Burnt Orange Report

Texas Primary Moved Up - Officially

By Byron LaMasters

As expected, Rick Perry signed a bipartisan bill to move up the Texas primary by one week, thus avoiding the potential conflict of primary day falling on Spring Break. The primary will now be held on the first Tuesday of March, Super Tuesday, which is begining, more and more, to look like the decisive day for the Democratic nomination:

Governor Perry signed Representative Dan Branch’s House Bill 2496 into law late last week. The bill moves Texas’ primary election to the first Tuesday in March, one week earlier than previous law mandated. Election date conflicts with school district spring breaks prompted the Legislature to move the primary date. Senator Kyle Janek sponsored the bill in the Senate.

I plan on posting on the Political State Report tonight to cover the recent events regarding the budget and redistricting, unless Charles Kuffner beats me to it.