Category Archives: Election 2006

Bob Dunn does a little sleuthing to divine who might be in a strong position to become the Chosen One to replace Tom DeLay as the Republican nominee in CD22 by the Gang of Four precinct chair committee. Naturally, he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday, I received information about an encouraging poll done in CD14 by the Shane Sklar campaign. I’ve written about it and posted the memo they sent me over at Kuff’s World. Continue reading →

David Harris writes about Net Neutrality and the role that his opponent, Smokey Joe Barton, is playing in trying to kill it. Check it out. Elsewhere in the good reading department, MyDD reminds us that there’s still action to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Chad Khan, the Democrat running for the open HD126 seat now held by Republican Peggy Hamric, is hosting a breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, May 20, at 8 AM. The location is 4503 El Salvador, which is near 1960 and Veterans’ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn had her day in court yesterday, arguing that Secretary of State Roger Williams needs to get cracking on petition signature verification. [Attorney Buck] Wood told U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel that Strayhorn has not turned the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In March, Carole Keeton Strayhorn filed a lawsuit against Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams to force him to start counting and verifying ballot petition signatures as they came in and not all at once beginning on May 11, which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s the latest from Kuff’s World, on the race in HD134 between State Rep. Martha Wong and Democratic challenger Ellen Cohen. Also, here’s a post on the latest Congressional blogger, Rep. Silvestre Reyes of El Paso. Check ’em out. Continue reading →

David Harris writes about immigration policy as a national security issue, while Eric from Wampum adds some perspective from a Native American viewpoint. Meanwhile, Barbara Radnofsky is writing again on Capitol Annex, this time on the subject of funding for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jim Henley, Democratic candidate for Congress in CD07, is having a grand opening of his campaign headquarters this weekend. Volunteers and Supporters: Please join us at the opening of the Henley for Congress Campaign Headquarters in Rice Village! When: Sunday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Chris Bell has asked Travis County DA Ronnie Earle to investigate “whether Texans for Taxpayer Relief’s radio ads constitute an in-kind officeholder contribution illegally paid for by corporate funds that Rick Perry and his representatives appear to have helped raise.” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First noted over the weekend, the story of Rep. John Carter getting his picture taken in Iraq with the son of Mary Beth Harrell, his opponent in November, made it to the Washington Post on Wednesday. Vast numbers of lawmakers … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got to hand it to the Lone Star Project. They do come up with some original angles on current events. It has been more than 100 years since a Congressional District has been left without a Congressman for longer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’ve got the time for only one political event this week in Houston, this is the one to go to: The Houston Democratic Forum invites you to a General Meeting and Discussion with special guest Ellen Cohen Candidate for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Red State brings the latest round of news on Juan Garcia: a visit from his Harvard Law classmate Sen. Barack Obama, and a glowing column from Carlos Guerra. It’s a rare State Rep campaign that can get this kind … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There was some good feedback to this post on the odds of Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik getting as much as 20% of the vote in CD10 this year. I was going to reply in the comments, but got a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Friday Chron story on the latest entrants and non-entrants into the CD22 mix includes this update on how the selection process is going. Fort Bend County GOP Chairman Eric Thode wants to poll Republican voters to see if there’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since I promised something to say on the latest Rasmussen poll of the Texas Governor’s race, let me go ahead and say a few words. First, the numbers: Rick Perry (R) 40% Chris Bell (D) 17% Carole Keeton Strayhorn 19% … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On the one hand: Friedman, Strayhorn think past 45,540 The gubernatorial campaigns of independent candidates Kinky Friedman and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn said Monday they are on track to getting the 45,540 signatures they need to get onto the general … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fort Bend Now is first on the scene with the news that Harris County Judge Robert Eckels will not be a candidate for CD22. “It looks like I can do a whole lot more with the issues that are important … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rep. John Carter got listed in the 2006 Pig Book by Citizens Against Government Waste for his inclusion of a $6.8 million earmark for a fitness center at Fort Hood, even though that base already has six other fitness centers. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Swing State Project and Chuck Todd are talking about how strong the Democrats have been nationally in recruiting second-tier candidates for Congress, which is to say those candidates who will be in a position to ride any kind of national … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sen. Frank Madla, defeated in the Democratic primary by Carlos Uresti, will resign his seat as of May 31. Making “the decision to depart at this time was not easy,” Madla said in his letter. “However, after many hours of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We’ve all been reading articles on who the likely contenders for the Democratic and Republican nominations for President will be in 2008. Well, it turns out that not just the major parties have jockeying going on for those coveted positions. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In addition to the Russ Feingold event for John Courage, you lucky duckies in and around Austin will have several other cool things to see and do this coming week. Houston Democrats has the details. Check it out. Continue reading →

Anna is giving us all a blast from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s past, in the form of various news accounts circa 1993 and 1994, when KBH was first campaigning to be a Senator. All stories contain some variation on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg takes a long and well-deserved victory lap over the primary runoff win for Borris Miles. Read it for a good insider’s account of what went on in that campaign. One point to highlight: Obviously, I’m glad we won as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I mentioned the CD17 race between Rep. Chet Edwards and challenger Van Taylor in that last post. Taylor just had himself a big fundraiser in Waco, but it was not as big as he might have liked despite the presence … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Couple of Congressional fundraising notes to pass along: Shane Sklar will be in Washington, DC, on May 3 for a fundraiser hosted by a raft of current and former Congressfolk. Here’s a partial lineup, from the email I got: Honorable … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The bad news is that Francine Busby did not outperform the Democratic index in California’s 50th CD yesterday. She got about 44%, which is an improvement over her performance against Duke Cunninghamn in 2004, but nothing to write home about. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rounding up what happened yesterday… Radnofsky wins Radnofsky received about 60 percent of the vote against San Antonio retiree Gene Kelly, who shares the same name as a late movie star. Radnofsky, a mediation specialist at Vinson & Elkins, said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Borris Miles wins by a not-as-close-as-I-expected 53.5-46.5% margin. I was there till almost 11 at his party, and the place was packed and raucous. More in the morning, but damn, was that fun. Barbara Radnofsky’s win was much less suspenseful … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m about to head out to what I hope will be victory parties for Borris Miles and Barbara Radnofsky here in town. Despite the screwup in Maverick County (which hasn’t had its early votes reported yet), things look excellent early … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vince and BOR are the first to report this: The Democratic primary runoff ballot in Maverick County, where Eagle Pass is, did not contain Barbara Radnofsky‘s name on it. Instead, it had the names of the other two candidates, Gene … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I haven’t really written about it before, but today is also the day of the special election in the San Diego area to replace the convicted felon and Republican former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham in California’s 50th CD. MyDD has … Continue reading → Continue reading →