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Texas Senate Race Update for October 11, 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz got Lots of good press for his appearance at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit: Cruz also picked up the endorsements of over 115 leaders of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. David Dewhurst puts in an … Continue reading →

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Joaquin Castro Raises $500,000 To Unseat Lloyd Doggett

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

State Rep. Joaquin Castro raised $515,000 in Q3 in his effort to unseat Lloyd Doggett in the Democratic primary for the newly created 35th U.S. Congressional District. That’s serious money for a single quarter for a House race. But don’t … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for Thursday, September 29, 2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz is the subject of a very favorable Brian Bolduc cover story in the October 17 issue of National Review. (I’ll link to it when it’s actually online.) It doesn’t get much better than that for a conservative candidate. … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for September 23, 2011

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The Ted Cruz campaign is having a lot of fun with David Dewhurst’s ducking of candidate forums: Jim Geraghty calls it the “Demonsheep” ad of the current election cycle. Cruz also got more love in the form of a fundraising … Continue reading →

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Interview With Texas Senate Candidate Tom Leppert

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

After my interview with Ted Cruz, I was contacted by the Tom Leppert campaign in late August and asked if I wanted to do an interview with Leppert. And they did this despite my very public doubts over several aspects … Continue reading →

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Texas State Senator Steve Ogden Won’t Seek Another Term

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

According to the Texas Tribune. Ogden is my state Senator, and it was something of a surprise that he ran in 2010. House District 52 Rep. Larry Gonzalez sent out a press release saying he was running for re-election to … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for September 15, 2011

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Concerned Women PAC endorses Ted Cruz. Cruz will also be attending a Garland Tea Party event tonight. David Dewhurst attended a town hall meeting in Kingwood. Cruz has an Op-Ed in the Houston Chronicle calling for a real jobs program … Continue reading →

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Audio Interview With Ted Cruz Part 2

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

And here’s part two of the Ted Cruz interview. Some interesting thoughts on Victor Carrillo’s loss in 2010, Republican acceptance of Hispanic candidates, and his record studying the Tenth Amendment, among others. Ted Cruz Interview Part 2 If you missed … Continue reading →

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Audio Interview With Ted Cruz: Part 1

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

When I did this video interview with Ted Cruz on July 30, I also did an audio interview with him at the same time using an iPhone App called Recorder Pro. The video interview was done by Cruz’s staff (who … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for September 2, 2011

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I had two separate science fiction conventions to go to (Worldcon in Reno, and Armadillocon here in Austin) back to back, plus some personal upheavals, so it’s taking me some time to get back in the swing of things. So … Continue reading →

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