These are the most amazing numbers I have ever seen. The Republicans are bombing the Democrats back to the Stone Age. Amazing stuff. Republican Charlie Garza is beating Democratic incumbent Rene Nunez in a State Board of Education race in El Paso, of all places. Seems impossible, though Nunez is
This from a Republican consultant, and it is presented as exact numbers, not an estimate. The commentary is the consultant’s, not mine: Most to least endangered list with the partisan margin after early voting: Democratic incumbents Thibaut -1,983 Maldonado -1,462 Cohen -716 (turnout so high in this district, there is
Here is what Jeb was quoted as saying in the New York Times: “The looming victories for Republican candidates next Tuesday [are] not a validation of the Republican Party at all….Instead, they reflect “a repudiation of the massive overreach” by Mr. Obama and Democrats and “disgust with the political
Craig Eiland is asking Attorney General Abbott’s opinion about whether a constituent — not Tilman Fertitta, Eiland says — can host card games at a resort. Here’s how the card room would work: The resort would provide the physical space of a card room and the dealers for the players.
The following blog article was written by Mark P. Jones of the Baker Institute at Rice University and appeared in today’s Houston Chronicle. Benchmarks for Bill White on November 2 Bill White’s overriding goal on November 2 is to be elected governor of Texas. In the event he is
This post replaces a previous version. It is based on information from one Robert Miller, with information compiled by Ryan Data & Research (see earlier post, “R analyst predicts urban tsunami”). I’ll try not to get too deep in the weeds here, but … in the earlier version, I posted
Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm that at one time had the governor’s race as extremely competitive, says in its final poll that Perry will defeat White by 53% to 44%.
This is University of Houston professor Richard Murray’s commentary on the election. The column is called “Prof 13” because of Dr. Murray’s affiliation as Channel 13’s election analyst: Early voting is winding down today [last Thursday], so we have some hard numbers to crunch in trying to figure out