Category Archives: Texas

Even More on Wendy Davis Failure

Will Franklin has dug even deeper in to the primary voting statistics and they are, if anything, actually worse than previously reported (which were already plenty bad). A few examples: Her vote totals were down in the Rio Grande Valley … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for March 13, 2014

Time for another roundup of Texas vs. California: Texas surpasses California as the top tech exporter. Victor Davis Hanson wants to “save” California by making liberals eat their own dogfood. Texas is creating jobs at all income levels. Vallejo still … Continue reading →

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Reports of the Tea Party’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

There have been a lot of wishful thinking thumbsucker pieces from liberal media outlets proclaiming that the Tea Party is done, finished, a spent force. (Here’s an example.) And indeed, those looking only at some top-line races in Texas (like … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 10, 2014

Time for another LinkSwarm, sweeping up all the news that was happening while I was churning out Texas primary news: “The uninsured just aren’t buying ObamaCare.” A not-so-short compendium of all the people Harry Reid is calling a liar. ObamaCare … Continue reading →

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In Which Ace of Spades HQ Declares War on your 23″ Monitor to Show Why Wendy Davis Can’t Win

Ace of Spades, showing considerable time, effort, and a somewhat shaky grasp of MS Paint, has produced a single, superginormous .PNG that will annoy everyone without a 30″ Apple Cinema Display that shows, in great detail, why Wendy Davis is … Continue reading →

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Hilderbran Withdraws, Hegar Advances

When last we checked, Glenn Hegar was on the edge of winning the Republican nomination for Comptroller outright, but he ended up garnering a frustrating 49.99% of the vote. Thankfully, primary opponent Harvey Hilderbran has aceeded to reality and announced … Continue reading →

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WILLisms Breaks Down Democratic Turnout Failure

Will Franklin has an interesting piece up detailing just how poorly Democrats did in primary turnout on Tuesday, noting that both the Democratic Party total, and Wendy Davis’ numbers compared to Bill White, were down significantly from 2010. By contrast, … Continue reading →

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Dan Patrick Beating David Dewhurst Soundly

Most people were expecting to see a David Dewhurst—Dan Patrick runoff for Lt. Governor. however, you’d be hard=pressed to find anyone who would predict that not only would Patrick garner more votes in the primary than Dewhurst, but also do … Continue reading →

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Vote Today!

It’s primary election day in Texas. Find your voting statewide place here. A list of Williamson County polling places can be found here. A list of Travis County polling places can be found here. This winter storm is likely to … Continue reading →

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A Ridiculously Brief Williamson County Election Update

Since I live in Williamson and have received a ton of flyers on local judicial races, I should probably get together some semi-coherent thoughts about the race and post them here. Fortunately, Holly Hansen has already done the heavy lifting. … Continue reading →

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