Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has released the Interim Charges for Senate Committees. To view the complete list, follow this link to the Texas Senate’s website. Continue Reading »
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This Week in Texas: January 6, 2010
The cast list is set for the 2010 elections. Here is a brief recap: Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: December 30, 2009
The retirement announcements keep coming this week. As of today, there will be one open seat in the Texas Senate and eight open seats in the Texas House. Will there be more? We will know soon enough as the January 4th deadline approaches. Candidates have until midnight on the 4th to file to run. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: December 23, 2009
There has been lots of activity in the world of Texas politics during the past week. Despite the holidays, we expect a few more surprises as we head toward the January 4th filing deadline.
Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle filed to run for lieutenant governor as a Democrat. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: December 16, 2009
The race for governor underwent some changes this week. Kinky Friedman announced that he is leaving the race for the Democratic nomination for governor next year and will run for Texas Agriculture Commissioner instead. He will join Hank Gilbert in the Democratic primary for that post. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: December 9, 2009
The filing period has begun and the excitement continues through January 4th. There are 83 days until the March 2nd primary elections. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: December 2, 2009
Lots of shifting sands in the political landscape here in Texas. The past 10 days has been full of announcements. The filing period for candidates begins tomorrow, December 3rd and continues through January 4, 2010. You should be on the lookout for several more twists and turns before the list of candidates is complete. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: November 18, 2009
Rep. Brian McCall (R-Plano) announced that he has decided not to seek re-election to his House District 66 seat. McCall, current chair of the House Calendars Committee, has served in the Texas House for 19 years. Plano City Council member Mabrie Jackson plans to resign her seat on the council to run for the House District 66. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: November 11, 2009
Speaker Joe Straus announced his appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission. Continue Reading »
This Week in Texas: November 4, 2009
Another Election Day has come and gone. Here in Texas, all 11 constitutional amendments on the ballot passed with each proposition garnering at least 55 percent of the vote. In Houston, there will be a runoff on December 12 in the mayoral race between City Controller Annise Parker and former City Attorney Gene Locke. Continue Reading »