Six Fort Worth Republicans are asking for an investigation of automated phone calls they say might have swung the results of a special election earlier this month.
Who Done It?
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Following the Money
Democrat Chris Bell is suing Republican Rick Perry and the Washington, D.C.-based Republican Governor’s Association over the provenance of $1 million in campaign money in last year’s gubernatorial election.
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Crash Test Dummies
Dan Barrett and Mark Shelton — a lawyer and a doctor, a Democrat and a Republican, an opponent and a supporter of the current Speaker of the House — will face each other in a runoff in HD-97 in a few weeks. The money is big, the stakes are big, and there’s nothing else going on in state politics at the moment. It’s a Petri dish full of what’ll be happening in House races for the next 12 months.
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The South Texas Way
The filing period for candidates is still a month away, but things are already getting ugly down in Senate District 21.
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Health care
A Very Expensive Footnote
Democrat Mikal Watts — having spent $947,505 “exploring” a run for the U.S. Senate — decided not to run after all. That removes one serious opponent for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, but the Texas Republican will still face opposition a year from now — probably state Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston.
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Pigs, Chickens, and Lame Ducks
To summarize: The state’s senior senator won’t seek reelection and might quit early, and hasn’t decided whether to run for governor or to get out and earn some money in the private sector.
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Death and Texas
The state’s top criminal judge has inspired a parody website and a complaint from a group of lawyers that’s dead serious.
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Its Name is MUD
Clunky as it is, “Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One” is a familiar name in election law circles.
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Soldier, Legislator, Lobbyist, Candidate
Come March, Democratic primary voters will likely know all about U.S. Senate hopeful Rick Noriega’s ties to utility companies. What voters will make of it is still anybody’s guess.
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Health care
England’s New Flag
Rep. Kirk England of Grand Prairie is switching parties, saying he’ll seek reelection as a Democrat. There hasn’t been a party switch in the Texas Legislature in a decade, and it’s been a long, long time since a legislator left the Republicans for the Democrats and survived the switch.
