Category Archives: Elections

Texas Senate Update for February 8, 2012

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Both the Senate race and the redistricting fight continue to grind on, with the primary date for the former dependent on the latter. Report on the Texas Association of Business forum where Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Tom Leppert and Craig … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst Tosses in Another $2 Million of His Own Money

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

David Dewhurst loaned his campaign another $2 million of his own money, according to his Q4 report. That’s a considerable chunk of change, but I imagine the Cruz campaign is breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn’t 5 times … Continue reading →

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Charting Texas Senate Fundraising Numbers

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

To make it easier to see how the fundraising race has progressed, I made a chart tracking donations to Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst and Tom Leppert: Since this just tracks campaign donations, it doesn’t include self-funding, which both Dewhurst and … Continue reading →

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More on Lamar Smith Challenger Richard Mack

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The website for former sheriff Richard Mack, the man who is challenging SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith in the Republican primary for the Texas 21st congressional district, is back up. His issues page shows there’s much to like about Sheriff Mack. … Continue reading →

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Jason Gibson Drops Out of Senate Race

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Democrat trial lawyer Jason Gibson has announced he’s dropping out of the Senate race and endorsing Paul Sadler. Says he didn’t want to run without the union support Sadler just picked up. The phrase “That leaves only two top-tier candidates … Continue reading →

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Lamar Smith Picks Up a Primary Challenger

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Former Sheriff Richard Mack is launching a Republican primary challenge against Lamar Smith. He cites SOPA as his primary reason for running against Smith. (He has a website, but it’s currently 404.) Mr. Mack seems to be a Ron Paul … Continue reading →

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Leppert Has Poor Fundraising Quarter, Releases Taxes

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Tom Leppert only raised $387,000 from donors in Q4 plus threw in another half million of his own money. That’s down significantly from the $640,000 he raised from donors in Q3, which was down from the $750,000 he raised from … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 31, 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A testy exchange between Ted Cruz and Tom Leppert at last week’s Texas Republican Assembly Biennial Endorsing Convention Biennial Endorsing Convention on Leppert’s gay rights parade and ACORN baggage that I, Matt Dowling and whoever was behind the now-silent Race … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst, Cruz Release Tax Returns

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I had both a wedding and a book release party to attend this weekend, so I haven’t had time until today to note that David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz have followed the lead of Craig James in releasing their tax … Continue reading →

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You Get a Tax Return! You Get a Tax Return! Everyone Gets a Tax Return!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Craig James got the ball rolling by promising to release his tax returns, an offer he immediately made good on: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 For those of you whom don’t regard paging through an ex-football player’s tax returns an … Continue reading →

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