Some losing candidates in today’s primary election could have one last chance to win — provided they meet one of three criteria.
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State Government
2010: Chron Endorses Borris Miles
In backing the former state representative over incumbent Al Edwards, the paper cites his “proven business acumen and leadership abilities.”
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Demographics
Primary Color: HD-43
Ideological purity is the big issue on March 2 in this South Texas district. Freshman state Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra, D-South Padre Island, touts her “moderate” approach and bipartisan tendencies, but her challenger insists, “The first thing we have to do is get rid of all the closet Republicans from the Democratic Party.”
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State Government
Primary Color: HD-52
The GOP smackdown in this Republican-leaning district, now occupied by a freshman Democrat, is really a disagreement over focus. One leading candidate, a Capitol insider, has his sights trained on statewide concerns. The other, a Williamson County insider, focuses more on local concerns — and denigrates his opponent’s experience.
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State Government
Primary Color: HD-36
Embattled state Rep. Ismael “Kino” Flores is quitting, and two Democrats are vying to replace him in one of the state’s poorest and least-educated districts — where old-school border politics rule, where no Republicans bothered to file for the general election. After all, this is the Rio Grande Valley.
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Health care
2010: Guns, God, and the GOP Primary
March 2 picks from the Texas State Rifle Assocation (yes to Dora, no to Delwin) and Texas Right to Life (no to Kays).
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State Government
Primary Color: HD-105
North Texas Democrats see GOP state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown’s Irving seat as theirs for the taking in 2010 — the top target in their battle to take back the majority in the House. But first they have to settle on a candidate.
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State Government
Primary Color: SD-5
Forget about issues. The GOP primary for this Senate seat in Central Texas is all about honesty and integrity. Incumbent Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, says of his challenger, Ben Bius, “I can’t remember the last time he said something truthful.” Bius says of Ogden, “I can forgive a man a policy difference if he keeps his word.”
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State Government
2010: A Crash of RINOs
Republican candidate Milton Rister says he’s got nothing to do with the speaker-bashing in an email making the rounds in Georgetown.
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Politics
Primary Color: HD-7
Is this the year that independent-minded state Rep. Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, finally gets his comeuppance from conservatives?
