Appeals court justice Linda Yanez–the one who was complaining about the law requiring statewide judicial candidates to obtain signatures to get on the ballot–may not have enough valid signatures to secure a place on the ballot for her race for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 according to a document obtained by Capitol Annex.
In a letter [...]

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We told you about what would likely be the hapless candidacy of former Webb County Judge Louis H. Bruni against Senator Judith Zaffirini earlier this year. Now we learn that Bruni has actually switched parties to make his run:
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This is indeed interesting news:
State regulators and energy giant TXU this summer agreed to a plan that would have protected TXU from any more fines like the one for $171 million it now faces after being accused of manipulating the power market.
It would do so by implementing controls intended to protect consumers when demand for [...]

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This is our first attempt at blogging from a mobile device.
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As we climb out from a mountain of wrapping paper, bows, and Christmas garland here at Capitol Annex, we’re picking up a few stories that made headlines while we were taking a bit of a much needed holiday break.
Our favorite concerns Texas’ own Dan Quayle–I mean, Rick Perry–who was out on the campaign trail for [...]

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Somehow, we at Capitol Annex got busy amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and forgot something very, very important: our birthday.
No, no. Not my personal birthday, but the birthday of Capitol Annex itself, which was December 9.
Yes, Capitol Annex turned two earlier this month. Of course, I’ve been blogging much longer than [...]

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We at Capitol Annex would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas!
On Wednesday, we’ll be releasing (belatedly) our Reader’s Choice Awards for 2006 and begin our end-year round-ups.
Thanks for reading Capitol Annex over the past year.
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Barbara Ann Radnofsky, the Democratic Party’s 2006 U.S. Senate Nominee, was the most recent candidate who had to face Gene Kelly, who is a perennial candidate for U.S. Senate. With much discussion today on Kelly across the Blogosphere, Barbara Ann notes that, regardless of anyone’s feelings, it’s a bad idea to challenge someone’s candidacy:
I think [...]

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The other night, Capitol Annex was privileged to attend the Irving Democrats’ holiday party where we met a number of the outstanding candidates who are running for office in Dallas County in 2008.
We were especially glad to see longtime Democratic activist Ken Molberg running for the 95th Civil District Court in Dallas County. Ken is [...]

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Since I don’t expect many filings early next week with the holidays upon us, I thought now would be a great time to round up filings across the state (and some “intentions” we’ve heard about here, there and yon.
We’ll hit the GOP contested filings first, and the Democratic ones later today, followed by any uncontested [...]

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