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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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Texas 2012 Senate Race Websites (and Tidbits)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Tidbits for April 5, 2011

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

This early in the campaign, news on the Texas Senate race remains sparse (and on the Democratic side, practically non-existent). The Hill has numerous race tidbits, including word that Michael Williams has recruited former General Tommy Franks to “serve as … Continue reading →

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A Small LinkSwarm of Local News

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A confluence of events (a cold, doing my taxes, and a miscellany of more minor concerns) has cut into my blogging time, so it might be a few days before my roundup piece on Libya is ready to see the … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous 2012 Texas Senate Race Tidbits

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Things are pretty slow on the 2012 Texas Senate race (which happens when you’re more than a year away from the primary). Both Michael Williams and Ted Cruz were at CPAC, and evidently Williams came off the better of the … Continue reading →

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Video of 2012 Republican Senate Contenders

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

From Rick Perry vs. The World comes this dandy video roundup of various Republican contenders for the 2012 Senate race. I hope to have time to watch all of them sometime today…

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Updates for January 26, 2011

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few Texas 2012 Senate Race updates: Evan Van Ness of Rick Perry vs. The World says that people shouldn’t hand the race to David Dewhurst just yet. The Texas Tribune will be interviewing Michael Williams from 7:30–9 AM on … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Campaign Fundraising Reports

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 … Continue reading →

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