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Category Archives: Texas
Red State, Blue State
Tax revenues in Texas rose 11.8% in September compared to September a year ago. Meanwhile, California took in 4 percent less than anticipated in September, falling $300 million short in September alone and $700 million short for the year. These … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Texas
Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget, California, David Victor Hanson, Michael Lewis, San Jose, Taxes, Texas, unions, Vallejo
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Texas Senate Race Update for October 14, 2011
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Bernie Sanders, David Dewhurst, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Glenn Addison, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Leppert Raises $640,000 in Q3, Tosses in Another $500,000 of His Own Money
Tom Leppert’s campaign announced that it raised $640,000 in donations in Q3. In addition, it announced that Leppert, as he did in Q2, threw in another half million of his own money. Those are significant sums, and by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, Elizabeth Ames Jones, fundraising, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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Senate Race Fundraising Numbers: A Historical Comparison
Here are are some impressive fundraising numbers: Through the end of Q3 on September 30, the odds-on senate favorite has raised $6,444,926. The challenger? A comparatively paltry $1,615,165. Given those numbers, it should be pretty easy to figure out who … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Charlie Crist, David Dewhurst, Elections, fundraising, Marco Rubio, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Dewhurst Raises $2.64 Million, Throws in $2 Million in Self-Funding, Has $4 Million On Hand
Hot on the heels of Ted Cruz’s $1 million+ Q3 comes news that David Dewhurst raised $2.64 million in contributions. He also threw in $2 million of his own money, and has $4 million in cash on hand. That’s serious … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, fundraising, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Ted Cruz Raises $1 Million+ in Q3
It’s time for candidate’s Q3 fundraising totals to start trickling out, and the Ted Cruz campaign is first out of the gate with the news that he raised $1,057,953 in Q3 and has $2.4 million cash on-hand. This is in … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, fundraising, Republicans, Ricardo Sanchez, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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In Which My Texas Senate and Fast and Furious Updates Converge
Former Texas Solicitor General and current senate candidate Ted Cruz calls for a Special Counsel to investigate Fast and Furious. The text of his announcement: Today, I’m calling for the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate Justice Department corruption … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Elections, Guns, Obama Scandals, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Elections, Eric Holder, Fast and Furious, Guns, Obama Scandals, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Texas Senate Race Update for October 11, 2011
Ted Cruz got Lots of good press for his appearance at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit: Cruz also picked up the endorsements of over 115 leaders of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. David Dewhurst puts in an … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Glenn Addison, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert, Where's Ricardo?
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Fast and Furious Update For October 10, 2011
You know, when I started doing Fast and Furious updates, I didn’t realize I’d have to update this daily. But events are moving at a pretty brisk pace: Rep. Daarrell Issa says to Holder that he owns Fast and Furious, … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Guns, Media Watch, Obama Scandals, Texas
Tagged Adam Winkler, Brain Williams, CBS, Darrell Issa, David Zurawik, Eric Holder, Fast and Furious, gun control, Guns, Hillary Clinton, Mexico, MSM, Obama Scandals
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LinkSwarm for October 6, 2011
A smattering of news on this and that: Michael Totten recommended this Theo Padnos piece in The New Republic on Assad’s Syria and the personality cult the Assads have made of Alawi. Stratfor says that not only was the Anwar … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Texas
Tagged al Qaeda, Bashar Assad, China, First Amendment, Jihad, Syria, Texas State Senate District 5, Yemen
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