Monthly Archives: June 2006

Here’s some more information on the timetable to fix CD23 as announced yesterday by the three-judge panel. U.S. District Judge John T. Ward of Marshall set oral arguments in the case for Aug. 3. Other judges on the panel include … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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OK, this is officially the last time I’ll pester you about the Straight Ticket Texan vote for Mapchangers. Voting closes in four hours, at 2 AM CDT. The standings as I write this: 1. MT-Sen Jon Tester 2. CO-06 Bill … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some breaking news from the Lone Star Project: The three-judge Federal District Court has issued an order and provided a schedule for determining a remedy in response to the recently released opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court on Texas redistricting. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Capitol Inside offers its perspective on the Democratic lawsuit over the GOP’s attempt to replace Tom DeLay on the ballot in CD22 and how both sides’ arguments played for Judge Sam Sparks. Democrats suggested in a hearing in Sparks’ court … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Orlando Sanchez gets at the real reason why Commissioners’ Court wants to abolish the office of Harris County Treasurer now: They all hate him. Sanchez said Tuesday that eliminating the post would kill the immediate prospect of a Hispanic for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Forward Together PAC Mapchangers. The good news is that we’ve now got two Texans in the top five – Chris Bell and Barbara Radnofsky. The better news is that we can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg in TX22 notes Tom DeLay’s shifting rationales for why he cut and run in CD22. I’m sure if someone were to ask him again in a couple of months, he’d have another explanation for it. Continue reading →

Orlando Sanchez is ready for his closeup. Harris County Republicans nominated Orlando Sanchez Monday to represent their party on the November ballot in the race for county treasurer. The winner of the fall race will replace Jack Cato, who died … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like Federal Judge Sam Sparks is a little skeptical of the scheme to replace Tom DeLay on the November ballot. “He is not going to participate in the election and he withdrew,” said U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Karl-T reports on a poll commissioned by John Courage. In a poll conducted by Lake Research Partners of 500 likely general election voters June 18-21, 2006, only 31% said that they would vote to re-elect Lamar Smith.(MoE +-4.4%) This is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Baytown Sun picks up on funny business by Rep. Ron Paul after it was pointed out by Shane Sklar. A Sklar release stated that Paul “triumphantly announced that Congress had passed hurricane relief funding and that (Paul) had worked … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Continuing in my series of interviews with local candidates, I bring you a Q&A with J. Goodwille Pierre, who is the Democratic candidate for County Clerk in Harris County. 1. Who are you and what are you running for? My … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we come down to the June 30 quarterly deadline for filing financial statements, you’ll be seeing a lot of efforts by candidates and their advocates to make their totals look as good as possible. Vince is kicking off such … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chet Edwards campaign is running a little fundraising drive for the end of the quarter called “Pass the Hat” for Chet. This was an expensive race in 2004, and with fewer takeover targets for the national and state GOP … Continue reading → Continue reading →