Category Archives: Elections

Hilderbran Withdraws, Hegar Advances

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Lawrence Person

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

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Lawrence Person

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

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Lawrence Person

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!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Lawrence Person

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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

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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A Random Assortment of Texas Statewide Race News

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

With primary voting upon us tomorrow, it looks like I’ve run out of campaign to cover. Here then is a quick, scatter-shot batch of snippets on various races: Wendy Davis is super popular…just not in Texas. “27 percent of the … Continue reading →

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Pete Sessions vs. Katrina Pierson: Super-Brief Race Update

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I haven’t been covering the primary race between incumbent Pete Sessions and Tea Party favorite Katrina Pierson for a couple of reasons. First, it’s not my district. Second, when it comes to incumbent Republicans drifting too far left, Sessions (with … Continue reading →

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Steve Stockman is Not Getting The Job Done Against John Cornyn

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Given Senator John Cornyn’s deviations from conservative orthodoxy, many Tea Party supporters were relieved when Rep. Steve Stockman finally stepped up to primary him at the last minute. Stockman was a solid conservative, and people hoped he could at least … Continue reading →

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Texas Attorney General’s Race: State of Play and Updates

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

In comparison to the Lt. Governor’s race, the Attorney General’s race is relatively straightforward: There’s a conservative favorite (State Senator Ken Paxton), the well-funded big business republican (State Senator Dan Branch), and a longshot (Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman). A recent … Continue reading →

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Interview With Texas Lt. Governor Candidate Jerry Patterson

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Friday night, I was finally able to get an interview with Texas Land Commissioner and Lt. Governor candidate Jerry Patterson, which I’d been meaning to do for quite a while. Below is a pretty close transcription of the interview (or … Continue reading →

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