Category Archives: Election 2004

The Richard Morrison campaign ought to get a decent fundraising boost out of being named one of the eight highlighted races at Daily Kos. There are some interesting comments in this thread, with this one being easily the most noticeable. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In case you’re wondering why so many of us have been pounding the Texas Tuesdays concept these past few weeks, check out what Charlie Cook has to say (PDF) about (among others) the Texas Congressional races. All the races highlighted … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On the one hand, I should be happy that the Chron has finally written something about Richard Morrison. I’m willing to bet that this is the longest and most in-depth article they’ve ever written about any challenger to Tom DeLay. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Check out the Political State Report for a nice interview with Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Tony Knowles. Author Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins did his homework and asked some good questions. I like this trend of candidates making themselves available to bloggers. At … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So, did you hear about the staffer for Colin Powell who tried to yank him off the air on Meet the Press yesterday because Tim Russert was asking him hard questions? Turns out she used to work for Tom DeLay, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Got a little free time over the Memorial Day weekend? Consider taking a road trip to South Dakota to help get out the vote for Stephanie Herseth in the June 1 special election there. ‘Fraid I can’t make it – … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not surprisingly, City Prop 1 passed by a wide margin, though wider than I’d have thought. Mayor Bill White has been handed the keys to fix this problem along with the trust of the voters to do so. He’s also … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today we vote on City Proposition 1, which is leading by a 14-point margin in a recent poll. I have decided after a lot of back and forth on the issue to vote against it, but I have no criticism … Continue reading → Continue reading →

They’re pretty happy about how things are going right now over at the Richard Morrison campaign. I’ve reproduced a press release that I received this morning, which you can find under the More link, that gives some of the details. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And for the third leg of our Texas Tuesday trilogy, I present to you a guest post by Morris Meyer. He’s working hard to help us send “Smokey Joe” Barton back home to Ellis County where he can breathe the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This may be the last nail in Rep. Ciro Rodriguez’ electoral coffin, though an appeal has been filed. LAREDO — Democratic congressional hopeful Henry Cuellar prevailed today in a lawsuit against him alleging voter fraud in his primary election victory … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Got an email today about a new site called VotersUnite!, which calls itself a “non-partisan national grassroots network for fair and accurate elections”. They’ve got a lot of info about Direct Recording Electronic voting machines, the Help America Vote Act, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just a few campaign-related stories from recent days: Via BOR comes this Roll Call article in which the NRCC expresses some fear about Rep. Pete Sessions’ chances against Martin Frost. Tom DeLay and the National Republican Congressional Committee yesterday acknowledged … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Archpundit takes a look at some Illinois Congressional races over at the Stakeholder. Good news – the Democrats have a shot at winning the seat once held by Don Rumsfeld. Check it out. Continue reading →

Get ready for another recount in CD28. U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez’s legal case against challenger Henry Cuellar was severely hobbled Tuesday when a judge denied his attempt to raise the issue of possible illegal votes cast in Webb County in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

With Rep. Ciro Rodriguez filing a lawsuit to overturn the result in the CD28 Democratic primary, the case would appear to turn on the question of what a valid voter registration is. The issue of residency is a murky one, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kos teases us with some poll news from CD22: I’ve gotten my hands on some polling data from the district, and it’s surprisingly poor for [Tom] DeLay. His Approval/Disapprovals are 44/48. On the reelect question, 36 percent would definitely vote … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Recently, I had the opportunity to conduct an email interview with Rep. Martin Frost, who is running in a highly contested and closely watched race in the new 32nd Congressional District against Republican Rep. Pete Sessions. The interview is beneath … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week, I received an email from Jesse Lee of the DCCC asking if I’d like to participate in a blog exchange program, where I posted something there and he posted something here. I agreed, and this morning my guest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has amended his lawsuit against Henry Cuellar to allege that many people who voted in the runoff do not actually live in CD28. The San Antonio Express-News visited some of the residences in question Monday based on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meet Steve Brozak, who may have a major role to play in the Democrats’ efforts to win back the House in November. WESTFIELD, N.J. — On a Friday afternoon last April, a couple of weeks after he returned from Iraq, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Another long newsie roundup. Hey, at least I’m sparing you the agony of long page-load times, right? Continue reading →

From the Things I Meant To Mention Earlier This Week But Unaccountably Forgot About department: Greg Greene‘s boss is running for Congress. Check out her record, and if you like what you see, drop her a few dimes to help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some mostly good news: Democrats are keeping pace with Republicans in fundraising for this year, at least in many individual races. Over all, the Republicans held a two-to-one financial advantage over their Democratic rivals through February, according to PoliticalMoneyLine, which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As expected, Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has filed suit to overturn the recount result in the CD28 Democratic primary. The suit, filed in 341st District Court on Cuellar’s home turf, alleges that there is “no ready or plausible explanation” for a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was all set to start collecting links to round up the runoff results, but Byron‘s got it totally covered. Start here and click through the “previous” links until you’re done. It’s pretty rare for me to care one way … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Our long national nightmare of hearing Ben Streusand’s voice on the TV as he approves yet another damn advertisement of his really amazingly non-politiciany conservative credentials is finally ending today. There are four other GOP Congressional runoffs plus one for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

D-435 is a project to enlist a Democratic candidate in all races where there’s an unopposed Republican. Most of these would be considered longshots of varying extremity based on 2002’s returns, but a handful of them are within shouting distance … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you judge a person by who his or her opponents are, Rep. Martin Frost is looking good right about now: An anti-immigration organization called the Coalition of Future American Workers which has ties to a racist group is running … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez is still talking about filing a lawsuit to overturn the recounted results in the CD 28 Democratic primary, though he hasn’t actually filed yet. He is lining up support for his effort, though. Tuesday, Rodriguez was joined … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s a movement afoot to get write-in candidates on the ballot for the general election in CD 10. Professor Lorenzo Sadun, who holds a Ph.D. certifying that he can do the math, understands the challenge he would face as a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A little diversion from the Stakeholder: Roll Call is having a little contest, “Speakerology,” to see who can garner the most votes from citizens for Speaker of the House. The final round is between Republican Roy Blunt and Democrat Jan … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Roughly a year ago at this time, I wrote the following: My first reaction to the news that Gary Hart has a blog was “Wow! It’s so cool that a possible Presidential candidate can reach voters this way!” My second … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Third parties struggle to make ballot For whatever reason, three smaller political parties are having a tough time getting enough petition signatures to make sure their candidates are on the November ballot. The struggle with the petition drives comes after … Continue reading → Continue reading →