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Category Archives: Republicans
Texas Statewide Race Updates for April 4, 2014
My taxes and family health issues have curtailed blogging somewhat, so here are some statewide race updates, some of which stretch back to just after the primary: The Weekly Standard covers the Abbott campaign. One Abbott supporter in Edinburg, former … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Attorney General's Race, 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Branch, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Elections, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Kinky Friedman, marijuana, Midland, Mike Huckabee, Paul Burka, Republicans, Rick Casey, Ross Ramsey, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Reports of the Tea Party’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
There have been a lot of wishful thinking thumbsucker pieces from liberal media outlets proclaiming that the Tea Party is done, finished, a spent force. (Here’s an example.) And indeed, those looking only at some top-line races in Texas (like … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Bennett Ratliff, Dan Patrick, Don Huffines, Joe Straus, Linda Harper-Brown, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Republicans, Tea Party, Texas
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In Which Ace of Spades HQ Declares War on your 23″ Monitor to Show Why Wendy Davis Can’t Win
Ace of Spades, showing considerable time, effort, and a somewhat shaky grasp of MS Paint, has produced a single, superginormous .PNG that will annoy everyone without a 30″ Apple Cinema Display that shows, in great detail, why Wendy Davis is … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2010 Election, 2014 Election, Ace of Spades, Ann Richards, Bill White, Clayton Williams, Rick Perry, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Hilderbran Withdraws, Hegar Advances
When last we checked, Glenn Hegar was on the edge of winning the Republican nomination for Comptroller outright, but he ended up garnering a frustrating 49.99% of the vote. Thankfully, primary opponent Harvey Hilderbran has aceeded to reality and announced … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Elections, Glenn Hegar, Harvey Hilderbran, Republicans, Texas
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Dan Patrick Beating David Dewhurst Soundly
Most people were expecting to see a David Dewhurst—Dan Patrick runoff for Lt. Governor. however, you’d be hard=pressed to find anyone who would predict that not only would Patrick garner more votes in the primary than Dewhurst, but also do … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Republicans, Texas
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A Ridiculously Brief Williamson County Election Update
Since I live in Williamson and have received a ton of flyers on local judicial races, I should probably get together some semi-coherent thoughts about the race and post them here. Fortunately, Holly Hansen has already done the heavy lifting. … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Austin, Doug Arnold, Elections, Holly Hansen, Judicial Elections, Ryan Larson, Tallion Taylor, Texas, Williamson County
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A Random Assortment of Texas Statewide Race News
With primary voting upon us tomorrow, it looks like I’ve run out of campaign to cover. Here then is a quick, scatter-shot batch of snippets on various races: Wendy Davis is super popular…just not in Texas. “27 percent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, David Watts, Debra Medina, Eric Opiela, George P. Bush, Glenn Hegar, Greg Abbott, Harvey Hilderbran, J. Allen Carnes, Joe Straus, Media Watch, MSM, Paul Burka, Republicans, Sid Miller, Steve Holtz, Texas, Todd Staples, Wendy Davis
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Pete Sessions vs. Katrina Pierson: Super-Brief Race Update
I haven’t been covering the primary race between incumbent Pete Sessions and Tea Party favorite Katrina Pierson for a couple of reasons. First, it’s not my district. Second, when it comes to incumbent Republicans drifting too far left, Sessions (with … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas, video
Tagged 2014 Election, Elections, Katrina Pierson, Pete Sessions, Republicans, Texas, video
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Steve Stockman is Not Getting The Job Done Against John Cornyn
Given Senator John Cornyn’s deviations from conservative orthodoxy, many Tea Party supporters were relieved when Rep. Steve Stockman finally stepped up to primary him at the last minute. Stockman was a solid conservative, and people hoped he could at least … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Senate Race, Elections, John Cornyn, Steve Stockman, Texas
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