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Thu Nov 15, 2007 at 03:28 PM CST
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| Chris Bell has filed suit against Texans For Rick Perry and the Republican Governors Association. About a month before the 2006 election, Bob Perry gave the RGA $1,000,000 to funnel in to Rick Perry's campaign. It turns out they didn't file any paperwork, and weren't eligible to contribute to Perry's campaign. Let's see - national Republican organization funnels illegal contributions into Texas elections and gets sued. Looks like Perry took a page straight out of Tom Delay's 2002 playbook. Bell can get double the value of the contribution from both Perry and the RGA - or $4,000,000. Download the (pdf) lawsuit here from the EP Times.
Victor Morales - he of the white pickup and US Senate campaign - has confirmed he will take on voter disenfranchiser Betty Brown in HD - 4. She's also being targeted by Wade Gent in the Republican primary, who nearly knocked her out with the help of the education community in 2006. Morales told QR that he plans to make education a top priority. Seeing how she distributed a letter attacking the education community recently for spending money, this should be a race to watch. I'm not sure how long this has been up, but I just stumbled upon it. Betty Brown: Putting Austin First.
In two recent articles, Republican Representative Pat Haggerty of El Paso seems to be flirting with the idea of switching parties. Under constant fire from Speaker Craddick and voucher money man James Leininger, he also happens to represent a district that is very kind to Democrats. It's interesting to note how openly he is talking about the prospect of switching parties, Craddick and the Republican leadership don't seem to hold much worth in his district.
According to Capitol Inside (subscription req'd) angry Republicans in HD 97 are asking for an investigation into mudslinging anonymous telephone calls in the district that seem to have given voucher supporter and Craddick supporter Mark Shelton the edge he needed to get into the runoff against vote leader Democrat Dan Barrett. A disaffected and fractured GOP does not bode well for Shelton who is hoping to pick up votes for the runoff. |
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