Daily Archives: December 7, 2009

A gubernatorial threefer

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Debra Medina made her filing for Governor today as well, and she hopes to be allowed in the clubhouse when the big kids get together to play. “Texans deserve a Governor who is more interested in the needs of Texans,” … Continue reading →

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Runoff EV report, Day 8

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Before I get into today’s numbers, there was an incident at one of the early voting locations this morning. Police say someone broke into the Hester House Community Center, an early-voting location in the Fifth Ward, overnight, but officials with … Continue reading →

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KBH officially enters the Governor’s race

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

While I never believed that Kay Bailey Hutchison would actually resign her Senate seat in order to run for Governor, I also never believed that she would drop her primary challenge to Rick Perry, even as he played his mind … Continue reading →

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Eight days out finance reports, Green and Khan

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve seen the eight days out finance reports for the Mayor’s race, now here’s the same thing for the Controller’s race. As before, the campaign finance spreadsheet has been updated with all of the raw data. Here’s how it breaks … Continue reading →

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The last debate

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not much of a debate-watching person, and we had company yesterday afternoon, so I did not catch the last Mayoral debate. (Judging by David Ortez’s liveblogging, it would seem a lot of people weren’t watching.) I don’t think events … Continue reading →

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At Large #1 runoff overview

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I believe this will be the last of the runoff overview stories. The runoff for an at-large City Council seat has devolved into a battle over the subtle connotations of the phrase “city contractor.” One of the candidates for Position … Continue reading →

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Not-quite-an-endorsement-but-close-enough watch: Roy for Annise

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, Peter Brown endorsed Annise Parker for Mayor fairly soon after the November election. That left the question about what, if anything, Roy Morales would do. Via Big Jolly, we now know the answer. Apparently, Roy sent out … Continue reading →

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