Monthly Archives: March 2008

I don’t know that there’s anything much left to discuss of the theory that Republican crossover votes had any meaningful effect in the Democratic primary last week, but for completeness’ sake, I’ll link to Mike Baselice’s analysis (Word doc), which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Stupidity is always a bipartisan trait. A veteran Capitol staffer resigned Monday over allegations he impersonated both a state representative and a newspaper reporter in the last month – first to sway a state primary race, then to glean information … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In the aftermath of her close primary win, there was some speculation that State Rep. Dora Olivo, who accepted some late PAC money from Tom Craddick, would owe him a vote to be Speaker – see Paul Burka, for example. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This isn’t really news, in the sense that it’s happened over and over again in elections across the country, but in case you’ve forgotten, it’s still the case that being an anti-immigrant demagogue isn’t an electoral winner. The cooling down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we see in this blog post by the Chron’s Alan Bernstein, Rep. John Culberson is now officially worried about Michael Skelly and his fundraising prowess. But what really caught my eye was this rather amazing admission by Harris County … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s going to be so much fun going through all this data. Well, for me, anyway. For a lot of people, it’s gonna be a boatload of work. Perhaps one of the lasting effects of the record primary turnout for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week, Christof sent me a note asking if I would consider revisiting my Richmond Rail Effect concept with the GOP primary for County Judge, since Metro in general and Richmond rail in particular were issues in the race thanks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rick Casey places a phone call to Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt, and confirms what some of us have been saying all along: Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt, whose office maintains computerized records of who votes in which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If there’s one thing I think I can say with complete certainty, it’s that the upcoming primary runoffs are not going to set any records for turnout. Not positive ones, anyway. In Harris County, there are five Republican and three … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I noted in an update to yesterday’s post about Republican participation in the Democratic primary that Dave Weigel was reporting that Rush Limbaugh has taken credit for Hillary Clinton’s win on Tuesday, as he apparently exhorted his listeners to hold … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I see that Royal Masset seems to have found a balm for his anxiety about the huge disparity in turnout between the Democrats and the Republicans. He’s noted the 700,000 vote dropoff from the Presidential primary to the Senate primary … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky that there haven’t been any lawsuits filed yet over this election. Miya reports on one that may come: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) told me today that it’s considering filing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So as we know, turnout in the Harris County Democratic Party primary was more than double that of the Republican primary – 409,619 to 170,836. And we also know that there’s been a certain amount of trash talk by Republicans … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Report card time… 1. President, both parties My guess: Obama by ten points, McCain with about 60%. Turnout of over 2.5 million on the Dem side, less than 1.5 million on the GOP side. Well, I was wrong about Obama … Continue reading → Continue reading →