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Texas Senate Race Update for January 31, 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A testy exchange between Ted Cruz and Tom Leppert at last week’s Texas Republican Assembly Biennial Endorsing Convention Biennial Endorsing Convention on Leppert’s gay rights parade and ACORN baggage that I, Matt Dowling and whoever was behind the now-silent Race … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst, Cruz Release Tax Returns

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I had both a wedding and a book release party to attend this weekend, so I haven’t had time until today to note that David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz have followed the lead of Craig James in releasing their tax … Continue reading →

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You Get a Tax Return! You Get a Tax Return! Everyone Gets a Tax Return!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Craig James got the ball rolling by promising to release his tax returns, an offer he immediately made good on: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 For those of you whom don’t regard paging through an ex-football player’s tax returns an … Continue reading →

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An Example Of What’s Wrong With Journalism These Days

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

This Houston Chronicle piece by Joe Holley is an example of why so many people are dissatisfied with the job the legacy media is doing of reporting events. In covering the American Jewish Committee/World Affairs Council of Houston senate candidate … Continue reading →

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Cruz Raises $1.1 Million in Q4

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Cruz campaign announced that it raised $1.1 million in Q4. That’s slightly up from the $1.05 million he raised in Q3, but honestly, I find it a bit disappointing; I would expect him to have a bigger Q4 fundraising … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 20, 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Still waiting on Q4 fundraising numbers from the candidates. In previous quarters they came out around the 15th of the month after the deadline, but maybe the deadline is longer for End-of-Year reports. Jason Embry notes that hey, this just … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz (and Myself) Climb Aboard the Stop SOPA Bandwagon

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’m sure that if you do any web-browsing at all, you’ve noticed all the Stop SOPA Blackouts (or, in the case of Fark, a white out) in opposition to the ill-conceived, MPAA-backed SOPA IP “protection” bill that would open up … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst Raises Disappointing $1.54 Million From Donors in Q4

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Lawrence Person

David Dewhurst only raised $1.54 Million from donors in Q4. While far from chicken-feed, those numbers seem really disappointing to me, especially given that he pulled in $2.64 million in donor contributions in Q3. Those are just donor numbers, and … Continue reading →

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TPPF Texas Senate Debate Roundup and Video, Plus A Few Other Race Tidbits

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I was busy with a family even over the weekend, so I haven’t had a chance to sit down and watch the debate all the way through. But I’ll go ahead and put it up for others to take a … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 11, 2012

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I expect the campaigns to start announcing Q4 fundraising results any day now, and I just sent off a list of interview questions to the Craig James campaign today. So here’s one final news roundup of the senate race before … Continue reading →

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