Category Archives: Election 2004

No Webb County re-recount

Looks like the CD 28 Democratic primary has finally concluded, pending the inevitable lawsuit. A request for a second recount of disputed Webb County ballots in the 28th Congressional District was rejected Friday by Texas Democratic Party officials, who said … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cuellar increases lead, Rodriguez calls foul

If Rep. Ciro Rodriguez was depending on the recount in Bexar County to pull him back up against Henry Cuellar, he’s been disappointed. The recount of mail-in and provisional ballots cost him three more votes, which combined with a one-vote … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pop ups???

I first saw this in a Kos diary, but without a link I was not willing to believe it. Now that I’ve done a little Googling, I can see for myself that it’s true: The GOP’s Internet “strategy” is ludicrous. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cuellar takes the lead

Some 300 new ballots have been found in Zapata County, and they have combined to give Henry Cuellar a slim lead in his primary race against Rep. Ciro Rodriguez. More than 300 votes were discovered during a Zapata County recount … Continue reading Continue reading

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BlogAds followup

Martin Frost is the latest candidate to run BlogAds, joining fellow Texan Morris Meyer in tapping this market. I’ve been wondering ever since Ben Chandler’s much-ballyhooed (and now copied) success at running BlogAds how other candidates would do now that … Continue reading Continue reading

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“Dream Team 2: Senate Boogaloo”

Cara Morris has been beating the drums lately for the Democrats’ enhanced electoral prospects in the Senate. She quotes from this Roll Call article in which DSCC Chair Jon Corzine talks about promoting some of their candidates as a package … Continue reading Continue reading

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Smokey Joe and the cement plants

Byron points to this article about “Smokey Joe” Barton and his efforts to exempt a couple of cement plants from stricter EPA rules. I’ll leave most of the story for you to read – it’s worth your while – but … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cuellar calls for recount

The Cuellar-Rodriguez race in the Democratic primary for CD 28 is going into overtime as Cueller has formally asked for a recount. Henry Cuellar, the Laredo lawyer who narrowly lost to incumbent U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in the Democratic primary, … Continue reading Continue reading

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CD 32 tightening up

Byron points to this NYT article which notes that the race between Martin Frost and Pete Sessions in the new 32nd CD is tightening up, at least according to Congressional Quarterly. Eight months before Election Day, the two candidates have … Continue reading Continue reading

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Bell makes peace with Green

I’m glad to see this. Houston Rep. Chris Bell is attempting to mend a rift among House Democrats that grew out of the racially divisive election he lost to Al Green earlier this month. Bell met this week with Democratic … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rodriguez increases lead, and other news

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has increased his lead over primary challenger Henry Cuellar now that provisional and overseas ballots have been counted. Forty-four votes were added to his margin, which now stands at 170. Although the results are unofficial until the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Barack Obama

Congratulations to Barack Obama, the clear winner of the Democratic primary for Senate and presumptive favorite in the general election. He overcame opponents who were well-connected and well-funded, not to mention his own unusual name (a nontrivial handicap in Illinois … Continue reading Continue reading

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Three cheers for Tony Knowles

Kos shows us how a principled progressive can do the right thing on divisive issues. Let’s hear it for Tony Knowles, the future junior Senator from Alaska. Atrios says it best: There’s one thing I think many Democrats have forgotten … Continue reading Continue reading

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Campaign web sites

I’ve added links on the sidebar to the Contributions/Donations page for each of the Democratic candidates for Congress this year who a) are not unopposed and b) have a campaign website that I could connect to. Hopefully, this will make … Continue reading Continue reading

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Primary wrapup

The closest race of the primaries may not be over, as challenger Henry Cuellar contemplates asking for a recount in his loss to Rep. Ciro Rodriguez. The drama surrounding the already spirited race was amplified by election night woes in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Avi Rubin as election judge

Avi Rubin, well known for his role as electronic voting machine critic, spent yesterday as an election judge in Baltimore County. He wrote about it here, and came away with a much better understanding of the process and the Diebold … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rodriguez wins squeaker

The final tally is in, and Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has held on to win his hard-fought primary race with Henry Cuellar. This Express News story says the difference is 151 votes, but the SOS page has it at 126, with … Continue reading Continue reading

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Doggett wins, Bell and Wilson lose

Lots of stuff happening from yesterday’s primaries. Let’s go to the videotape. The big local news is that Rep. Chris Bell lost to former JP Al Green by a fairly substantial margin. With all votes counted in the primary for … Continue reading Continue reading

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The case for paper ballots, as if you needed more ammo

From the LA Times: Poll workers struggling with a new electronic voting system in last week’s election gave thousands of Orange County voters the wrong ballots, according to a Times analysis of election records. In 21 precincts where the problem … Continue reading Continue reading

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Votacion Hoy

At long last, it’s primary day in Texas, and there are some rumblings that a few incumbents might be in trouble in their primaries. The Quorum Report is suggesting that early voting is favoring Judge Leticia Hinojosa in her race … Continue reading Continue reading

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Early voting ends

With early voting over and the regular voting to take place on Tuesday, we’ll finally get a better picture of who’s in and who’s out in all of these hotly contested primaries. Among others, we ought to know who’ll carry … Continue reading Continue reading

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Primary primer

I’ve told you about Local Voter and its many useful resources for determining who your incumbents and candidates are. The folks at E-The People have also created some voter guides that are worth a look, for Houston (in conjunction with … Continue reading Continue reading

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Congressional roundup

Some stories of interest as the primary date draws near. An overview of the new CD 10, the Austin-to-Houston barbell district whose representative will be the winner of the GOP primary. Among the GOP primary candidates, former Houston City Councilman … Continue reading Continue reading

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One more week of early voting

Early voting for the March 9 primaries in Texas continues through Friday the 5th, and after that you’ll have to do your civic duty on the appointed day itself. Here’s a few links and resources to help you figure it … Continue reading Continue reading

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Local Voter

I want to take a moment an plug a pretty cool site that I’ve been fooling around with lately, LocalVoter. It’s a one-stop shop for what you need to know about elections and elected offices – who your incumbents are, … Continue reading Continue reading

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CD09 update

With early voting for the March 9 primary underway as of yesterday, the race in CD09 has gotten spirited. Candidates Al Green and Rep. Chris Bell both landed some high profile endorsements for the home stretch. Former Houston Justice of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Making BlogAds work for future candidates

You’ve probably seen the Wired article on BlogAds and their role in helping Ben Chandler get elected to Congress by now. It’s good coverage of the story and provides a good view from inside the Chandler campaign of the ads’ … Continue reading Continue reading

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Another race to watch

There’s one statewide race this year, for Railroad Commissioner. The incumbent, Victor Carrillo, was appointed by Rick Perry to finish out Tony Garza’s term. He’s now facing opposition in the Republican primary, and the GOP establishment is going all out … Continue reading Continue reading

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Keeping an eye on the candidates

It goes without saying that the upcoming election is vital, and I consider it a top priority to help every good candidate that I can to win. I’m going to highlight a few of these candidates here, and will continue … Continue reading Continue reading

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Congressional happenings

Crossposted from Polstate, here are some news and notes from the various Congressional races around here to keep you going until the next race of national interest. Rep. Charlie Stenholm and Rep. Randy Neugebauer are touring the new CD19 to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Chandler wins, Sadler trailing

The great news is that Ben Chandler has won KY 6 by a decisive margin, 55-43 (with 2% going Libertarian) over Alice Forgy Kerr. Josh Marshall has a pointer to an AP story on the result. The DCCC is elated, … Continue reading Continue reading

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More blogger candidates

Several people in the comments to this Kos post about Mary Beth’s candidacy mention that they are now or have been candidates for office, including my friend and neighbor Rob Humenik, who aspires to be a Democratic precinct chair. (Consider … Continue reading Continue reading

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Elections today

Well, today we find out if Ben Chandler and the money he raised through blog ads is The Wave of the Future and An Ominous Portent For President Bush or just another pipe dream that couldn’t abide the light of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Mary Beth for Maine Lege

Candidates who blog are old hat by now, but here’s a first for you: Mary Beth Williams of Wampum is now a candidate for the state legislature of Maine. First up is the Democratic primary on June 8. She’s got … Continue reading Continue reading

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