Category Archives: Election 2006

Orlando Sanchez is ready for his closeup. Harris County Republicans nominated Orlando Sanchez Monday to represent their party on the November ballot in the race for county treasurer. The winner of the fall race will replace Jack Cato, who died … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like Federal Judge Sam Sparks is a little skeptical of the scheme to replace Tom DeLay on the November ballot. “He is not going to participate in the election and he withdrew,” said U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Karl-T reports on a poll commissioned by John Courage. In a poll conducted by Lake Research Partners of 500 likely general election voters June 18-21, 2006, only 31% said that they would vote to re-elect Lamar Smith.(MoE +-4.4%) This is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Baytown Sun picks up on funny business by Rep. Ron Paul after it was pointed out by Shane Sklar. A Sklar release stated that Paul “triumphantly announced that Congress had passed hurricane relief funding and that (Paul) had worked … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Continuing in my series of interviews with local candidates, I bring you a Q&A with J. Goodwille Pierre, who is the Democratic candidate for County Clerk in Harris County. 1. Who are you and what are you running for? My … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we come down to the June 30 quarterly deadline for filing financial statements, you’ll be seeing a lot of efforts by candidates and their advocates to make their totals look as good as possible. Vince is kicking off such … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chet Edwards campaign is running a little fundraising drive for the end of the quarter called “Pass the Hat” for Chet. This was an expensive race in 2004, and with fewer takeover targets for the national and state GOP … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not at all surprised that Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman qualified for the ballot. Given the number of signatures they collected, the only question was how many of those sigs would be validated. What is a surprise is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you haven’t done so already, please go to the Forward Together PAC Map Changers page and give your support to the straight Texan ticket. Right now, Chris Bell is #2, and rumor has it that John Courage is just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s my nominee for Quote Of The Year, Unexpected Source division. Despite her protestations now, Bell said, Strayhorn once advocated privatizing the children’s Medicaid-eligibility system and changing rules for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, changes at least partly blamed for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From the “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss” files, we have a new contender for the GOP nomination for Harris County Treasurer: Former Harris County Treasurer Don Sumners. “It’s going to be a fight, but I’m up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was sent the following from Capitol Inside, which I pass along for your enlightenment: Republicans reaped the lion’s share of headlines but Democrats raised the most cash for Texas House and Senate campaigns during the special session on schools … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned the Mapchangers competition before. They’re on to Round Two, in which you can select up to five candidates from the East and West regions for the $5000 contribution from Forward Together PAC and a chance to have a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We may know as soon as Wednesday if the Texas Secretary of State has validated the petition signatures of Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman, thus giving them each a slot on the November gubernatorial ballot. Spokesman Scott Haywood said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg notes that the twenty-day period in which Governor Perry has to call an emergency special election to fill a Congressional vacancy is ticking away with no indication that one will be called. He wonders if there may be some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got a look at the state of the Libertarian Party in Texas over at Kuff’s World. Check it out. Continue reading →

Continuing with my program of Q&As with local judicial candidates, today I bring you Chuck Silverman: 1. Who are you and what are you running for? I am Chuck Silverman, a 46 year old native Texan and I’m running for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been remiss in not mentioning the entertaining blog Don’t Get Stapled before now. It’s written by a pseudonymous supporter of Democratic candidate for Agriculture Commissioner Hank Gilbert, whom I interviewed at the convention. You know how some candidates just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron throws a little love to the GOP precinct chairs of CD22 as they gear up to select a replacement for Tom DeLay. “We’ve been discovered,” said Harris County precinct chair Kathy Haigler. “We are the lowest level of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The lawsuit filed by the Texas Democratic Party to block the Republican Party of Texas from replacing Tom DeLay on the November ballot in CD22 has been moved to federal court. State Republicans filed papers Thursday to move from state … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As many of you know, ActBlue is the federal clearinghouse for donations to Democratic candidates, having channeled over $5.5 million to Dem contenders so far. But did you know, that with your help, you can activate it for Texas… for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We’re still a few weeks away from seeing the second quarter financial reports for campaigns, but there’s some good news for Chris Bell in the fundraising numbers from the special session. According to records filed Wednesday with the Texas Ethics … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nice little article here on HD126 contender Chad Khan. I’ve reprinted it beneath the fold since I have no idea how long these community newspaper links last. Khan’s a good candidate, and he’ll have the resources he needs to run … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t see the word “blog” anywhere on Chet Edwards‘ spiffily redesigned webpage, but it’s got a blog-like structure to it. Whatever you want to call it, it looks good. Check it out for yourself and see. Continue reading →

Via Houston Dems: Annie’s List has added HD133 candidate Kristi Thibaut to its ledger of endorsed candidates for State House. I’ve been a fan of Kristi’s for awhile now, so I consider this very good news. Among other things, Annie’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Coming out of the Dem convention, Chris Bell is taking aim at Carole Keeton Strayhorn for her many about-faces on different issues, such as CHIP. The following is from an article reprinted from the Rio Grande Guardian. When Gov. Rick … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dot Nelson-Turnier is the latest blogging candidate among the State Rep contenders, as she debuts Blue Notes from Dot. I’ve got a lot of respect for Dot for being the first Democrat since at least 1990 to run for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of this year was to do as many candidate interviews as I could. I’m off to a pretty good start so far, I think, and I hope to have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While everybody else was doing such a great job liveblogging, at which we all know I suck, I thought I’d try to pursue a more productive option. I spent yesterday interviewing a bunch of candidates. Here’s the full lineup: You … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Actual lawyer Bobby Warren takes a look at the lawsuit filed by the TDP over the attempt to replace Tom DeLay on the CD22 ballot and gives his analysis of its arguments. Check it out. Continue reading →

Here’s the Q&A I promised with Shane Sklar. I’ve gotten some feedback from people asking for stuff like this to be done in podcast form, with an RSS feed. I think that’s a great idea, and will work on it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I won’t have a whole lot of time for following regular news stories while I’m here, but I have to link to this story about the rousing round of ridicule Carole Keeton Strayhorn got for her bizarre request to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m about to leave for Fort Worth, so here’s the Chron story on the Democrats’ lawsuit temporarily injuncting the GOP against starting the process to replace Tom DeLay on the CD22 ballot. State District Judge Darlene Byrne of Austin, a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the chance to sit down and talk with HD134 candidate Ellen Cohen earlier this week. I’ve usually done email interviews in the past (this being the sole exception till now), but I’ve got a digital voice recorder now, … Continue reading → Continue reading →