Daily Archives: June 10, 2008

Annie’s List matching contributions to Diane Trautman

June is always a busy time for political fundraising, since there’s a June 30 quarterly reporting deadline looming, and everyone wants to max out their totals for the quarter. Sometimes there’s a little extra incentive to donate to a particular … Continue reading Continue reading

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Update on Metro v. Scarborough

Rad Sallee has an update on the lawsuit filed last year against Metro by anti-rail activist Daphne Scarborough. [Scarborough’s attorney Andy] Taylor wants a jury to decide whether Metro is violating what rail opponents view as a promise, made in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rasmussen shows Cornyn with a big lead

Along with their Presidential poll, Rasmussen has a result for June that shows Sen. John Cornyn with a 17-point lead over Rick Noriega. As they note, this is a huge swing from last month, where they had Cornyn up by … Continue reading Continue reading

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Interview with Wendy Davis

Next up on the interview list is Wendy Davis, who is running for State Senate in Tarrant County, in SD10. Hers is one of two – hopefully three – high profile Senate races this year, which is something we don’t … Continue reading Continue reading

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What will Obama do in Texas?

Burka drops some early thinking on what Democratic performance in Texas might look like if the Obama campaign does some real work here. Democrat (sic) numbers-crunchers believe that if Obama gets 42-43% in the state, Democrats will fare well in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Lottery sales down

This is just what school districts need to hear right about now. Texas lottery officials are monitoring a decline in ticket sales that they say could reduce the amount of money the lottery sends to public schools if the trend … Continue reading Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of June 9

Still woozy from the Bloggers Caucus? Well, there’s nothing like a little hair of the blog to cure what ails you. Click on to read the Texas Progressive Alliance roundup for the week. Continue reading

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