Tag Archives: 2012 Election

New Democratic U.S. Congressional Race Filings

A “no-insight-just-the-facts” post, since I don’t have time to analyze the post-redistricting candidate filings right now: Kenneth Sanders: District 6 David: Sanchez: District 26 Katherine Savers McGovern: District 32 Salomon Torres: District 34 Lloyd Doggett: District 35

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 6, 2012

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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More Redistricting Fallout

Now that redistricting is (mostly) settled (for this year), reverberations are still being felt around the state in various races. First a correction: Candidates have until March 9 to file, not the March 6 date I reported yesterday. Other tidbits: … Continue reading →

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Texas Congressional Redistricting Breakdown

I’ve been reading up a bit more on the compromise redistricting lines released by the San Antonio district court. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot was able to keep most of what the legislature passed, and the Governor signed, intact, but … Continue reading →

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“This Year Is Different”

In the 2010 special election to replace fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy, Scott Brown, with massive support from the newly organized Tea Party, managed to eek out a win in a Republican wave year … Continue reading →

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The New Maps Are Here, The New Maps Are Here!

The new redistricting maps, that is. Sounds like they haven’t been made final just yet, but most likely will be. If that happens this week, that might mean a late April (rather than May) primary. You can take a look … Continue reading →

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (RINO-Maine) Retiring

Evidently no one saw this coming. Including Snowe’s staff. Or her very active re-election committee. Does this mean Maine might actually elect a Republican who actually votes, you know, Republican? I doubt it. Maine is pretty liberal, and even someone … Continue reading →

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Voter Registration: Chill

The Right Side of Austin offers up reassurance for those anxious over the fact they haven’t received their voter registration cards: Relax. Because Democrats and liberal special interest groups like LULAC and the NAACP want to achieve in courts what … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for February 23, 2012

Trying to catch back up with the Senate race after my trip, so some of this may be slightly old news: The biggest recent news in the Senate race is the newest Texas Tribune/UT poll that shows David Dewhurst leading … Continue reading →

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Big Jolly Picks Up the Senate Race Torch and Runs With It

I just got back from a business trip abroad, so it’s taking me a little time to get back up to speed. One thing I did want to note was David Jennings of Big Jolly Politics taking a couple of … Continue reading →

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