s also the case that he’s been out-fundraised through the midyear point … Continue reading → Continue reading →

All things considered, I suppose this isn’t too surprising. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott plans to ask the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that Republicans cannot replace former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tomorrow at midnight PDT is the deadline to vote in the Barbara Boxer PAC for Change competition. If you haven’t registered and cast a ballot for Barbara Radnofsky yet, you’ve got two days to do it. Every dollar coming into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The headline for this article is more than a bit misleading. Texas Democrats put on a show of party unity at their state convention last month, but at least two of their statewide nominees have been cozying up to independent … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I missed the press conference today (Vince has the highlights), but the Chris Bell campaign is rolling out its environmental platform this week. Have we ever had a serious discussion of environmental issues in a statewide campaign? Off the top … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now this is a candidate profile. He doesn’t have anywhere near the political experience, name recognition or financial backing his opponent, a 20-year veteran of congress has, but according to David Harris, D-Arlington, he may just be the change the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t think I can come up with an intro that could live up to this, so I’m just going to come right out and tell you that the Harris County GOP is pushing an online petition to “send a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Awhile back, I along with a number of my fellow Texas progressive bloggers, asked you for some help getting ActBlue activated for Texas state races. You did that, and now I’m pleased to say that ActBlue is now available for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now that most of the finance reports have been filed and posted for state candidates, let’s take a look at some of the State Rep races in Harris County: Dist Candidate Contrib Expense Tot Cash ============================================== 126 C Khan 9,146 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re tired of campaign finance reports, then head over to Kuff’s World, where I’ve finally delivered on my long-promised analysis of HD133. Lots more numbers, of course, but at least they don’t have dollar signs in front of them. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jim Henley, the Democratic candidate for Congress in CD07. Here it is, for your listening pleasure: Link for the MP3 file is here. At this point, I’ve interviewed just about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve taken the results of the FEC Summary Search Reports query for Texas candidates and put it into a spreadsheet for convenience and future reference. It’s mostly up to date as I draft this, though the Senatorials are all still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From yesterday, a look at the petition signing efforts for independent gubernatorial candidates Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman in Harris County. Overall in Harris County, Strayhorn outdid Friedman by collecting 37,739 signatures to Friedman’s 19,117, according to data provided … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Finally…I still don’t know why I can’t find it through a summary report search, but here’s DeLay’s report for the second quarter: This Period Cycle-To-Date 6. Net Contributions (other than loans) (a) Total Contributions (other than loans) 11981.00 3711330.03 (b) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via email from his campaign manager, Shane Sklar‘s report has been amended to show $118K cash on hand, not $113K. He still trails Ron Paul by a fair amount, but Paul’s own fundraising prowess has not been too impressive. Also … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Candidates in state races have the same July 17 reporting deadline as federal candidates. While the FEC reports are starting to come in, the Texas Ethics Commission reports are arriving at a much slower rate so far. The TEC search … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just a few bits and pieces from the second quarter FEC filings as they trickle in. All results as of June 30. I’m sure he won’t have any problems raising more dough, but it’s still surprising to see John Culberson … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And another Democratic challenger checks in with a big fundraising total for the second quarter – Ellen Cohen raked in over $200K between April 1 and June 30, bringing her grand total to over $372K. Almost 70% of that total … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Republican Party of Texas had better hope for a favorable outcome from their appeal of Judge Sparks’ ruling in the DeLay ballot replacement lawsuit, because DeLay himself says he can’t be the candidate. Today on Fox, DeLay was asked … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kristi Thibaut, who had a nice fundraising haul this past quarter, is looking for some blockwalk volunteers this weekend. Please come out and help Kristi on Saturday if you have the time. Councilmember Ronald Green, Richard Garcia (candidate for Harris … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One Litigious Grandma is wearing out a path to the courthouse. Independent candidate for governor Carole Keeton Strayhorn sued the Texas secretary of state today in her attempt to have the nickname “Grandma” listed along with her full name on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Nick Lampson juggernaut continues apace. Nick Lampson, the Democrat who faced former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on the November ballot until DeLay resigned, has raised more than $600,000 during the most recent reporting period, bringing his total raised to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It didn’t quite go as I hoped, but I can’t complain. After an exciting few weeks the MapChangers contest has come to a close. More than 9,000 people voted over the course of the contest, casting 18,500 votes. In a … Continue reading → Continue reading →