Daily Archives: November 6, 2008

The Speaker’s race is officially underway

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

No rest for the political junkie around here, as the race for Speaker of the Texas House gets going. A new race for Texas House speaker kicked off late on Election Night with a growing cast of candidates and anyone’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The big urbans and the big suburbans revisited

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Precinct level data won’t be available for some time, but let’s revisit my discussion of the big counties with the numbers that are currently on the Secretary of State homepage. Here’s that spreadsheet again, updated to include 2008 numbers. Note … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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So what happened to the turnout?

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

That’s the question a lot of people are asking. Where were the voters who supposedly were going to push election turnout in Harris County to breath-taking heights? They stayed away from the polls, leaving turnout only 2 percentage points beyond … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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KBH: Why not both?

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I should have seen this coming. Talk in Austin is that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is reassessing plans to resign from the Senate to challenge Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Perry in 2010. She still intently plans to run but may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hey, remember when we were gonna build a soccer stadium?

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

As I start to get back to blogging about things that don’t involve campaigns or votes, here’s a reminder from Chron soccer writer Glenn Davis that we’re still waiting for some action on the mythical Dynamo Stadium. So what is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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