Category Archives: Elections

Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision Texas Fallout

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Lawrence Person

We’re already seeing some fallout from the Supreme Court’s Shelby County vs. Holder decision (the complete text of which is now online). According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Voter ID law will take effect immediately. “With today’s decision, … Continue reading →

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Susan Combs Stepping Down as Texas State Comptroller

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs won’t run for reelection in 2014. And that despite having a $7.3 million warchest. Naturally lots of Republicans are lining up to run for the spot, though many are probably waiting to see what Rick Perry … Continue reading →

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South Carolina CD1 Election Fallout

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A roundup of interesting commentary on Mark Sanford’s defeat of Elizabeth Colbert-Busch in the SC1 special election: Erick Erickson on Mark Sanford’s victory: “[Colbert-Busch] opted out of most debate opportunities. Instead of debating her, Mark Sanford toured the district with … Continue reading →

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Sandford Beats Colbert-Busch

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In the South Carolina First Congressional District race. In fact, it wasn’t even particularly close. Stephen Colbert may be America, but his sister can’t be a U.S. Representative on his coattails.

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Democratic Donor Marc Rosenthal Convicted

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Lawrence Person

From Holly Hansen comes word that Austin attorney and Democratic donor Marc Rosenthal was found guilty of 13 felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud and tampering with a proceeding. Holly did a great job looking at his state donations, … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Announces New PAC

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz has announced he’s forming a new Jobs Growth & Freedom Fund PAC. Or rather, will be announcing it at 4:10 PM Eastern Time at CPAC. (You can watch Cruz’s address live.) “Our mission is to elect strong conservatives … Continue reading →

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George P. Bush Running for Land Commissioner

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

“George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year.” That would be Jeb Bush’s son, Bush43’s nephew, and Bush41’s grandson, one of the “little brown ones.” The Bush name alone is probably enough … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 22, 2013

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Enjoy your now-traditional Friday LinkSwarm: Moody’s strips the UK of it’s AAA bond rating. For all the left-wing hand-wringing about “austerity,” Cameron’s government was still running big deficits, just not as big as Labour’s (or ours). Bill introduced in Washington … Continue reading →

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Abbott Rising

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Lawrence Person

There’s much news about Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as of late, so I’m just going to put it all here in this big virtual pile: First, Abbott now has a hefty $18 million in his campaign fund, fueling speculation … Continue reading →

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Well, Who Hasn’t Misplaced $600,000?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Top David Dewhurst campaign aide Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield has been accused of embezzling at least $600,000 from the Dewhurst campaign, starting all the way back in 2008. (This news evidently first came to light December 28, but I was distracted … Continue reading →

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