Note: A more detailed and up-to-date list of Texas Senate Candidate Websites can be found here. For today’s 2012 Texas Senate Race coverage, I thought I would provide a handy list of all the candidate’s own websites (listed alphabetically). Websites for 2012 Republican Senate Candidates Ted Cruz David Dewhurst has not announced he’s running yet,… Continue reading Texas 2012 Senate Race Websites (and Tidbits)
Tag: 2012 Election
Ex-Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer Looking to Run for President
If Buddy Roemer’s name is unfamiliar to you, that’s because he was last governor in January of 1992, which was the year after he switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party. Twenty years is an awful long time time for someone to go between elections, much less for someone most famous for losing to… Continue reading Ex-Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer Looking to Run for President
Texas 2012 Senate Campaign Fundraising Reports
Just as a modern army runs on gasoline, a modern political campaign runs on money. Several of the Senate candidates have been quite active in that regard, according to FEC documents for the 2009-2010 period: Michael Williams has received a total of $743,458 in donations from 519 individuals. As noted previously, he also received significant… Continue reading Texas 2012 Senate Campaign Fundraising Reports
2012 Senate Races Already Heating Up (In Texas and Elsewhere)
It’s only a few days after she announced her retirement, but several serious contenders are getting a lot of buzz for Kay Baily Hutchison’s Senate seat: Even though he hasn’t announced, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is considered the presumptive front-runner. Having successfully run for a very powerful (and very prominent) statewide office, Dewhurst would be… Continue reading 2012 Senate Races Already Heating Up (In Texas and Elsewhere)
Kay Bailey Hutchison Declines to Run for Reelection
“Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today that she will retire at the end of her current term, quashing speculation that she would run for a fourth full term in the U.S. Senate.” Given the drubbing she received at the hands of Rick Perry in the Governor’s race, this was probably a wise decision, as… Continue reading Kay Bailey Hutchison Declines to Run for Reelection