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Congressional candidates expected to spend at least $3.7 billion for midterm elections
(14 Mar 2010 06:01)
... least $3.7 billion, a record for midterm elections. Big fights always happen in midterm elections ... Texas GOP gubernatorial battle that cost Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison more than $35 million playing out in ...
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Battle Awaits Perry, White
(14 Mar 2010 09:00)
... either gubernatorial primary, Democratic and Republican candidates Bill White and Rick Perry are raising money and political capital for ... Perry's opponents in the GOP Primary, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, "called his hand" regarding ...
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Despite buzz, Perry says he has no interest in running for president
(14 Mar 2010 06:01)
... AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry insists that his sole political ambition is ... years, but his triumph over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the March 2 Republican primary is ... in Perry's gubernatorial contest against Democratic nominee Bill White, a former three-term Houston mayor. "Texans have ...
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Runoff vote needs boost
(14 Mar 2010 10:21)
... contest - for governor - was decided in the March 2 primary when Gov. Rick Perry swamped U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Republican Party activist Debra Medina. Had Perry and Hutchison been vying in a runoff, there might be some additional ...
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Politics and Punditry: Is Rick Perry Texas' Lone Star?
(10 Mar 2010 06:53)
... Politics and Punditry: Is Rick Perry Texas' Lone Star? Published: Tuesday, March 9, ... the Republican state primary over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had been handsomely winning statewide elections herself since 1990. This is the same ...
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Dem Bill White criticizes Texas Gov. Rick Perry on budget cuts, refuses to rule out tax hike
(9 Mar 2010 19:30)
... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrat Bill White criticized Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday for pressing Texas agencies to ... their respective political parties for the general election in November. By the looks of it ...
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Jonathan Gurwitz: Conservatives want more than photo ops from Rick Perry
(8 Mar 2010 20:51)
... Conservatives want more than photo ops from Rick Perry Texas on the Potomac regularly shares with ... on the ballot in the next general election. Voters approved it in November with 81 ... over the Democratic nominee, former Houston Mayor Bill White. No Democrat has won a statewide election ...
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Shields and Gerson on a Rocky Week for the Democrats
(8 Mar 2010 17:05)
... Staying with the Republicans, finally, the Texas primary race for governor, Rick Perry defeated Kay Bailey Hutchison. A message there? ... of Texas, running as the challenger against Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had been essentially undefeatable for 20 ...
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Perry Pulling Away from Hutchison as Election Day Approaches
(8 Mar 2010 18:38)
... Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's slim gubernatorial hopes may ride on the ... candidate in Tuesday's Texas primary. Incumbent Gov. Rick Perry can avoid a runoff with Hutchison if ... a major gaffe by Tea Party candidate Debra Medina, it appears Perry will cross that threshold. ...
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Hispanic surname has differing impact in Texas primaries
(12 Mar 2010 14:38)
... definitely not a given in Republican primary elections if the incumbent is Hispanic, challenged by ... on the Texas Railroad Commission since Gov. Rick Perry appointed the former Taylor County judge to ... County District Attorney and state ethics enforcer Ronnie Earle, who got 34.6 percent. Something in a ...
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Fair game: Houston will be under spotlight in race for governor
(8 Mar 2010 08:17)
... the November gubernatorial contest between incumbent Republican Rick Perry and former Houston mayor Bill White is a reality, we can expect to ... to make the state of Houston an election issue. He expects the rebuttal to come ...
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Week 1: Gubernatorial Race
(10 Mar 2010 11:25)
... Democrat Bill White said he won't rely on "Soviet-style budgeting" ... and other areas. He criticized Republican Gov. Rick Perry as a divisive chief executive who wastes ...
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McNabb, Johnson Win Runoff Spots For JP
(9 Mar 2010 15:55)
... Party vote in Hunt County gave incumbent Rick Perry 4,190 votes, 43.98 percent; Debra Medina, 2.972, ... percent; Debra Medina, 2.972, 31.20 percent; and Kay Bailey Hutchison, 2,364, 24.82 percent. The Democratic Party nominee ... 1,012 votes, 79.06 percent. Other runners were Farouk Shami, 99, 7.73 percent; Clement E. Glenn, 77, ...
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County mirrors statewide vote results
(8 Mar 2010 17:17)
... 2006 primary outnumbered republicans 4,519 to 753. Rick Perry received an overwhelming vote of support from ... over half of the votes from challengers Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina - 1,118; 573; and ... of the vote with 2,234 compared to Farouk Shami's 190, Felix Alvarado's 85, Alma Ludivina Aguado's ...
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White puts education at top of his priority list
(10 Mar 2010 11:50)
... Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White listens to his introduction by Texas Tribune ... fiscally conservative. As for supporters of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who lost a chance at the Republican ... draw support away from former Republican candidate Debra Medina. Jeremy Yager, vice president of University Democrats, ...
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