Texas Megathread

[Flake]

I saw there was no megathread for Texas so I thought some of y'all would like it.

I guess I'll start off with this:



As badgate stated earlier, she is running for Lieutenant Governor.

[Flake]

Dallas newspaper on the good things and bad things for Leticia Van de Putte's name

Basically saying that she needs to present herself as a hispanic in South Texas and hispanic majority/plurality areas, while not bringing her race up in white areas.

[Flake]

Patrick does have a point

[Flake]

Hannity to attend State of the Union with Gohmert, is open to running for office in Texas should he decide to relocate in the wake of the Cuomo freakout.

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Hopefully he realizes (as we all do, obviously) that Florida's a better fit.

Let's not have Sean Hannity in Florida

[Flake]

I already knew Dewhurst was finished once Cruz punked him in the 2012 U.S. Senate GOP primary runoff (see West Virginia punking Clemson in 2011 Orange Bowl). On the State Attorney General campaign, I'm holding out hope for Branch to pull off the upset.

What about the primary nomination runoffs for Agriculture Commissioner and Railroad Commissioner, Place 1 ?

I never thought someone would ask that. It's like a NYE what-if timeline.

[Flake]

Unrelated from the recent discussions, but does anyone have a reason why Jefferson County (SE Texas - Beaumont) is still a battleground county? Demographic-wise, it seems it should favor Republicans, although not overwhelmingly so. Could it be an anomaly left over from the heavily Democratic South days?

IIRC it has a very significant black population and a large university.

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[Flake]

Unrelated from the recent discussions, but does anyone have a reason why Jefferson County (SE Texas - Beaumont) is still a battleground county? Demographic-wise, it seems it should favor Republicans, although not overwhelmingly so. Could it be an anomaly left over from the heavily Democratic South days?

IIRC it has a very significant black population and a large university.

I understand what you and Flo are saying, although Waller County, just NW of Harris, is home to the historically black Prairie View A&M, and has roughly similar demographics to Jefferson (if not more D leaning), yet voted ~58-41 for Romney vs. 50.3-48.7 for Obama in Jefferson County.   

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It seems a combination of fewer blacks and more conservatives that separate Waller and Harris.

[Flake]

Since there's no Ag Commissioner category to generate maps for on this site, I made one on my own. Hogan (red) beat Friedman (blue) by about 8% :

Actually Dave just added Ag commish to the list of races

[Flake]

My brothers think Abbott could win by 30.

Please don't invite them to this site.

[Flake]

Abbott will outperform Romney in Texas. Enough said.

It seems that Davis has run a pretty terrible campaign. I hope that Van de Putte can win in her race, although I haven't heard much from her campaign or Patrick's campaign.

[Flake]

Wow.  If this ad isn't effective, I don't know what is... Click here.

Wow. That was a great ad.

[Flake]

Davis has no chance. Why should Abbott debate this woman?

Because it's pretty important for voters to know their choices in an election.

Even if she is going to lose it's a disservice to democracy if he's not willing to contrast his views with hers.