Category Archives: Republicans

Texas Senate Race Update for March 29, 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz won the endorsement of Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, which is a terrific pickup for him. He joins Jim DeMint and Rand Paul among sitting conservative Republican senators who have endorsed Cruz. Cruz appeared (again) on the Mark Levin … Continue reading →

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Interview With Texas Senate Candidate Craig James

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

After much back and forth with his campaign trying to find a date, I was finally able to interview Texas Senate candidate Craig James on March 21 at the Rudy’s on South 360 here in Austin. This was, alas, not … Continue reading →

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Blogroll Addition: The Texas Public Policy Foundation

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today I added The Texas Public Policy Foundation to the blogroll. TPPF is the leading Texas think tank on both state and national issues, including the budget, education, and ObamaCare. Take, for example, this piece by Mario Loyola explaining why … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 23, 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Wednesday night I finally got a chance to interview Craig James, so I hope to have the video of that up next week (though I have to warn you in advance that the technical quality is not as good as … Continue reading →

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Gun Owners of America Endorses Ted Cruz

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Ted Cruz campaign announced today that he had been endorsed by the Gun Owners of America. This is a significant pickup for the Cruz campaign, since David Dewhurst was previously endorsed by the NRA for Lt. Governor. Thus far … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 15, 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Lawrence Person

It’s been a very quiet week in the Senate race. I suspect that some of the candidates had already scheduled vacation or break time following the original March primary date, so I expect things to pick up shortly. But Both … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Beat Something With Nothing

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Now that all the post-redistricting filings have been finalized, I thought I would take a look at Texas U.S. congressional races to see where either the Republican or the Democratic party has failed to field a candidate. While districts are … Continue reading →

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Williams Switches from CD33 to CD25 Race. No, the OTHER Williams.

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I wonder if Michael Williams is thinking about swearing out a stalking complaint against Roger Williams. First Michael Williams dropped out of the Senate race to run for the newly created Congressional District 33 on June 17th. Then, a week … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race: Boone, Holcomb Out, Grady Yarbrough In

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The latest Democratic Party filing information shows Daniel Boone no longer running for U.S. Senator, but rather running in the U.S. 21st Congressional District against the SOPA-loving incumbent Republican Lamar Smith. I’m not sure this is a good move for … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 6, 2012

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today was going to be the day Texans went to the polls, but the redistricting lawsuit put the kibosh on that plan. Now we get six more weeks of winter twelve more weeks of campaigning. David Dewhurst denies that the … Continue reading →

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