Category Archives: Elections

Round Rock ISD School Board Elections Tomorrow

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Those of you in RRISD should be aware that school board elections are tomorrow, Saturday, May 14. A list of voting locations can be found here. Holly Hansen, who follows RRISD far closer than I, has endorsed Brian Sellers and … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for May 12, 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A smattering of senate race updates: Iconblog is not impressed with Ricardo Sanchez’s declaration of candidacy: “Repeating standard Democratic talking points word-for-word in Texas is not a winning strategy. Sanchez completely missed an opportunity to explain his candidacy—he just defined … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update: Ricardo Sanchez to Run

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Various news outlets are reporting that former U.S. general Ricardo Sanchez will be announcing his Senate run today. I’m linking to the USA Today story of Catalina Camia because, unlike her journalistic brethren, she actually noted that Sean Hubbard was … Continue reading →

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2012 Election Tidbits for May 11, 2011

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few 2012 election tidbits, on the Senate race and others. Since I dinged them over inaccuracies in their reporting on the Texas Senate race, it seems only fair to praise Ryan Murphy and Matt Stiles for this nifty interactive … Continue reading →

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Tom Leppert And ACORN

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Matt S. Dowling has a post up up claiming that not only was Tom Leppert playing footsie with the SEIU, but he also sought the endorsement of everyone’s favorite pimp assistance agency, ACORN. Unfortunately, he hasn’t actually provided the links … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, May 6, 2011: Immigration, the NYT, and Tom Leppert’s SEIU Ties

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A small LinkSwarm for a lazy Friday: Mickey Kaus: “Why do these Democrats tell pollsters that immigrants are a burden because they ‘take our jobs’? Maybe because they do. Just a thought.” The New York Times gets the Texas Senate … Continue reading →

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More Texas Senate Race Fundraising Nuggets and Race Tidbits

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Though the aggregate FEC totals have been up for a little while, the FEC has finally put up the lists of individual contributors to examine. Ted Cruz: The first thing that jumped out at me from Cruz’s contributors was the … Continue reading →

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The Ted Cruz Campaign On His Fundraising Quarter

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

This press release from the Ted Cruz campaign (penned by J2Strategies consultant Jason Johnson) on those Q1 Texas Senate Race fundraising totals makes interesting reading. The classic lawyer advice is “If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.” … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Final Q1 Fundraising Reports

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The FEC finally has fundraising totals for all the major declared candidates in the 2012 Texas Senate race. Ranked from most to least, they are: Tom Leppert: Raised $2,690,081 (including a $1,600,000 loan) and still has $2,592,219 on hand Ted … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Elizabeth Ames Jones Pulls In Paltry $122,185

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

FEC Reports for the Texas Senate Race continue to be posted for the fundraising period of January 1—March 31. (Indeed, they’re being posted so slowly that I wonder if a single arthritic temp is doing all the data entry.) The … Continue reading →

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