TX Primary Thread - March 7, 2006

[minionofmidas]

Also, after March 7, Independent candidates have until May 11 to gather the requisite signatures to be on the ballot in November.  For example, in the Governor's race, this means getting 49,000+ signatures of people who did not vote in the primaries or the runoffs.

The petition signing period is delayed until after the runoff if either party has a runoff for that office.  A runoff for Democrat nomination for governor is certainly a possibility.  The number of signatures represents 1% of the votes cast in the last governor's race (just short of 5 million).  Keeton Strayhorn is making a fuss about this, but I'm not really sure about the details.  I just got a phone call to be sure to vote in the Republican primary for Lt. Governor, where David Dewhurst is essentially unopposed in the primary and the general election.  Dewhurst is quite wealthy and probably feels the need to spend some money on re-election, but it could be intended to get people to vote in the primary so that they can't sign the petitions.

Count on it.

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Alvarado has apparently withdrawn from the Governor's race[/quote] There goes my supported candidate.

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Afro-American or Arab?

[minionofmidas]

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Chris Bell, or haven't you heard enough about him to have an opinion?
Favorable: 12%
Unfavorable: 5%
Not heard enough: 80%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Bob Gammage, or haven't you heard enough about him to have an opinion?
Favorable: 6%
Unfavorable: 2%
Not heard enough: 89%

They get more votes than favorable impressions!

[minionofmidas]

DeLay got 62%.