Monthly Archives: January 2006

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Gammage kicked off his campaign yesterday in Sugar Land. Gammage began his “Set the Record Straight” campaign tour in Sugar Land — part of the district he represented in Congress and the home of U.S. Rep. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rasmussen is first out of the gate for 2006 with polls in the Texas Senate and Governor‘s races, and the results are a bit odd. Let’s start with the Senate poll, where they have Kay Bailey Hutchison leading Barbara Radnofsky … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know it sometimes feels like we’re in a neverending election cycle, but there is an election coming up real soon. The special election to replace the outgoing State Rep. Todd Baxter in HD48 (Travis County) is a week from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I wanted to put this bit from the Chron story on the Governor’s race in a separate post: Dean Barkley: Friedman’s campaign manager Valid signatures come from registered voters who cast no ballots in either party’s primary or runoffs. They … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron got some opinions from different perspectives on the four-way Governor’s race. It’s a good read, some of which you’ve seen before here and elsewhere, and some of which is new. Couple points I want to highlight: Mike Baselice: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s some blog reaction to the decision by Hidalgo County Democratic Party chair Juan Maldonado to disqualify Jessica Reyes-Martinez from making a primary challenge against her soon-to-be ex-husband State Rep. Armando Martinez. South Texas Chisme notes a story from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

DeLayVsWorld quotes from an interview in Human Events with Steve Stockman, the loony former Congressman now running as an independent in CD22. “I’m not here to ensure a loss but to make sure that Nick Lampson is not elected,” explained … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The filing season has barely ended, but already there’s some ugly stuff happening. Some jokers have attempted to smear David Harris up in CD06 by making false claims about him and his Army record. Harris has released a statement about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Thanks to PinkDome, I found a new-to-me blog called South Texas Chisme, which passes on a report from the subscription-only Rio Grande Guardian about the ballyhooed husband-wife primary battle in Hidalgo County. Apparently, Jessica Reyes-Martinez, the soon-to-be ex-wife of State … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This Capitol Inside story will not do anything to quash the idea that State Sen. Frank Madla is more DINO than Democrat. Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is scheduled to be the special guest at a fundraiser next week for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Having looked at Democratic missed opportunities in the State House filings yesterday, it’s time to take a look and see where the Republicans dropped the ball. I’m going by the candidate filings page on the state GOP website, which is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I said in the last post that even though Democrats did an excellent job getting candidates to run in Republican-held State House districts, they did leave a few opportunities untaken. I’ll take a look at those here. What I did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Dems who have filed page is fully up to date now, and it shows that the strategy of building the bench by running for more Legislative seats is off to a good start. Greg quotes from an email from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron covers Steve Stockman’s entry into the more-crowded-than-I’d-thought CD22 field. Stockman and [Nick] Lampson are among eight candidates trying to unseat DeLay. The embattled former house majority leader, under state indictment alleging campaign finance improprieties, has three opponents in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Statesman has a good piece on how the Strayhorn independency may affect the gubernatorial race. Although many analysts still see Perry as the favorite to win re-election, Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn’s decision to challenge him as an independent instead … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Earlier, I listed a group of incumbents who were not listed on their state party’s webpage as having filed for reelection. All of them have filed, and the one open seat is being contested, but it’s still the case that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The proprietor of the PerryVsWorld blog emails me to say he’s got a new blog going, this one focusing on the DeLay-Lampson battle. The PvsW site is a good and useful resource, so I expect more of the same here. … Continue reading → Continue reading →