Tag Archives: Elections

LinkSwarm for July 8, 2013

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Funny how three day weekends where you have to work Friday always leave you with more stuff you need to do rather than less. So here’s the Friday LinkSwarm on Monday. “Barack Hussein Obama: You Killed the Arab Spring.” And … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision Texas Fallout

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Lawrence Person

We’re already seeing some fallout from the Supreme Court’s Shelby County vs. Holder decision (the complete text of which is now online). According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Voter ID law will take effect immediately. “With today’s decision, … Continue reading →

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South Carolina CD1 Election Fallout

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A roundup of interesting commentary on Mark Sanford’s defeat of Elizabeth Colbert-Busch in the SC1 special election: Erick Erickson on Mark Sanford’s victory: “[Colbert-Busch] opted out of most debate opportunities. Instead of debating her, Mark Sanford toured the district with … Continue reading →

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Sandford Beats Colbert-Busch

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In the South Carolina First Congressional District race. In fact, it wasn’t even particularly close. Stephen Colbert may be America, but his sister can’t be a U.S. Representative on his coattails.

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Democratic Donor Marc Rosenthal Convicted

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Lawrence Person

From Holly Hansen comes word that Austin attorney and Democratic donor Marc Rosenthal was found guilty of 13 felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud and tampering with a proceeding. Holly did a great job looking at his state donations, … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Announces New PAC

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz has announced he’s forming a new Jobs Growth & Freedom Fund PAC. Or rather, will be announcing it at 4:10 PM Eastern Time at CPAC. (You can watch Cruz’s address live.) “Our mission is to elect strong conservatives … Continue reading →

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George P. Bush Running for Land Commissioner

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

“George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year.” That would be Jeb Bush’s son, Bush43’s nephew, and Bush41’s grandson, one of the “little brown ones.” The Bush name alone is probably enough … Continue reading →

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Well, Who Hasn’t Misplaced $600,000?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Top David Dewhurst campaign aide Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield has been accused of embezzling at least $600,000 from the Dewhurst campaign, starting all the way back in 2008. (This news evidently first came to light December 28, but I was distracted … Continue reading →

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Step 1: Stop the Hispanicing

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’ve held off on offering up immediate judgment on the election because I’m incredibly lazy to get past the panic and knee-jerk reactions. The world hasn’t ended, Republicans are not doomed to permanent minority status, and the cause of smaller … Continue reading →

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LiveBlogging/LiveTweeting the Election

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Congratulations to Ted Cruz and Tony Dale on well-deserved victories! And on that bit of good news, off to sleep… Weber beats Lampson in CD14. Obama 303, Romney 203, Florida and Alaska undecided. And Obama is edging Romney in the … Continue reading →

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