Category Archives: Election 2006

Well, what do you know? The Chron actually printed a story about a Congressional race that affects a segment of its readership and has nothing to do with Tom DeLay. Who’da thunk it? Lanier Middle School teacher Jim Henley gave … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is it just me, or does this seem more like blog fodder than a real news story? A top aide to Republican gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn called Democratic candidate Chris Bell’s wife last week and suggested that Bell drop … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tom DeLay has officially filed for reelection in CD22. Not exactly stop-the-presses stuff, as it would have been had he not filed, but it’s news when DeLay sneezes, so this is on the Metro section front page. The only interesting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One reason why you’re seeing BlogAds for Barbara Radnofsky these days (a list of sites which are featuring it can be found in the comments here) is that she’s not resting on her laurels during the holiday season. She’s still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Democratic State Senator Ken Armbrister has announced that he will not run for reelection. “After 38 years of public service, it’s time for new challenges,” said Armbrister, in a news release issued late Monday afternoon. The senator said he has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Political Wire, here’s a pretty good story assessing Kinky Friedman’s chances of winning the Governorship by aping the Jesse Ventura strategy from 1998. There are some major differences: Friedman’s campaign, leaning on two Ventura stalwarts, hopes to repeat Ventura’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A gentleman named Michael Kubosh has filed to run as a Democrat in the open Senate District 7. Don’t know much about him right now (I understand that a campaign website is forthcoming), but I hope to hear where he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The on-again, off-again saga of Andy Brown in the HD48 special election has apparently ended: He’s out. Democrat Andy Brown has not lived in state House District 48 long enough to run in a Jan. 17 special election, a federal … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Big news today. First, Bob Gammage has officially filed for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Gammage, 67, a former legislator and congressman who left the state’s high court in 1995 and is now in private law practice, said his campaign … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Couple notes on the one open seat State Senate race, SD7 here in Harris County. First, Anne Linehan has made some progress in determining where the four Republican contenders stand on the issue of the Grand Parkway extension that would … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, everyone else is already on top of this story, in which State Rep. Richard Raymond has dropped his bid to unseat US Rep. Henry Cuellar in CD28. He will instead refile for his State House seat in HD42. “Although … Continue reading → Continue reading →

PerryVsWorld has been all over the Strayhorn as independent rumors, going so far as to get a comment out of the CKS campaign, which was “Carole Keeton Strayhorn is a Republican candidate for Governor.” The Star Telegram made the same … Continue reading → Continue reading →

According to the Quorum Report, a UT-Arlington professor named Diane Patrick will take on State Rep. Kent Grusendorf in the GOP primary for HD94. Here’s a news article about her, and here’s her official bio. One comment: That news story … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You want candidate filing links, I got candidate filing links… Mike Fjetland made his official filing on Friday to run against Tom DeLay in the GOP primary for CD22. From his press release: Fjetland states that his campaign will focus … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are fourteen members of the State House that we now know of who are not going to run for reelection, and there may be more who just haven’t made the decision yet. “I’m weary, just tired. Why do you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Chris Bell made his filing for the Governor’s race yesterday and took a few shots at Governor Perry on school finance. Bell said Gov. Rick Perry and other Republicans have concentrated too much effort on “revenue neutral” school finance plans … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What’s it going to be, Talmadge Heflin? The Lottery or the Legislature? You can’t do both. Former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin, a Houston Republican who lost his bid for a 12th term by a scant 16 votes last year, was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kinky Friedman has filed his declaration of intent to run as an independent candidate for governor with the secretary of state. He also provided a glimpse of his campaign strategy. Friedman told a few dozen supporters and reporters huddled for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s hard to keep up with all the candidate filing news, rumors, innuendos, and so on, but I’m doing what I can. Let’s see what’s out there. Via Karl-T, there’s a third person in the GOP gubernatorial primary, a fellow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Put me down as being highly skeptical of this. Some Texans have received calls from a polling company asking whether they would support Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn for governor if she ran as an independent rather than as a Republican. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Short notice, but Barbara Radnofsky will be interviewed on a show called The Constitution on Houston Media Source, which is Time Warner channel 17, today from 2:45 to 3:45. The call-in number is the same as for the Clutterbuck/Hittner debate, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The West U Examiner has a nice little piece on CD07 candidate Jim Henley. The 18-year history and speech teacher has declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the 7th Congressional District seat now held by Republican John Culberson, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t know how rumors like this get started, but for some reason Roll Call has seen fit to write an article speculating on who might run for Congress in CD22 if Tom DeLay were to retire. Texas Republicans say … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Aaron Pena drove home last night to file for his reelection in Edinburg today. He also reports that his colleagues Joe Straus, Ryan Guillen, and the trio of Kino Flores, Juan Escobar, and Abel Herrera have filed or will be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So does Talmadge Heflin want to head up the Texas Lottery Commission? Or would he rather try to win his old seat back in the State House? Maybe he wants to do both. Heflin, a Houston Republican who served 22 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via the Quorum Report, we have what I’d call the first genuine surprise of the 2006 election season: A candidate switching parties to run as a Democrat. Greenville attorney Scott Cornuaud is filling out paperwork this afternoon to run for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mary Beth Harrell has two sons on active military duty. Her eldest was just deployed to Iraq. She writes about that and what it means to her as she runs for Congress here. Check it out. Link via Eye on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday was the first day that candidates turned in their paperwork to run for office. So who’s in so far? Agriculture commissioner Susan Combs was among those filing in the Republican primary for statewide office. She wants to be state … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And as long as we’re talking polls, the Chris Bell blog has the latest Texas Poll numbers for the Governor’s race: General Election Match-up 46 – Rick Perry (R, inc.) 25 – Chris Bell (D) 13 – Kinky Friedman (I) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ooh, this has to hurt. CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. 803 Adults (713 Registered Voters). December 1-4, 2005. MoE +/- 4% If Tom DeLay runs for re-election in 2006, in general, are you more likely to vote for the Republican candidate Tom … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jim Henley, longtime debate coach at Lanier Middle School and one of two candidates currently running for the Democratic nomination in CD07 (the other being David Murff), had a campaign kickoff event yesterday. From a press release I got today … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Quorum Report had this when they first put out their big list of candidates, and today they confirm it: Talmadge Heflin wants a rematch in HD149. “I still have work to do. I still can represent the district well … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Somebody at Team Radnofsky has been busy with the oppo research: Barbara Ann Radnofsky’s opponent spent 2005 declining to discuss any specific challenges to her anti-Texas voting record. While absurdly claiming through her consultants that “Every poll has shown that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today is the start of filing season for the 2006 elections. If this is typical of the coverage we’re going to get, it’s going to be a long, long year. As the 2006 political season officially opens with the start … Continue reading → Continue reading →