edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
Texas Editor
Well Annise spoke candidly in her first press conference:
“Mr. Locke was a rookie candidate and he made a lot of rookie mistakes,” Parker said, noting that her staff has remained pretty much intact over the last seven campaigns, while the Locke camp suffered several upheavals.
Besides the change [...]
In less than 24 hours Houstonians will head to the polls to decide who will lead them in the new decade.
Both campaigns have been busy as they crunch numbers and review the early voter turnout. Voter turnout was higher than the general election but do not let that statistic deceive [...]
It’s always sad to see a relationship go down the tubes, isn’t it?
Long before the campaigns of Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick Perry started calling each other “Kay Bailout” and “Tricky Ricky,” the senator and governor exchanged handwritten birthday notes and congratulatory letters.
The Republican political heavyweights have never been [...]
Today is a big one for political junkies. The candidate filing period for the March 2010 primary starts this morning.
As of now, we can expect just about every local incumbent up for re-election will file for another term.
And plenty of challengers launched their campaigns weeks ago but those that don't' [...]
Here’s the Chron overview of the Controller’s runoff. Two points of interest to note. One is what presence, if any, the two candidates will have on the airwaves.
Tactically, both campaigns said they intend to focus on direct-mail, block-walking and other field operations and will produce TV ads if they [...]
I'm not sure how much of a pull bloggers in the Houston area have, but they do follow their local politics and are very active in different campaigns across the area. Many have endorsed in the race for Houston Mayor. So without any more discussion, here are the endorsements for' [...]
And we have our first poll from a source other than one of the campaigns, but like those two before it, this one shows Annise Parker in the lead.
The poll consisted of 500 telephone interviews with registered Houston voters who consider themselves likely to vote in the [...]
Kay Bailey Hutchison, who announced Friday that running for a new office without abandoning the old one was the right thing to do, once said running for a new office while holding another was the wrong thing to do. As the estimable Jason Embry points out, in her 1990 [...]
I was quoted in DMN today for an article on the Dallas Constables allegedly selling raffle tickets to finance their campaigns. My entire contribution, soup to nuts, was
Robert Guest, a local criminal defense lawyer, said he believes the state's anti-gambling law prohibits elected officials from using raffles' [...]