Tag Archives: 2014 Election

Texas Attorney General’s Race: State of Play and Updates

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

In comparison to the Lt. Governor’s race, the Attorney General’s race is relatively straightforward: There’s a conservative favorite (State Senator Ken Paxton), the well-funded big business republican (State Senator Dan Branch), and a longshot (Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman). A recent … Continue reading →

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Interview With Texas Lt. Governor Candidate Jerry Patterson

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Friday night, I was finally able to get an interview with Texas Land Commissioner and Lt. Governor candidate Jerry Patterson, which I’d been meaning to do for quite a while. Below is a pretty close transcription of the interview (or … Continue reading →

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Texas Lt. Governor’s Race: State of Play and Update

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The Lt. Governor’s race presents plenty of irony, namely in that it features incumbent Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, whose lost the 2012 Senate race to Ted Cruz, and three statewide office holders, all running as staunch conservatives, who endorsed Dewhurst … Continue reading →

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Texas Governor’s Race: State of Play and Update

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Lawrence Person

It’s a mere six days before the March 4 primary, and I haven’t covered the various statewide races nearly as well as I would have liked. (Maybe Ukraine will refrain from blowing up this week.) So I’ll try to catch … Continue reading →

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Pay-for-Play Endorsements Come to Williamson County

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday I received a copy of The Link Letter in the mail, touting certain Republican Primary candidates and carrying ads for them. You should take these “endorsements” with several grains of salt, since they are strictly pay for play; candidates … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Texas Early Voting Starts TODAY

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Primary early voting started today in Texas. Find your voting place here.

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The Deep, Deep Gun Control Convictions of Unite Blue Head Becky Carrizales

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Is there any better example of the steadfast political convictions of liberals than Unite Blue chief Becky Carrizales’s convictions on gun control? Twitchy and @eriContrarian shed initial light on the subject, but a closer look at Carrizales’s Twitter account gives … Continue reading →

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Woman Famous For Filibustering Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks Open To Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Wendy Davis is trying to make my head hurt. Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she would have supported a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, if the law adequately deferred to a woman and her doctor. In other … Continue reading →

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Pull The Other One, Wendy

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Normally I would applaud a member of the Democratic Party supporting Second Amendment rights. But Wendy Davis supporting open carry? Right. Pull the other one. After all, this is the same Wendy Davis who voted against concealed carry by authorized … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Shrinking Wendy Davis

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The last few weeks have not been kind to Wendy Davis. Since announcing very respectable fundraising totals in early January, it’s been all downhill since then. First came the revelations of the many falsehoods in her biography, then doubling down … Continue reading →

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