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Michael Williams Switches Races (Again)

First Michael Williams announced he was dropping out of the Senate race to run for the newly created House District 33. Then, a few weeks after that, Roger Williams announces he’s doing the same, setting up a Williams vs. Williams … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for July 18, 2011

A few quick updates on the Texas Senate Race: Dewhurst sounds like he’s in, to be made official “midweek.” So also says the Denton County GOP chair… …who will be hosting a Senate forum with Ted Cruz, Tom Leppert, Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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Senate Race Update for July 13, 2011

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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A Few Sundry Followup Stories

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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Karl Rove: Why Obama Will Lose in 2012

While hardly a disinterested observer, Karl Rove is far from an untutored one, and he offers up some compelling reasons why Obama will lose in 2012. Four, to be precise: The economy is very weak and unlikely to experience a … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Picks Up Two More Endorsements

The Ted Cruz winning streak continues, with two more key endorsements, namely Peggy Venable, Texas State Director for Americans for Prosperity, and Ernie Angelo, former RNC Committeeman. Cruz has easily lapped his opponents in the endorsement race. Other than Roger … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post Discovers Ted Cruz

Washington Post writer Aaron Blake pays serious attention to Ted Cruz, and his role as Tea Party favorite. It’s a decent write-up for an out-of-state MSM outlet playing catch-up, but there are several statements about which I have at least … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for June 12, 2011

Another roundup of Texas Senate race news: Here is the video for the Republican Senatorial candidate forum I attended Wednesday: And here’s the follow-up Q&A session they’re not showing on KRLU: Here’s the Statesmen‘s report on the forum. And here’s … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for May 12, 2011

A smattering of senate race updates: Iconblog is not impressed with Ricardo Sanchez’s declaration of candidacy: “Repeating standard Democratic talking points word-for-word in Texas is not a winning strategy. Sanchez completely missed an opportunity to explain his candidacy—he just defined … Continue reading →

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More Texas Senate Race Fundraising Nuggets and Race Tidbits

Though the aggregate FEC totals have been up for a little while, the FEC has finally put up the lists of individual contributors to examine. Ted Cruz: The first thing that jumped out at me from Cruz’s contributors was the … Continue reading →

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