Election Night Part III — Odds and ends
Taking a look at other statewide races, congressional races, and legislative races:
I regret to report that in the Democratic primary, Pete Gallego lost his race against Ciro Rodriguez.
Craddick defeats Chisum (Railroad Commision)
Smitherman defeats Parker (Railroad Commission)
Randy Weber defeats Felicia Harris (CD 14) — the old Ron Paul seat
Steve Stockman defeats Stephen Takach (CD 36)
Supreme Court Place 4
Readers may recall an ugly incident in which John Devine, a candidate for the court, allegedly told someone he was running against incumbent David Medina because Medina had an Hispanic name. Medina also had ethics problems resulting from a fire at his house. In a race reminiscent of the defeat of Perry appointee Xavier Rodriguez early in the 2000s, Devine did defeat Medina, 54.79% to 45.20%.
Congressional District 25:
Roger Williams 58.94%
Wes Riddle 41.05%
Riddle had charged that President Obama had given away several islands off Alaska to the Russians.
pjs says:
Gallego is up on Rodriguez by 3.5 points with 70% in.
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paulburka Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 9:33 pm
That’s great news.
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pjs Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 9:35 pm
I agree, Gallego deserves to go to DC
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Anonymous Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Deserves, or should have to?
Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Why is Burka reporting that Gallego lost? He’s up with a good lead with 90% in. Burka, what gives?
Spiro Eagleton says:
This is a big night for the libertarian/conservative Tea Party coalition. Huge wins by Cruz, Stockman, and Campbell. We’re also taking out some more Straus moderates. There are only a few races (such as Landtroop’s) that are going the way the moderate establishment wished.
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Anonymous Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:23 pm
What happened in HD114 and HD115 Spiro? Looks like the moderates won.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:55 pm
You can’t win them all, but the conservatives won a vast majority of the races tonight, especially the big three of Cruz, Stockman, and Campbell – plus taking out a few more of Straus’ moderates.
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CJ says:
Not so fast re Gallego v. Rodriguez
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The Ghost of Sam Houston says:
Paul,
Why are you calling the Gallego race? Do you have insights that aren’t reported on the SOS’s site, which shows Gallego with a good lead over Rodriguez?
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anon says:
Any numbers on Veasey/Garcia?
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Anonymous says:
Gingrich, Perry, Dewhurst…
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MCC says:
@anon 9:45
Garcia’s still up 70/30 with 68 of 110 reported
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anonymous Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Huh
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pjs says:
Precincts counted – 71%
Veasey 9,718 53.8%
Garcia 8,358 46.2%
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pjs says:
Precincts counted – 76%
Gallego 12,557 53.8%
Rodriguez 10,794 46.2%
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Anonymous says:
Team Perry and Team Dew are done.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
Paul, don’t forget that Donna Campbell is beating Jeff Wentworth(less) utterly senseless tonight.
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Blue Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:10 pm
I figured she’d win handily, but she is just whipping him.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
Nevermind, Paul, I now see your references to that race. Thanks.
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Burnams Mustache says:
Gallego Wins!!!
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Robert Morrow says:
Jeff Wentworth(less) had absolutely NO fiscal conservative defending him from the onslaught of the pro-lifers who have wanted to get rid of him for a long time.
And Terri Hall helped stick a needle in his campaign, too.
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Burnams Mustache says:
What is Eppsteins record in contested Senate elections lately ????
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Anonymous Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:19 pm
What is Carney/Johnson’s record?
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Coke Stevenson's Ghost says:
The statement re: Devine and Medina truly epitomizes ignorance. First, the “allegation” was denied in the strongest terms by Judge Devine, and obviously was not believed by Texas voters. Furthermore, on a night when Texas Republicans have nominated a man with a Hispanic surname for the US Senate, poorly implied allegations of racism are particularly weak. The race of one candidate is the only similarity between Devine’s victory and the Smith/Rodriguez contest of years ago. Devine served as a judge, has a political base, and ran against an incumbent with a serious history of ethical/legal issues. In contrast, Rodriguez was a highly regarded private practice attorney, but was seen as a moderate jurist who many would consider out of step with Republican primary voters (as demonsrated by his statement in a voter guide that David Souter was his favorite US Supreme Court Justice). You can do a lot better than recycling the tabloid style garbage of other “news” outlets.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Excellent points by the late Gov. Stevenson.
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anita says:
Coke, take your blinders off — it’s a well-established pattern that downballot hispanic candidates tend to lose in R primaries.
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It is My Destiny to be the King of Spain says:
The next R Primary will be a bloodbath in statewide races. I expect John Devine, Dan Patrick, Jerry Patterson, George P Bush, and even Dewhurst himself to consider running against Perry next time. The wheels have come off folks.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Patterson is going to run for LtGov and win.
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My Fair Lady Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Dan Patrick looked borderline psychotic this cycle.
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Anonymous says:
What does Abbott do?
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:37 pm
He runs for gov and wins, whether or not Perry runs again or not.
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Jay dozier says:
Paul, I tweeted you a short comment, but wanted to explain it in full. I am a pastor in Kerrville. I do not vote in primaries for many reasons. A local republican party official, tea party member and oak initiative member (all same person) looked into my (non) primary voting record then announced at an oak initiative meeting that I am not a Republican. I’m not personally hurt–I will and have told everyone that I do not vote in primaries so I can remain independent. If they would have invited me, I would have shared this information. I understand that primary voting is public, so I’m not saying this is illegal. But I am saying that the oak initiative in particular is harassing pastors who do not vote as they determine is right.
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Oaks are Nutty Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Jay, give the Oak Initiative some credit. This is the first time that they have actually researched something and reported actual facts. This is a step forward for them–but a mere few steps on a long road of integrity from people that assume reality is whatever they fear it could be and have consistently disregarded facts in your community.
Later, we can ease them into a discussion about appropriateness.
But for now, baby steps.
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Jay dozier Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Progress.
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Anonymous says:
Abbott will be Gov
Patterson Lite Gov
Wainwright or Willet as AG
Quico Canseco is Comptroller
Staples is Land Commish
Harvey Hilderbrand will not be comptroller. Deb Medina could be lite guv
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My Fair Lady Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Abbott beats Perry, unless Abbott is too chicken to run. But if Abbott doesn’t run, Abbott himself will have Wainwright or McCaul or Branch or Combs as an opponent.
Frankly, anyone not from DC beats Perry, incl Dewhurst.
Anyone not from DC beats Dewhurst for Lt Gov, incl Patterson or Staples.
George P Bush will be Land Commish, if he wants it.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
August 1st, 2012 at 12:26 pm
My Fair Lady: Perry is NOT running in 2014 I can guarantee you this right now.
Abbott vs. Dewhurst in the GOP primary for Governor.
Hell, Wallace Jefferson could move up and run for Governor himself and possibly win.
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Anonymous says:
Gallego up by over 2,000 with 282 of 307 precincts in. Dem turnout in Bexar was way down from May 29, and there were several key Democratic local primary runoffs in Gallego’s strongest counties west of Maverick. Looks like he’s going to hold on and win this one.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Yes, but the Great Pundit Burka already reported that Gallego lost. How can that be?
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paulburka Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 11:03 pm
I was going to go back and correct the result but never got back to it. My fault.
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SA warmed to Pete says:
The Castros endorsed Pete and I think that helped him. Ciro is not Landslide Lloyd in his hometown.
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Lubbock Democrat says:
Several news outlets have called the race for Pete.
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Blue Dogs says:
Burka, I can tell you that TX First Lady Anita Perry is telling Rick, “You need to save yourself whatever dignity you got left and retire in 2014″.
It’s obvious that a secret deal between Perry and Abbott has been made already: Perry retires gracefully and quietly and Abbott becomes governor-that’s the arrangement.
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