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Texas News by Ben Dubose

Thu, 12/11/2008 - 19:17

Bill White reportedly set for U.S. Senate run

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Houston Mayor Bill White will announce on Monday that he intends to run for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-Dallas) anticipated vacant U.S. Senate seat, "reasonably reliable sources" told the Quorum Report late Thursday.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 16:14

Huffman appears to have broken law in SD-17 campaign event

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Republican Joan Huffman’s campaign for the state Senate District 17 runoff seems to have broken the law against campaigning on property where voting is taking place, according to the Houston Chronicle.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 13:35

Perry: Hutchison is 'Democrat Lite'

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

In his latest fundraising appeal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t call out his likely 2010 Republican primary opponent, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Dallas), by name. But he managed to attack her by nearly every other method.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 13:05

Hutchison's U.S. Senate resignation date could have big implications for Bill White

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

The near consensus in the Texas political world is that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Dallas) will resign her U.S. Senate seat in 2009 and focus on a 2010 gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. Rick Perry. But the more intriguing question may be if she officially resigns her seat by Sept. 28, 2009.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 12:14

Texas state senators blast Schumer, DSCC for lack of funding in U.S. Senate race

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Two Texas state senators sent a letter Thursday to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, blasting the DSCC for its lack of financial support for state Rep. Rick Noriega's (D-Houston) U.S. Senate bid against John Cornyn (R-Houston).

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 11:31

Kirk meets with Obama's transition team

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk said late Wednesday that he had met with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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Wed, 12/10/2008 - 16:18

Perry's office receives suspicious package

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Texas Gov. Rick Perry became the 11th state executive in recent days to be delivered a package containing white powder.

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Wed, 12/10/2008 - 15:25

Could Sharp's early U.S. Senate bid influence White's decision?

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Houston Mayor Bill White said last weekend this would be the week he'd issue a statement on his future political plans, more specifically involving whether he'd run in 2010 for governor or for the anticipated vacant U.S. Senate seat of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Dallas).

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Wed, 12/10/2008 - 13:13

Early voting numbers for SD-17 could be good news for Huffman

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Numbers are out from the first day of early voting for the state Senate District 17 runoff, and they appear to point to a more competitive race between Republican Joan Huffman and Democrat Chris Bell.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 22:31

GOP holds onto state House majority as Democrats drop recount lawsuit

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Texas Democrats decided late Tuesday not to seek a restraining order against Dallas County election officials over votes they thought should have been counted in the House District 105 race, nor will they ask to have the election voided or for a new election, a Democratic Party attorney told The Dallas Morning News.

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