Category Archives: Election 2006

A federal lawsuit by Steve Stockman to force his way onto the general election ballot for CD22 has been rejected. U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued an order on Monday denying Stockman’s motion to recall absentee ballots in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I managed to not see the debate last night. Bad political blogger, no biscuit. I’ll try to make it up to you by linking to a boatload of other people’s reactions to it. Based on what I’m reading, the winners … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Previously, Tom DeLay claimed that House Speaker Dennis Hastert would be coming to town for a fundraiser for Shelley Sekula Gibbs. Apparently, they can read poll numbers in the Gibbs camp, because Hastert has now been cordially uninvited to visit. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One sign of a campaign that’s not doing as well as it might like is the Phantom Endorsement. That’s when some generically nice things said about the candidate by a person of influence is touted in campaign literature as a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the pleasure of meeting Carolyn Boyle and Dinah Miller of Texas Parent PAC yesterday, as they were in town to publicize their endorsement of Sherrie Matula. They gave me a list of their endorsed non-incumbent candidates for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Poor Gene Seaman. He can’t get the local TV stations to stop running an ad that says nothing at all false about him. Three local television stations have refused state Rep. Gene Seaman’s request that they stop broadcasting a political … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had reported on the Texas Parent PAC endorsement of Sherrie Matula before the official press release came out. Here it is (Word doc), and here’s the gist of it: “Sherrie Matula will have an immediate impact in the Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Dallas Morning News has an old-fashioned telephone poll of the Governor’s race (for which you can see some not-terribly-informative crosstabs here in PDF form), and the results are quite similar to those newfangled robocall polls. With just over a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As promised, Shelley Sekula Gibbs was the beneficiary of a Big Time Dick Cheney fundraiser. Cheney spoke at the Hyatt Houston Downtown to about 200 Sekula-Gibbs supporters who paid $500 or more each for a sandwich, chips and a 15-minute … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In case you missed Rick Casey’s column from yesterday. State Rep. Joe Crabb, like most of his GOP colleagues, has voted for legislation to limit lawsuit abuse. But when it came to his own law practice, it took the state … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Julia very kindly rounds up the various state deadlines for registering to vote. Note that the Texas deadline is Tuesday, October 10, which is four weeks before Election Day. If you have not yet registered to vote, or you know … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jim Henley is hosting a volunteer rally this Sunday afternoon. River Oaks Highrise in the Claremont Room, 3435 Westheimer Road. Houston, TX 77027 Jim will reveal how we will defeat John Culberson! There will be music, food and entertainment. Bring … Continue reading → Continue reading →

During the summer, I actually toyed with the idea of writing up a report on every State House race, sorting them all into “likely this”, “lean that”, and “toss-up”. I abandoned it when I realized just how much more time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In the comments to my earlier post on the Texas ParentPAC endorsement of Sherrie Matula, the following question was asked: I was excited to see their endorsements and applaud them for the way they wrote the endorsements but if they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m down to my last two interviews for State House candidates in Harris County. Today’s subject is Chad Khan, who’s running for HD126, which was left open by Peggy Hamric’s unsuccessful bid for the SD07 GOP nomination. It’s one of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s buried at the bottom of Clay Robison’s column, but Sherrie Matula is the latest candidate to get the Texas Parent PAC endorsement. I don’t have a press release on this yet – the official announcement is slated for Thursday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

By now, you know that poor Martha Wong had to resort to using campaign signs intended for use only in primary elections for her race against Ellen Cohen because (as her campaign manager claims) their stock of general election signs … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I suppose I should be amused that the CD22 race is still being treated as one where there’s any real doubt about who will win. It’s interesting to me that in this story about how the name of a certain … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Muse continues her investigation into the campaign finances of State Rep. John Davis (R, Clear Lake). The gist of most of these problems is that you have to follow TEC rules and give an explanation of what the expenses were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Democrats sure are feisty in Fort Bend these days. They take amusing pictures, too. And they attend candidate fora. Good times. Check ’em out. (Oh, and I hope you were able to get some of that funnel cake, Hal.) Continue reading →

Congratulations to the League of Women Voters of Texas for arranging a Senate debate at which all candidates will attend. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and her two challengers, Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Scott Jameson, plan to take part in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So it turns out that contrary to prior reports, Rep. John Culberson is willing to participate in a debate. He’s just not willing to participate in a debate that involves his opponent, Jim Henley. The following is an email from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Didn’t get to this yesterday, but I’m amused by this KTRK story about Martha Wong and the altered campaign signs. Drive through District 134 and you can’t miss them. Signs are plastered around much of central Houston, including Bellaire and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Another round of Zogby Interactive polls, for which BOR has the Governor’s race summary. Basically, it’s still Perry leading but in the danger zone at 33%, Bell in second but back a bit at 22%, Friedman farther back at 19%, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Big Time Dick Cheney is coming to town to help Shelley Sekula Gibbs’ futile write-in campaign. The national Republican Party has joined the fight to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, donating more than $100,000 to the Republican candidate’s write-in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Apparently, Shelley Sekula Gibbs has noticed the fact that she hasn’t been in the news much lately, not that this should surprise anyone. What surprises even me is the way she went about getting attention for herself. Several City Council … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I guess it’s good news for Kinky Friedman that after all this time, some people still think of him as a Celebrity Candidate, where the fact that he sometimes says funny things trumps the substance (or, as is often the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vince continues his interview series with the other Williamson County Democrat for State Rep, Jim Stauber, who’s running in HD20. Stauber has a tougher task than Karen Felthauser does, as HD20 was about eight points more Republican than HD52 in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Another email of interest: The Rice College Republicans, Libertarians, Young Democrats, The N.A.A.C.P. and Rice Vote Coalition have invited Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ms. Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Mr. Scott Jameson to a candidates’ debate at Rice University on October … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As with my State Rep candidate interviews, I’m just about done with my Q&As with local county candidates. Today i have the last of the Fort Bend Democratic contenders, Farhan Shamsi, who is running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Lone Star Project sums up the career of Rep. John Carter, debate ducker par excellence. Historically, Texas Members with leadership potential begin to distinguish themselves by their second term in office. Both Charlie Stenholm and Martin Frost were already … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The countdown clock for State Rep. Gene Seaman is ticking along as a constituent who is a Republican and a former supporter has filed an ethics complaint against him. The complaints were filed Thursday by Jay Masterson, 63, a Republican … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What do you do when your campaign signs identify you as a Republican in a year where that isn’t such a great thing to be? Why, you do a little ad hoc editing, of course. See? Duct tape really is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In addition to interviewing all of the Democratic candidates for State House in Harris County, I wanted to make sure I also spoke to the incumbent Reps who face Republican opposition. With today’s interview of Rep. Ana Hernandez, the incumbent … Continue reading → Continue reading →