Burnt Orange Report
News, Politics, and Fun From Deep in the Heart of Texas
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December 07, 2005Candidate Round-UpBy Karl-Thomas Musselman+ Vote for John Courage to garner Russ Feingold's Progressive Patriot Award (worth $5k). Lampson is the only other Texan in the running but John is tied for first as it is, and that $5k will go a lot further right here, right now than it will out in DeLay's seat. Plus, I think Grassroots All-Star and Progressive Patriot Award go together real nice. So Vote. +You've got to read the latest from the Larry (Stallings) for the Lege (HD-122) blog. That goes for any day of the week. It's probably the most entertaining, and yet incredibly informative campaign blog in the state. You'd almost think they were the Kirk Watson campaign with how excited they are sometimes. + A report from the Henley for Congress campaign in CD-7 from Lamar High student Michael Hurta.
+ Mary Beth Harrell had a great top listed diary at kos the other day, a good read still after the fact. + Rep. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) is officially running against Sen. Frank Madla in SD-19. Support him, and read up on what the Red State has to say about it. + Valinda Bolton, running for HD-47 against Jason Earle at the moment, will have her website up soon and recently gave a great speech at the last UDems meeting. Here is some background on her. Glen Maxey is consulting for her campaign.
+Keep a watch on Kuffner, he's able to keep up with the filing madness faster than I can try to this week, including this post which tells the tale of a Republican turned Democrat running for the statehouse. Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at December 7, 2005 08:11 PM | TrackBackComments
Are we trying to ensure Govenror Perry's re-election? Is this the most messed up campiagn ever or what? What's next this "talking in tounges mad grandma" running as a democrat? Poll: Strayhorn as independent? 12:00 AM CST on Thursday, December 8, 2005
Gov. Rick Perry's campaign denies it is sponsoring the poll. Mrs. Strayhorn's campaign won't say. "We don't discuss our polls," said Strayhorn spokesman Mark Sanders. "We are regularly in the field testing voter attitudes." Mrs. Strayhorn has announced that she will challenge Mr. Perry in the March 7 GOP primary. Recent polls indicate she trails the incumbent more than 2-to-1. In pursuit of the nomination, Mrs. Strayhorn has gotten a large number of campaign contributions from typically Democratic sources, such as trial lawyers. She plans a fundraiser next week in Austin with a host committee that includes former Democratic Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Houston attorney Arthur Schecter, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas under President Bill Clinton. Mr. Barnes has drawn Republican ire for asserting, especially in last year's campaign, that he helped President Bush get a spot in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. The Perry campaign said it would not be surprised if its rival were considering an independent run. "After spending the last six months becoming very cozy with trial lawyers, people who have tried to defeat President Bush and people close to the Clintons, it doesn't surprise me that Carole Strayhorn would be looking for someplace to run other than the Republicans' primary," said Robert Black, a spokesman for the Perry campaign. Candidates have until Jan. 2 to file to be on primary ballots. Asked whether Mrs. Strayhorn would file to run as a Republican, Mr. Sanders said: "Carole is a Republican for governor in 2006." According to a Strayhorn supporter from Houston, some backers have tried in recent weeks to encourage her to leave the GOP and run as an independent. One backer said she probably would lose a race against Mr. Perry in the GOP primary but would fare better as an independent on the November general election ballot. As an independent, Mrs. Strayhorn would have to collect 45,000 signatures from registered voters who skipped the primaries to qualify for the ballot. Singer Kinky Friedman plans to try to get on the ballot as an independent. On the Democratic side, former Congressman Chris Bell is running, and former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage is considering entering the race. E-mail wslater@dallasnews.com Posted by: hamiltonfan at December 8, 2005 08:18 AMAny news about Paul Foreman (Congressional District 10)? I missed the DFT meeting last night (if they still had it), but I was hoping to hear more about the CD10 race. Posted by: GlennM at December 8, 2005 08:59 AMYeah Ill be voting for Lampson on that Feingold money. He needs all he can get against Delay! Posted by: John at December 8, 2005 02:50 PMYeah, CD 10. Not sure what happened to Ankrum, someone else is on record as having filed with the TDP already. Check out their page for that Glenn. Posted by: Karl-T at December 8, 2005 03:01 PMVote for John Courage for Progressive Patriot. Nick Lampson is doing very well raising money and he's got a lot of help in CD22. He's on track to take out DeLay. A vote for John would help both of them get elected to Congress. Right now John is closer to getting that endorsement than Nick, so vote for the Texan that can win the endorsement. You can check the results here Sonia Congress Needs Courage Ted Ankrum is getting his ducks in a row to file very soon. He's still active, and I have every expectation that he will run a strong campaign for the CD 10 seat Posted by: John at December 28, 2005 02:07 PMPost a comment
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