Category Archives: Elections

Texas Senate Race Update for April 26. 2012

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Lawrence Person

We’re a little more than a month out from the elections, and the rhetorical blows are already raining down among the candidates: The Dewhurst campaign doubles down on the Communist Chinese attack: The Dewhurst campaign also says the longer piece … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at David Dewhurst’s Q1 Donors

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been going through all 767 pages of David Dewhurst’s Q1 FEC report to see if anything leapt out at me. Honestly, this is really more of a sampler, since as the bank in the race, there’s just no end … Continue reading →

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New PPP Poll: Dewhurst 38%, Cruz 26%

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A new PPP poll shows that Ted Cruz continues to gain ground on David Dewhurst. Dewhurst’s lead has decreased 6 points from a PPP poll in January, when it was Dewhurst 36% and Cruz 18%. I think this is also … Continue reading →

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Jason Altmire (PA-4) Headed for Defeat?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Remember Jason Altmire? The Blue Dog Democratic representing Pennsylvania’s 4th District who didn’t roll over when Nancy Pelosi snapped her fingers, and voted against ObamaCare? Thanks to that, while scores of his fellow Democrats were booted out of office in … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for April 20, 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Q1 reports trickle out and Team Dewhurst attack websites start popping up like mushrooms: Ted Cruz has accused David Dewhurst of helping use gimmicks to balance the state budget because, well, gimmicks have been used to balance the state budget. … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin Democrats Go for the Walter Mondale Strategy

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The one where you tell potential voters “I’m going to raise your taxes.” We all know how well that worked out for him: Sadly, the Saturday Night Live “What Were You Thinking?” skit with Mondale does not appear to be … Continue reading →

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Roundup of Senate Debate Coverage

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a roundup of coverage of the Texas Senate candidate debate I liveblogged on Friday: Tom Benning at the Dallas Morning News also live-blogged the debate. His write-up is more coherent but less comprehensive or colorful than my own. KERA … Continue reading →

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Liveblog of the April 13, 2012 Texas Senate Debate

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Well, I’ve already been distracted by shiny objects, so I guess I’ll close this out. David Dewhurst was a very poor candidate tonight, and he better hope that not too many Republican voters were watching… Leppert doesn’t excite the base … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for April 12, 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Reminder: I will be liveblogging the Texas Senate debate here tomorrow at 7 PM. Feel free to drop by for insightful commentary, snarky asides, and no doubt a veritable cavalcade of deeply embarrassing typos. Now this week’s Senate race news: … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Raises $1.3 million in Q1, Dewhurst $1.6 million

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Ted Cruz campaign announced that they raised $1.3 million in campaign funding in Q1, which is up $200,000 from his Q4 numbers. I was a bit disappointed in his Q4 numbers, thinking he should have had more of a … Continue reading →

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