As the Houston municipal elections draw to a close, it's time to focus once again on statewide election developments. Save for serious breaking news, I've decided to do a new blog series to keep up with regular election news called TexWatch 2014.
For the first such update, we start with the big … Continue Reading ››
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Putting the 2014 Ballot Together
As the gravitational pull of the 2014 elections weighs ever closer upon Texas, the Republican party's dominoes seem to be falling in line. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is off to pretty massive start, having well over $20 million dollars in the bank for his Gubernatorial campaign. But even all that money hasn't … Continue Reading ››
Blue Texas: What the National Media is STILL missing
Time to Turn Texas Blue?
It appears that my initial criticisms were a bit premature. Today, much of the news media has been dominated by the roll out of Battleground Texas... a grassroots initiative aimed at making Democrats competitive in the state. Founded by former OFA director Jeremy Bird, the new organization has promised to … Continue Reading ››