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Well we had some competitive Dem primaries locally to vote for so you can stop your sanctimonious bullshit.  I continue to be tired of former republicans expecting democrats  to save them from th

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There was a time in recent memory that Texas portrayed itself as a Western state while covering up the Confederate past. The state was still conservative but put on a Western libertarian facade. Now w

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Allred “did I mention I played in the NFL?” is basically a sacrificial lamb.  Surely there’s local races where the money might be spent to more advantage.  

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15 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Allred “did I mention I played in the NFL?” is basically a sacrificial lamb.  

That's really what it seems like. I just don't see him punching Cruz in the nose in the campaign. Cruz will say anything and everything.

I think Gutierrez is much more of what was needed.

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I’d prefer Roland too but his concession speech was awesome. The time for petty slights is over with the primary down, now let’s go kick some GOP ass in November 

Also he said “son of a bitch” about 6 times about Cruz and Trump 

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2 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

Which industry did you switch to?

 

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Yeah my best friend is trying to get out of Texas too and he’s O&G. I’d love to point him to something different he can look into it

 

2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

Don't ask @Neonmoon for advice, he managed to pick something even worse than O&G....

Finance (Lending)

I would NOT advise the move to this field right now. Lol

LCHorn is making too much money right now. He can confirm 

 

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On 3/7/2024 at 11:24 AM, FirstTimeCaller said:

Serious question... why?

I can't find myself to donate to big national races. Those people will never ever have an issue with money for their campaign. Allred I could see myself doing it for things like state house races and I've done it for specific issued-focused groups.

Allred's at a pretty significant cash disadvantage relative to Cruz and a donation now goes further than it will months from now. In general I agree with your line of thinking but Texas is a big, expensive market and it costs a lot of money to run a competitive campaign here. I'm under no illusion he will win but I want him to be competitive. Electoral politics isn't football - there are moral victories. If the GOP - which is cash strapped as fuck, by the way -  has to expend resources in TX it cannot use them elsewhere. Also, as I said, because fuck Ted Cruz.

I won't be donating to the Biden campaign because I think you're right nationally and he has a huge cash advantage over Trump already.

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On 3/7/2024 at 6:26 PM, RDCanecutter said:

... That made loans and gave credit.

Gash and Cash

The juice starts now!

 

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The Original Greaser Bob

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On 3/7/2024 at 11:24 AM, FirstTimeCaller said:

Serious question... why?

Because maybe they can afford donating to more than one candidate?

As far as key races, I have state rep (Ginsberg), state senate (Nathan Johnson) US Rep (Sam Eppler) and US Senate (Allred).

Johnson has it in the bag - the rest have little to no chance, but still worth throwing them some $$ to at least provide some hope for next time around.

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29 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Because maybe they can afford donating to more than one candidate?

As far as key races, I have state rep (Ginsberg), state senate (Nathan Johnson) US Rep (Sam Eppler) and US Senate (Allred).

Johnson has it in the bag - the rest have little to no chance, but still worth throwing them some $$ to at least provide some hope for next time around.

You would garner more benefit by putting the money in a pile in your driveway and setting it on fire.

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Kyle Rittenhouse... now there's a guy who knows what it means to be a Texan and what Texas is all about. Great endorsement.

God the carpet baggers in our politics is sickening.

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Phelan stopped by my stepbrother’s company the other day to shake hands with all the warehouse folks.

He said every districtwide full-color mailer costs $20k, and in the last two weeks, I’ve received no fewer than 40, or $600k in two weeks. That's right, most of my mail is Dade and Covey hitpeices. And Trump sent Covey a bill for $600k for using his endorsement.

District 21 is a bloodbath. The hope is that Orange and Jasper sit home as there is no sherriff’s race on the run off ballot, and that Jefferson county shows up; 15k registered Republicans didn't cast ballots in the primary.

And that democrats vote for Phelan, too.

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I voted early on Friday, and maybe my ballot was flagged as a provisional or required further scrutiny because I changed addresses within district 21 several weeks ago. Today is the runoff.

I've received 3 phone calls today from Phelan’s uncle, my stepbrother, and my wife’s stepsister with “hey the rolls show you haven't voted yet, what gives?”

That's crazy to me.

My wife asked me earlier who the Democratic candidate will be in November’s general. I just laughed and asked her what candidate in their right mind would dive into this shitshow.

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23 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

I voted early on Friday, and maybe my ballot was flagged as a provisional or required further scrutiny because I changed addresses within district 21 several weeks ago. Today is the runoff.

I've received 3 phone calls today from Phelan’s uncle, my stepbrother, and my wife’s stepsister with “hey the rolls show you haven't voted yet, what gives?”

That's crazy to me.

My wife asked me earlier who the Democratic candidate will be in November’s general. I just laughed and asked her what candidate in their right mind would dive into this shitshow.

Man.  I have such a bad feeling about tonight.  Not that we haven't had numerous tipping points before, but I think that tonight is the night that seals the Paxton-wing complete control of our state.

Literally the worst state official of our lifetime, and he is going to be the most powerful man in this state with nobody to even slow him down.

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Mixed bag so far 

He lost to Katrina Pierson. Yeah her.

Hold off on the sunshine pumping

So we have a couple of kinda not too crazy reps for the US House, one replacing Granger and some seriously deranged fuckers going to the TX House

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12 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

Mixed bag so far 

He lost to Katrina Pierson. Yeah her.

Hold off on the sunshine pumping

So we have a couple of kinda not too crazy reps for the US House, one replacing Granger and some seriously deranged fuckers going to the TX House

I appreciate you posting the results. Since I know very little about the candidates in the various run-offs, it'd be helpful to see a list of those supported by Phelan versus those supported by Abbott/Paxton. Do you happen to know if one is available, or should I just assume any incumbent is somewhat moderate, as this post implies? Also, it'd be especially helpful to know when there's no incumbent.

I'm looking at this comprehensive list of all returns and don't know what to make of any of it:

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-may-2024-runoff-election-results/

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Okay, I might've found a partial answer to my question. I'd assumed that Abbott and Paxton were on the same side, but it doesn't appear so in many races. It looks like Paxton people are doing better than Abbott people in the run-offs.

Dark mode readers are going to have to switch to standard viewing because I'm not about to try to recreate this table, and the formatting didn't carry over.

Bold is winning.

Here's what I've found from before the run-offs:

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-may-2024-runoff-election-results/

compared with

https://www.kut.org/politics/2024-03-04/texas-house-election-abbott-paxton-races-republican-primary-endorsements-campaign-contributions

 

Table with 5 columns and 24 rows.
Texas House District Incumbent Challenger Paxton Endorsement Abbott Endorsement
1 Gary VanDeaver Dale Huls, Chris Spencer Huls Spencer
5 Cole Hefner Jeff Fletcher Fletcher Hefner
9 Trent Ashby Paulette Carson Carson Ashby
11 Travis Clardy Joanne Shofner Clardy Shofner
17 Stan Gerdes Tom Glass Glass Gerdes
20 Terry Wilson Janine Chapa Chapa Wilson
26 Jacey Jetton Matt Morgan Morgan Jetton
30 open AJ Louderback, Jeff Bauknight Louderback Bauknight
56 open Pat Curry, Devvie Duke Duke Curry
61 Frederick Frazier Keresa Richardson Branch, Richardson Frazier
63 Ben Bumgarner Vincent Gallo Gallo Bumgarner
64 Lynn Stucky Andy Hopper Hopper Stucky
65 Kronda Thimesch Mitch Little Little Thimesch
66 Matt Shaheen Wayne Richard Richard Shaheen
67 Jeff Leach Daren Meis Meis Leach
68 David Spiller Kerri Kingsbery Kingsbery Spiller
83 Dustin Burrows Wade Cowan Cowan Burrows
85 Stan Kitzman Tim Greeson Greeson Kitzman
89 Candy Noble Abraham George George Noble
91 Stephanie Klick David Lowe Lowe Klick
108 Morgan Meyer Barry Wernick Wernick Meyer
128 Briscoe Cain Bianca Gracia Gracia Cain
133 Mano DeAyala John Perez Perez DeAyala
138 Lacey Hull Jared Woodfill Woodfill Hull
 

 

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I appreciate you posting the results. Since I know very little about the candidates in the various run-offs, it'd be helpful to see a list of those supported by Phelan versus those supported by Abbott/Paxton. Do you happen to know if one is available, or should I just assume any incumbent is somewhat moderate, as this post implies? Also, it'd be especially helpful to know when there's no incumbent.

I'm looking at this comprehensive list of all returns and don't know what to make of any of it:

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-may-2024-runoff-election-results/

Did you see this one?

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/28/texas-election-primary-runoff/

 

Along with VanDeaver, three other anti-voucher Republicans are on Tuesday’s ballot: state Reps. DeWayne Burns of Cleburne, Justin Holland of Rockwall and John Kuempel of Seguin.

 

Burns faces Helen Kerwin, a former Glen Rose mayor and Somervell County commissioner, who finished with 49% to Burns’ 41% in the first round.

Holland is up against Katrina Pierson, the former tea party leader and Trump spokesperson. He received 39% in March, finishing a few hundred votes behind Pierson.

Kuempel’s runoff opponent is former state representative Alan Schoolcraft, who won 48% to Kuempel’s 45% in the first round.

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On 3/7/2024 at 12:03 PM, Guest said:

That's really what it seems like. I just don't see him punching Cruz in the nose in the campaign. Cruz will say anything and everything.

I think Gutierrez is much more of what was needed.

Colin suffers from a condition that infects most black male politicians. He’s afraid to turn off white voters who might consider voting for him by coming across as the scary, angry, arrogant even, black man. Trust me. It’s a real fear and not without credence.

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6 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Well it is the best future for somebody. All the private equity firms who are going to be scoring big profits from Texas tax payers. Ah well.

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2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Well it is the best future for somebody. All the private equity firms who are going to be scoring big profits from Texas tax payers. Ah well.

The ONLY silver lining for me, personally, is my daughter is going to college in Upstate NY and will probably never come back to Texas.

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