A look at legislative primaries

The Trib has a nice roundup of legislative primaries of interest. I know it’s partly because of the Governor’s race, with contested primaries in both parties, but the State House side of things feels awfully sedate compared to previous years. I can only presume that this is because Tom Craddick isn’t out there sloshing around huge buckets of money in an attempt to hold onto the Speakership. Which doesn’t mean he’s not still out there, waiting for his chance if the winds shift a bit, but he is in the background this time around. One thing I’d add to the Trib’s coverage is that there are a couple more contested Republican primaries here in Harris County, in HDs 134, 148, and 149, all for the right to take on a Democratic incumbent, plus one in HD129 where State Rep. John Davis faces a teabagger. None of these people has raised any money, so that would be why the Trib skipped those races, but there you have it anyway.

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