Daily Archives: November 9, 2006

This piece about Nick Lampson’s efforts to get on the Appropriations Committee also talks about his political future, based on this year’s vote. Lampson earned 52 percent of the vote in complete but unofficial returns in the 22nd Congressional District, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m looking out my office window and I could swear I don’t see any flying pigs, but they must be out there somewhere if Rick Perry is talking about bipartisanship with a straight face. Bridge-building and bipartisanship were GOP Gov. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The first thing to understand about Juan Garcia’s win in HD32 (once you’re done doing the Happy Dance) is that Tom Craddick has lost a lot of support since he became House Speaker in 2002. In addition to the seven … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I wanted to put this bit in its own post, because I’m going to visit this theme with a number of candidates over the next few weeks. At the end of that Caller story, we see this: While the late … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s official, Juan Garcia is Texas’ newest State Representative. When complete, unofficial returns in the District 32 state representative race were released late Wednesday, Garcia received 17,611 of the votes, or 48 percent, to Republican incumbent Gene Seaman’s 16,847, or … Continue reading → Continue reading →