Category Archives: Election 2006

Via Greg in TX22 and Right of Texas comes the news that the Libertarian Party has a candidate with some name recognition to run in CD22: Bob Smither. The engineering consultant is known for the tragic case that involved the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Barbara Radnofsky is guest-blogging again at Capitol Annex, while her campaign manager Seth puts in a few words on her behalf at Wampum. As unhappy as I was that she did not win the Senate nomination outright on Primary Day, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Greg in TX22 comes this Congressional Quarterly piece that explains wingnut Steve Stockman’s intended entry into the CD22 race as an independent. Executive summary: He aims to win. Though Stockman says he is running to win, most observers are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Carole Keeton Strayhorn has filed suit over how Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams (a Perry appointee) plans to verify signatures on her petition for ballot access. Texas Comptroller Strayhorn and satirist Kinky Friedman each need to gather 45,540 valid … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The headline pretty much says it all: Lobbyists organize Patrick fundraiser. State Senate nominee Dan Patrick, who blasted an opponent in the recent Republican primary for taking contributions from lobbyists, is having a fundraising reception in Austin next week, hosted … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Greg, I see that State Rep. Al Edwards is claiming to have the endorsement of Texas Democratic Party Chair Charles Soechting for the April 11 runoff. While it’s not unheard of for a state party chair to get involved … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From Glen Maxey, via Patrick Franklin: Exciting New Tool: Requests for Mail Ballots Made Simple Help Barbara Radnofsky or your favorite local run-off candidate in the Democratic Primary Run-Off ! Here’s a great tool that has been developed to assist … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is not encouraging. Tom Green County Republican Party Chairman Dennis McKerley suspended the recount of the County Court-at-Law No. 2 race about 1:30 p.m. after seeking advice from the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, which suggested shutting down the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nice article in the Observer about the Texas Parent PAC and its rather impressive debut in the March primaries. One thing to highlight: In addition to sponsoring the five pro-voucher challengers, Leininger funded a second entity, the Future of Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Barbara Radnofsky will hold an event at her new campaign headquarters on Friday, at which several candidates and officeholders, including gubernatorial nominee Chris Bell, will formally endorse her for the runoff. I got a robocall from the Radnofsky campaign last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you live in the Houston area and have not had the opportunity to meet Shane Sklar yet, there’s going to be a fundraiser for him next week. Here are the details: You Are Cordially Invited To A Fundraiser For … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dan Patrick, Republican nominee for SD7, is back on the air thanks to the generosity of his general election opponents. Federal Communications Commission rules require Patrick to give equal airtime to his opponents if he continues his show after filing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meant to blog about this sooner, but you know how it goes: You may recall our open letter to Roger Owen, the nutball anti-gay candidate in CD01. If it wasn’t clear in that post, Vince Leibowitz did email him a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As you know, one of the runoff elections on April 11 will be in HD146 between longterm incumbent and key Craddick lieutanant Al Edwards and challenger Borris Miles. The primary was hard-fought, with Edwards winning a solid majority in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

At this point, I don’t know if the rumors about Bob Gammage throwing his support to Carole Keeton Strayhorn will turn out to be true or not. But I do know this: If that does happen, then those obituaries I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Confusion over health insurance leaves children suffering Three-year-old Ryla Woodard spent a weekend in the hospital earlier this year when she broke out in a rash, her fever spiked to 103 and doctors diagnosed her with mononucleosis. Just days later … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former State Supreme Court Justic Steven Smith, trying to win back a seat on the bench but losing a close primary contest to inexperienced Perry appointee Don Willet, has formally requested detailed election data pertaining to the vote count problems … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Inspired by this Kos post on the effect of early money in some netroots-supported races of late, a Kos diarist named New Sweden wrote this piece about Shane Sklar in CD14. The comment thread is also worthwhile – see here … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was pretty sure this was going to happen, but it’s nice to see anyway, especially this far out from the start of early voting: Al Bennett, former challenger in the Democratic primary in HD146, has endorsed Borris Miles in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nice to see everyone getting along so well in CD22. The three Republicans who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) in a recent primary either are saying they will not endorse him in the general election or are waiting to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may recall the adventures of Roger Owen, now the Democratic nominee for CD01 in East Texas, during the primaries – see here and here for a refresher. Now that he is the nominee, a few of us bloggers thought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You needed an excuse to visit Drexler’s BBQ, right? Well, here you go: Meet and hear David Van Os at his Houston “Whistlestop”. Enjoy Texas BBQ and listen to music by David Rovics (“The Musical Version of Democracy Now” according … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may recall that Primary Day results in Webb County were delayed due to voting machine problems. Yesterday, the Laredo County Commissioner’s Court held a hearing on this, and it got a bit heated. When Chris Moody, the Texas director … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was forwarded an email about a fundraiser for Missouri Senate candidate Claire McCaskill earlier today. I could whine about Texas being everybody’s donor state, but this happens all the time around the country. Besides, McCaskill is a strong candidate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Time once again to look at reasons why the upcoming special session on school finance is going to be a barnburner. The Express News hits most of the high notes here. “Collegiality is strained,” said veteran Rep. Pat Haggerty, R-El … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fighting Jay Lee (none more surly than he) makes a great suggestion: I was having a brief conversation this weekend with respected man about town, Bill Shirley, and the conversation turned as it will to politics and podcasting. While we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First reported by QR, it’s now in the papers: State Rep. Carter Casteel has officially requested a recount in her close loss to Leininger-bot Nathan Macias. While she doubts the recount will find her the winner, Casteel said she decided … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m feeling a little better today about the runoff in the Senate primary than I did on Thursday. Runoffs generally come down to who can turn out their supporters better, and on that score only Barbara Radnofsky will even be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The headline on today’s Chron piece – “Beating Perry uphill battle” – elicits a certain “Tell me something I didn’t already know” feeling. It’s a decent enough overview for those who haven’t been paying much attention, but for the rest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So for the next two months it’s petition-gathering time for the independent candidate campaigns. Anyone spotted a Friedman or Strayhorn table yet? I’ll be curious to see if I run into one. I’ll have my voter reg card with its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think the result that surprised and disappointed me the most from Tuesday was the Senate race, where Barbara Radnofsky failed to win a majority of the vote and was forced into a runoff with perennial non-campaigning candidate Gene Kelly. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just a few random observations from the Tuesday primaries… The thing that really strikes me about Tom DeLay’s win is that his poorest showing was in his home county of Fort Bend: County DeLay vote Total vote DeLay Pct =============================================== … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We know where to start with this one: CD22. Still facing legal battles, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay won a pivotal political fight Tuesday by defeating three challengers in the Republican primary for his Houston-area seat. Opponent Tom Campbell, former general … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Where to start? Let’s go with SD19, where Carlos Uresti has ousted Frank Madla. Uresti led Madla by 5,733 votes late Tuesday night with 92 percent of precincts reporting in Senate District 19, which stretches from South Bexar County to … Continue reading → Continue reading →