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2012 Election Tidbits for May 11, 2011

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few 2012 election tidbits, on the Senate race and others. Since I dinged them over inaccuracies in their reporting on the Texas Senate race, it seems only fair to praise Ryan Murphy and Matt Stiles for this nifty interactive … Continue reading →

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Tom Leppert And ACORN

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Matt S. Dowling has a post up up claiming that not only was Tom Leppert playing footsie with the SEIU, but he also sought the endorsement of everyone’s favorite pimp assistance agency, ACORN. Unfortunately, he hasn’t actually provided the links … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, May 6, 2011: Immigration, the NYT, and Tom Leppert’s SEIU Ties

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A small LinkSwarm for a lazy Friday: Mickey Kaus: “Why do these Democrats tell pollsters that immigrants are a burden because they ‘take our jobs’? Maybe because they do. Just a thought.” The New York Times gets the Texas Senate … Continue reading →

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More Texas Senate Race Fundraising Nuggets and Race Tidbits

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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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The Ted Cruz Campaign On His Fundraising Quarter

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

This press release from the Ted Cruz campaign (penned by J2Strategies consultant Jason Johnson) on those Q1 Texas Senate Race fundraising totals makes interesting reading. The classic lawyer advice is “If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.” … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Final Q1 Fundraising Reports

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The FEC finally has fundraising totals for all the major declared candidates in the 2012 Texas Senate race. Ranked from most to least, they are: Tom Leppert: Raised $2,690,081 (including a $1,600,000 loan) and still has $2,592,219 on hand Ted … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Elizabeth Ames Jones Pulls In Paltry $122,185

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

FEC Reports for the Texas Senate Race continue to be posted for the fundraising period of January 1—March 31. (Indeed, they’re being posted so slowly that I wonder if a single arthritic temp is doing all the data entry.) The … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Updates for April 18

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Texas Iconoclast examines Ricardo Sanchez’s chances. Paul Burka doesn’t think any Democrat has a chance: Patty Murray’s explanation for why she thinks Texas might be in play is “demographic change.” We have been hearing that line for many years now, … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Roundup for April 17

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Texas Democrats may have finally lured a high-profile candidate to the race: retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. The only problem? His last notable job was being commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Which was, as Democrats wanted … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Information Sources Round 2: Facebook Boogaloo

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

(I know, tired meme is tired. But I just like saying “Facebook Boogaloo.”) It being the second decade of the 21st century and all, it occurs to me that merely providing links to the individual candidates blogs is probably insufficient … Continue reading →

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