Category Archives: Election 2010

Here’s the full version of the Chron story. It’s mostly background and reaction stuff as you’d expect, but this bit is worth mentioning: [Sen. Kay Bailey] Hutchison, who formed a state campaign committee and put $1 million into it earlier … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Hill has a story about Houston Mayor Bill White’s apparent decision to run for the Senate seat that will presumably be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison. By my count, it has three errors in it. The three-term mayor, who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vince does an overview of the jockeying for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s eventually-to-be-open Senate seat, and in the midst of a thorough job makes a curious statement: As for Democrats, John Sharp is, as we previously noted, a sure thing. Sharp … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We don’t know when – or, indeed, even if – Kay Bailey Hutchison will resign her seat in the Senate. It’s conceivable that she could remain in the Senate while campaigning against Rick Perry in the GOP primary for Governor, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve spent some time recently talking about what might happen – more accurately, what I’d like to see happen – in 2010 at the state level. In this post, I’d like to contemplate what might happen locally. It’s clear that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think this assessment of Bill White’s chances in a statewide race in 2010 is a tad bit too pessimistic. Whatever plans he declares, a perhaps more burning question still looms large over his intentions: Can he actually win statewide … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We may know about Mayor Bill White’s political future soon, according to Gardner Selby. “He’s going to make a decision in the near future,” said Michael Moore, White’s chief of staff. “It will be based on where he could do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Alan Bernstein notes that it’s never too early to announce your intentions for the next election. Democrat Jerry Simoneaux Jr. says he thought about running this year for the Harris County Probate Court No. 1 bench, but stepped aside when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

OK, speculation about who might run for what in 2010 has been going on for weeks, if not months. But with this election (mostly) behind us now, it feels like we’ve had an official start for it, like the opening … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am of course terribly disappointed that Laura Ewing did not win her race for the State Board of Education, which sorely needs the sanity and rationality that she’d have brought to it. On the plus side, her candidacy did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I should have seen this coming. Talk in Austin is that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is reassessing plans to resign from the Senate to challenge Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Perry in 2010. She still intently plans to run but may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are some new tea leaves to read in the continuing saga of whether or not Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will run for Governor in 2010. Hutchison, R-Texas, said earlier this year that she did not plan to seek re-election … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Behold the news machine that is John Sharp. Sometimes, the political itch just won’t go away. Friends of former Comptroller John Sharp, who has lost two races for lieutenant governor and has long eyed the governor’s office, say he now … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kinky Friedman. Again. Kinky Friedman, who helped make the 2006 Texas governor’s race an entertaining “must-see,” is on the road again — as a performer. In Washington Thursday on a four-city East Coast swing, Friedman and his two long-time sidekicks, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Star-Telegram: “Hutchison definitely considering 2010 governor’s race”. Um, so like what else is new? U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison backed away from announcing that she is going to run for governor on Tuesday, but said that she hopes to take … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Governor Rick Perry continues to train his orbital mind control lasers at Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison over her stated intention to run for Governor in 2010. Dave Carney, Perry’s longtime political consultant, told me the other day that Perry, who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron has a short story about that recent report that Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones is contemplating a run for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat in the event KBH steps down to run for Governor in 2010. It doesn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If this episode of Waiting for KBH turns out differently than the others and she really does abandon her Senate seat for a shot at the Governor’s mansion, there’s no shortage of Republican wannabees lining up to replace her. DallasBlog … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Paul Burka goes to Washington and confirms – as much as one can, anyway – that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison really really really will resign the Senate and run for Governor in 2010. No, I didn’t hear it directly from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Carolyn Feibel consults her crystal ball to see what City Council might look like after the 2009 election. The mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Terence Fontaine, has expressed interest in the At-Large 4 seat. That’s the seat occupied by Ron … Continue reading → Continue reading →