edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
Texas Editor
Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami celebrated his 67th birthday today by filing his candidacy for governor, officially entering a four-way Democratic race that also includes outgoing Houston Mayor Bill White, Fort Worth educator Felix Alvarado and Mount Calm private investigator Bill Dear.
About two-dozen supporters accompanied Shami to state Democratic headquarters in [...]
Our Bob Garrett is at state Democratic headquarters in Austin, and he reports:
Houston businessman Farouk Shami has made his run for governor official, filing paperwork with the Texas Democratic Party to run in the March 2 primary.
Shami was greeted [...]
Fellow Democratic gubernatorial contender Hank Gilbert, a rancher, also moved to the ag race today [...]
Today's announcement from Kinky Friedman that he's jumping to the agriculture commissioner race instantly raised the question of who Friedman will endorse for governor.
Looks like no one.
Friedman spokeswoman Rania Batrice said Friedman did not discuss an endorsement in his conversations with gubernatorial candidates Bill White and Farouk Shami, adding that [...]
The Texas Tribune has the scoop:
Friedman finalized his decision after meeting with Democratic gubernatorial candidates Bill White and Farouk Shami separately over the weekend. Friedman campaign consultant Colin Strother described the meetings with both men as "very, very good", but Friedman is [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami today unveiled his jobs plan -- create them himself.
"What we're going to be doing is opening small factories in all communities that need jobs," Shami, founder of hair-products companies, said in an Austin appearance.
"We're going" [...]
Kinky Friedman's camp is disputing Houston businessman Farouk Shami's assertation that Friedman is moving toward an endorsement of Shami in the Democratic gubernatorial primary race.
Shami, during a Dallas appearance Monday, said Friedman will be spending the upcoming weekend at Shami's home and added: "He's a friend so I expect an [...]
Just like Kinky Friedman, Farouk Shami is running as a Democrat for Governor, and like Kinky, he is not a Democrat.
Elise Hu of the Texas Tribune reviewed the voting record of Shami noting he has not voted in a Democratic primary and missed the vote for Democratic [...]
Just like Kinky Friedman, Farouk Shami is running as a Democrat for Governor, and like Kinky, he is not a Democrat.DALLAS -- Farouk Shami wants everyone to know he's running for the Democratic Party's gubernatorial nomination.
"I am not a career politician, but I am running for governor," he said.
He hopes to cross party lines and simply draw votes from average Texans to steer state leadership away from "career" [...]
Democratic candidate for Governor Farouk Shami has fired four top aides. They had been on the job for less than three weeks.
Campaign manager Joel Coon and communications director Jason Stanford were among the high-level officials dismissed by Shami last week. Because of confidentiality agreements, they could not comment on the [...]
