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Tue Jul 31, 2012 at 09:00 AM CDT
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| From the get-go (by which we mean the second filing deadline for the primary), the question was which other candidate would join Paul Sadler in the run-off given the four-way race between four under-funded candidates. Few onlookers expected it to be Yarbrough, who perhaps coasted on his homophonic last name. Late Senator Ralph's relative he is not. Sadler, on the other hand, is a distinguished former legislator who racked up newspaper and elected official endorsements. Yarbrough has run before for statewide office as a Republican. Sadler prevented a public education financing crisis in the Legislature.
Sadler's campaign has been hamstrung by lack of funding. Democratic donors in the state need to get behind him if he is the nominee and provide resources to run a professional campaign. Sadler needs to spend more time locked in a closet with a phone and a list of donors. The choice is excruciatingly easy -- Sadler's vastly better. Furthermore, if Cruz bests Dewhurst, Sadler has a chance of picking off moderates, if he has the funds to communicate with them.
Results from the May 29th primary in the top 10 most populous Texas counties below:
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