Category Archives: Democrats

Texas Senate Race Spending: A Look at This Point In Previous Cycles

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Now that half the fundraising year has passed, I wanted to take a look at how the funds raised this year compare to this point in years past. Unfortunately, it’s been so long since there’s been a competitive regular Republican … Continue reading →

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Stanley Garza, Another Longshot Democrat, Joins the Senate Race

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Sean Hubbard now has company in the “Declared Democratic candidates sure to be ignored by the MSM” purgatory, although Stanley Garza’s website says he’s only formed an exploratory committee. In 2008, he ran for Tax Assessor/Collector in San Jacinto County…as … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for July 20, 2011: Roundup of Reactions to Dewhurst’s Entry

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Lots of reaction to Lt. Governor David Dewhurst’s long-awaited announcement that he was getting in the Senate race yesterday. Here’s Dewhurst’s official announcement: Ted Cruz offers a video response: That video offers a URL for another Cruz website, https://www.provenconservative.com/, but … Continue reading →

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Dissension in the Ranks of the SDEC

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I went poking around the web to see if there were any signs that Ricardo Sanchez was actually assembling something resembling a serious campaign when I stumbled across some intriguing comments from one J. R. Behrman, a member of the … Continue reading →

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Senate Race Updates for July 15, 2011 (Including Some Fundraising Numbers)

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The candidates have started releasing their fundraising totals for Q2: Ted Cruz came out on top of the fundraising quarter with $800,000. According the the Statesman, Leppert raised $750,000 and Elizabeth Ames Jones raised $313,000. Ricardo Sanchez raised $160,000. Which … Continue reading →

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Senate Race Update for July 13, 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

There’s two big senate race shoes waiting to drop over the rest of July: The announcement (whatever it is) Dewhurst is going to make on July 18, and FEC releasing Q2 fundraising results. In the meantime, here’s a smattering of … Continue reading →

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Pat Buchanan 1, David Brooks 0

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Since leaving the Reagan Administration, Patrick Buchanan has been, at best, an erratic conservative, on any number of issues (Israel, Iraq, Free Trade, etc.), flogging a philosophy (“paleoconservatism”) that failed to catch on with any but a tiny fringe, and … Continue reading →

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Ezell vs. Chicago: An Extremely Lazy Blogger’s Roundup

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So Ezell vs. Chaicago has been decided, and the three-judge panel basically bitchslapped Chicago into the 21st Century. Basically, Chicago was saying 1.) You have to get firearms training at a licensed firing range to own a gun, and 2.) … Continue reading →

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A Few Sundry Followup Stories

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. Here are a few follow-ups to previously covered stories: Politico’s David Catanese says that David Dewhurst is going to jump into the Senate race. After months of dawdling, the Obama Administration finally … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for June 30, 2011

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Some tidbits on the race as the first half of the year comes to a close: I was out of town for the weekend, so you’ve probably already seen news of the Texas Senatorial Forum in Houston. If not, here’s … Continue reading →

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