Category Archives: Election 2006

I’m a little late on the draw with this, but it’s been a weird week for me. In the Pink and PinkDome both report on the rumor that two-time near-miss Lt. Gov. candidate John Sharp is about to throw his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Karl-T gives a thumbs-up to the idea of John Courage re-challenging Lamar Smith in CD21. He also reprints an email from Courage outlining his reasons for considering the rematch, and his plan for proceeding. Check it out. I should mention … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Sunday Chron had this op-ed, which was written as a response to an earlier piece by former Gov. Bill Clements decrying the possibility of a bloody GOP gubernatorial primary. The central point of yesterday’s piece is this: Not just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via The Stakeholder, I see that the DeLay ’06 campaign is already getting into gear. With Democrats gunning for him and an ex-congressman already working to take his seat, Majority Leader Tom DeLay is wasting no time getting into campaign … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Man, KBH’s much-awaited announcement is still more than two weeks away, and dominoes are falling already. We’ll start with Ag Commish Susan Combs, who has formally announced that she’s running for Comptroller. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs officially opened her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Matt reports a rumor from the 21nd Congressional District. The buzz is that John Courage may challenge Lamar Smith again. Courage is a San Antonio teacher and former challenger to Smith in 2002. In 2002 Smith received 73% of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Quorum Report gives an update to the Big Upcoming Announcement By Kay Bailey Hutchison story: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is certainly not tipping her hand about future plans. But rumors that she will announce her intentions on Thursday or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is the worst kept secret in America about to become un-secret? The Red State says yes. According to a highly placed source in U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s camp, the Senator is likely to announce her intention to run for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

State Rep. Todd Baxter, a Republican who won in 2004 with the slimmest margin of any incumbent, now has an official challenger for 2006. The Quorum Report has a press release (Word doc) from Austin attorney Andy Brown. Andy Brown, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now that the holiday weekend is over, it’s time to start catching up on some stuff that I drafted for “later”. We’ll start with this PerryVsWorld analysis of how Kinky Friedman might affect the Governor’s race in 2006. Short answer: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s been a Juan Garcia sighting, in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Politics seems to love Juan Garcia, the retired Navy pilot whose name had been thrown around earlier this year as a possible mayoral candidate. Questions remain, however, about whether … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I hope we’ll see more announcements like this in the coming months. Karen Felthauser filed a campaign treasurer appointment on Thursday May 12, with the Texas Ethics Commission to run for State Representative for the 52nd District. Karen ran as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kristen Mack says the following in regards to the possibility that County Judge Robert Eckels will not run for reelection in 2006: Potential candidates — so far all Republicans in the GOP-dominated county — are already making the rounds hoping … Continue reading → Continue reading →

How much do some people want to see Kay Bailey Hutchison stay in the Senate and leave Rick Perry alone? Enough to dangle some pretty big carrots in front of her. [Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell of Kentucky] said Hutchison … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the chance on Friday to chat with Barbara Radnofsky, who was in town to do some mediation work in between trips around Texas for her Senate campaign. She takes her job – and by that I mean “running … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As you may have read by now on various other blogs, we had a blogger conference call with Chris Bell last night. You can read about what we talked about and people’s reactions to it at the following locations: The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On the heels of Survey USA comes the quarterly Texas Poll, which contains better but still not good news for Rick Perry. Gov. Rick Perry’s job approval rating, after rebounding earlier this year, slipped to 45 percent in a new … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t know why this hasn’t gotten any news coverage yet, but the latest approval numbers for Rick Perry (via Andrew D and Political Wire) are just unbelievably awful. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Rick Perry is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As everyone now knows, Nick Lampson has declared himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination in CD22 for 2006. Lampson had served for eight years as the Congressman from the former CD09, taking office in 1997 after doing America a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a chance to chat with Michael Fjetland (who’s started a blog about his potential primary challenge to Tom DeLay) on Friday. He’s an interesting guy, and I enjoyed the conversation. In talking about what Pete McCloskey has in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

John Judis has a piece on Tom DeLay that’s worth reading. It’s probably the first piece in a national publication that analyzes DeLay’s current situation in a non-surface fashion. One correction that needs to be made: [W]hile many of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s the Chron story on Nick Lampson‘s offical announcement of his candidacy in CD22 for next year. Have I ever mentioned how annoying I find it when a story about one candidate is half filled with quotes from spokespeople for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As of noon today, Nick Lampson will be an official, declared candidate for CD22 in 2006. His press release, which notes his family’s ties to the Fort Bend area, is included beneath the fold. UPDATE: Here’s the WaPo coverage of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via the Texas_Kos mailing list, I see that there’s another contender for the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2006, Juan Garcia, a former Lt. Commander in the Navy from Corpus Christi. I’d heard of him before – Andrew D had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pete McCloskey, a former Congressman from California, was in town this weekend to scope out a primary challenge to Tom DeLay. He met Sunday with Michael Fjetland, who was defeated by DeLay in Republican primaries in 2000 and 2002 and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After sending out his withdrawal email yesterday, Richard Morrison posted a Kos diary with the same message, getting many well-deserved messages of thanks and expressions of support for his mother. He specifically responded to several people who muttered about DCCC … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Talk about things happening quickly: Richard Morrison has sent out an email to his supporters in which he announces his intent to withdraw from the CD22 race next year. Here’s the email: Dear Friends and Supporters, It is with great … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg comments on this story from the weekend which assessed the odds of a primary challenge to State Sen. Jon Lindsay (a prospect which makes my fellow toll-road critic Anne Linehan positively giddy). I’m sure almost any one of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chronicle brings up an interesting point about CD22: The two words that usually follow U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay’s name in the news are “Sugar Land.” After DeLay leaves Congress, some political experts say, the next representative of the 22nd … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now that I’m feeling more like a human being, I want to catch up on the state of things in CD22 on the Democratic side. Richard Morrison wrote a Kos diary asking if he’d still get netroots support if he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

With all the talk about which Democrats may or may not try to run against Tom DeLay in CD22, seldom is the question asked “What about the Republican primary?” Stina points to this Lawtalkers thread which indicates there are rumblings … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve heard a few tidbits from Richard Morrison‘s trip to DC to meet up with the DCCC and various persons of interest. The DCCC made him an offer, which he ultimately declined (sorry, no details available). I am told that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Sunday Chron talks about the dynamics of the potential GOP primary race for Governor. The brewing Republican family feud over the re-election of Gov. Rick Perry involves more than a clash of personalities. It potentially is a fight to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is it too early to start talking about which Republican state reps the Democrats may be going after in 2006? Politico doesn’t think so. Here’s his list, grouped and ordered a bit differently, with my comments: State Rep. Joe Nixon … Continue reading → Continue reading →