Here are the results, via Dallas County:
Katy Hubener 2,438 46.23%
Gene Freeman 48 0.91%
Kirk England 2,788 52.86%
TOTAL 5,274 100.00%
Hubener still has the opportunity to win in the November general.
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As best as I can tell, Victor Morales’ brother Joe posted a comment recently to Capitol Annex. It’s here, with the full comment in the jump.
If, however, this isn’t “the” Joe Morales, my appologies. However, given that it appears Mr. Morales (Joe) has commented on blogs before, I feel it is genuine.
First and foremost, although [...]

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CREW Ethics Complaint
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 Johnson exhibits
 Rep. Johnson complaint

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a complaint against U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Dallas) (TX-CD-03) with the House Ethics Committee alleging that the 7-term incumbent misused executive branch resources, namely the Internal Revenue Service, for partisan political purposes.
The complaint comes after it was revealed that Johnson [...]

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KVII has this on the HD 87 primary, following a radio appearance by the candidates:
It was a meeting of the minds around a mic, on Friday.  Two local politicians were debating the hot button issues and Pronews 7 was there, behind the scenes.
State Rep. David Swinford and his challenger, Anette Carlisle took questions from at [...]

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Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman testified on behalf of convicted killer Max Soffar on Tuesday, telling jurors he believes Soffar is innocent.
Soffar was convicted last week of killing three people at a Houston bowling alley in 1980. His first conviction and death sentence were overturned on appeal.
Friedman testified he doesn’t believe Soffar should be executed [...]

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Good lord. You know a Congressional District race is famous when ‘Senior Journal‘ is writing about it. Thought they only wrote about denture cream and stuff (just kidding). Anyway, here’s what they’ve got to say on the vote counting flap. Note emphasis (italics) in the first line is theirs, not mine:
Population estimates indicate Webb County [...]

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With redistricting heading to the SCOTUS this week, USA Today has one of the more comprehensive articles I’ve seen outside Texas media on the case. View it here.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and candidate for governor Carole Keeton Strayhorn, a Republican running as an independent, has accused the Texas Secretary of State of playing politics with petition-gathering timetables and her campaign has hinted at a lawsuit over the matter.
Strayhorn, who must gather 45,000 signatures between the close of the March 7 primary [...]

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The IRS audit of Texans For Public Justice, a non-profit group frequently at odds with indicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) was sparked by a query from Texas Congressman Sam Johnson after he received “disturbing” information from Barnaby Zall, a Washington lawyer with ties to DeLay, UPI reports. Rolling Stone [...]

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Google News Alerts are a great thing. In my inbox today (just checked after being busy all day yesterday) I found a number of Alerts tagged to Ciro Rodriguez. Here are some of the hilights:
First off, the MainStreamMedia, by way of the San Antonio Express-News has picked up on the Webb County early voting controversy. [...]

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