Monthly Archives: December 2005

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 →

Both Kristin Mack and Houtopia write about the City Council At Large #2 race and its future implications. Says Houtopia: We will likely never know why SEIU chose to invest so heavily in one candidate in one race, so we … 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 →