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Texas Senate Race: Boone, Holcomb Out, Grady Yarbrough In

The latest Democratic Party filing information shows Daniel Boone no longer running for U.S. Senator, but rather running in the U.S. 21st Congressional District against the SOPA-loving incumbent Republican Lamar Smith. I’m not sure this is a good move for … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 6, 2012

Today was going to be the day Texans went to the polls, but the redistricting lawsuit put the kibosh on that plan. Now we get six more weeks of winter twelve more weeks of campaigning. David Dewhurst denies that the … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for February 23, 2012

Trying to catch back up with the Senate race after my trip, so some of this may be slightly old news: The biggest recent news in the Senate race is the newest Texas Tribune/UT poll that shows David Dewhurst leading … Continue reading →

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Big Jolly Picks Up the Senate Race Torch and Runs With It

I just got back from a business trip abroad, so it’s taking me a little time to get back up to speed. One thing I did want to note was David Jennings of Big Jolly Politics taking a couple of … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for Februry 16, 2012

When I first started covering the senate race, I would grab just about any scrap of information I could about and throw a link to it. Now? The firehose is starting to open up, and I’m getting a bit more … Continue reading →

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No Wonder Ricardo Sanchez Dropped Out

While it may be unseemly to kick someone when he’s not only down but actually out, the FEC report for now-withdrawn Democratic Senate candidate Ricardo Sanchez tells why he had to drop out of the race (even apart from his … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Update for February 8, 2012

Both the Senate race and the redistricting fight continue to grind on, with the primary date for the former dependent on the latter. Report on the Texas Association of Business forum where Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Tom Leppert and Craig … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst Tosses in Another $2 Million of His Own Money

David Dewhurst loaned his campaign another $2 million of his own money, according to his Q4 report. That’s a considerable chunk of change, but I imagine the Cruz campaign is breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn’t 5 times … Continue reading →

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Charting Texas Senate Fundraising Numbers

To make it easier to see how the fundraising race has progressed, I made a chart tracking donations to Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst and Tom Leppert: Since this just tracks campaign donations, it doesn’t include self-funding, which both Dewhurst and … Continue reading →

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Jason Gibson Drops Out of Senate Race

Democrat trial lawyer Jason Gibson has announced he’s dropping out of the Senate race and endorsing Paul Sadler. Says he didn’t want to run without the union support Sadler just picked up. The phrase “That leaves only two top-tier candidates … Continue reading →

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