And still more Texas Senate Race news:
BattleSwarm Blog gets named by the Ted Cruz campaign as the blog of the week. Sweet! Though I do feel compelled to point out that I have not endorsed any Senate candidate, that I try to give all the candidates a fair shake, and report things as I seem them without fear or favor. That said, I think Cruz is a very strong, conservative candidate who has run a very smart, effective campaign.
Cruz appeared on Glen Beck’s radio show. Beck does not sound enamored of David Dewhurst.
Speaking of Dewhurst, he picked up the “Courageous Defender of Life” award by the Texas Alliance for Life at the organization’s Annual Benefit Dinner in Austin. Given movement conservative grumblings about Dewhurst, that’s a very nice pickup for him.
Politico notes that Dewhurst’s $2.6 million haul “is the biggest total of any GOP Senate candidate over a three-month period this cycle.”
Tom Leppert puts up an Anti-occupy Wall Street petition. (Caveat: Remember that The American Independent isn’t.)
The Hill reports on the China dust-up. “It shows that Dewhurst is taking Cruz’s challenge very seriously, and that the two do not fear going on the attack against one another.”
Elizabeth Ames Jones is keynoting the the DUG Eagle Ford Conference, which is not for owners of a particular model of car, but which is about developing unconventional gas. Again, while it’s good that she’s taking her day job as Railroad Commissioner seriously, these days Jones’ event schedule makes it look like she’s running for Secretary of Energy in a Perry Presidential administration more than she’s running for the U.S. Senate.
There will be another candidate forum in Tyler this Saturday, at the Ramada Inn Conference Center, 3310 Troup Highway, Tyler, TX 75701. In attendance will be Cruz, Leppert, Jones, Glenn Addison, Andrew Castanuela, Lela Pettinger and Curt Cleaver. Lt. Gov. Chupacabra will once again be skipping the festivities.
That flyer is interesting for a number of reasons. Not only do they list and give one page bios for the attendees, but they also do they same for candidates they invited who aren’t attending. In fact, a lot (maybe all) Tea Party event have invited all the declared candidates, and I don’t know why Democratic longshots Sean Hubbard and Stanley Garza haven’t taken advantage of the offer, since their campaigns are generating zero buzz otherwise, and the forums would provide a chance for more exposure.
This Texas Tribune piece is a pretty standard brief roundup of the race, but it is notable in that it mentions Addison (and none of the other longshots) along with Cruz, Dewhurst, Leppert and Jones. Given Addison’s earlier complaints about being excluded from the Tribune’s June Senate candidate forum, I think he should rightly see this as an accomplishment.
Finally, signs of a Ricardo Sanchez campaign! He’ll be holding a “kickoff fundraiser” in Austin on Tuesday, October 18. Given that Sanchez first announced he was running on May 11, isn’t October a little late to be holding a kickoff fundraiser? What’s he been doing the past five months?
That flyer bears the name of Taylor Collective, who have done a lot of work for lefty causes and candidates, including Vermont’s Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders.
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