Category Archives: Elections

BattleSwarm Blog endorses Larry Gonzales in the House District 52 Runoff

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm Blog endorses Larry Gonzales over John Gordon in the House District 52 Republican Primary runoff on April 13th. I believe that Gonzales is the better candidate, will have a better chance of winning against Diana Maldonado, and … Continue reading →

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House District 52 Attack Ads, Round 2: thetruejohngordon.com, and Gordon’s Response

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time covering the Larry Gonzales/John Gordon runoff for the Texas House District 52 race, mainly because I live in the district, and because of the relative paucity of local coverage. Hot on the … Continue reading →

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Candidate John Gordon Answers Questions About the House District 52 Race

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday I posted Texas House District 52 runoff candidate Larry Gonzales’ answers to questions about the race. Today we post answers from the other candidate, John Gordon. My questions are in italics below, followed by his answers. 1. Do you … Continue reading →

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Candidate Larry Gonzales Answers Questions About the Texas House District 52 Race

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another installment in my series on the Republican Texas House District 52 race in advance of the primary runoff on April 13. This time I sent questions to candidate Larry Gonzales about his runoff with John Gordon. My questions … Continue reading →

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Former Candidate Stephen Casey on the Texas House District 52 Race

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Lawrence Person

There’s a primary runoff for various races to be held on April 13. Since primary runoffs are notoriously low-turnout affairs (especially this year, with the high-profile Governor’s primary over), I thought I would do some coverage of the three Republican … Continue reading →

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More on Perry’s Victory

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Lawrence Person

This Michael Barone piece shows Perry beating Hutchison pretty much everywhere, but racking up a particularly large margin in metro-Houston, which would seem to bode well for defeating former Houston Mayor Bill White in November. Updated: A piece from Kevin … Continue reading →

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Instant Analysis: Why Perry Beat Hutchison Like A Rented Mule

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Lawrence Person

As of now, just after 10 PM, Perry is winning big enough to avoid a run-off, and Hutchison conceded. That was the exact opposite of what most pundits predicted when Hutchison got into the race 18 months ago. After all, … Continue reading →

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Republican Primary on Tuesday, March 2: State Senate District 5, Ogden vs. Bius

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Lawrence Person

The State Senate District 5 race pits incumbent Steve Ogden vs. challenger Ben Bius. Some news articles on the race: A Statesmen article. Ogden’s semi-slam of the Tea Party movement doesn’t exactly endear himself to me. Yes, I’m sure you … Continue reading →

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Republican Primary on Tuesday, March 2nd: House District 52

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Another election season is upon us. If you’re anything like me, down-ballot local races don’t get a lot of my attention until the election is nearly upon me. As partial recompense, I’ll try to through up a few links to … Continue reading →

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Free Electricity, Courtesy of Farouk Shami!

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

If you live in Texas, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the Farouk signs festooning fences along major highways. They belong to one Farouk Shami, who is waging an underdog gubernatorial campaign against Houston Mayor Bill White for the Democratic … Continue reading →

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