Is State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) planning on running for Governor in 2010?
It appears so, as he today requested an opinion from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott concerning exactly when the state’s resign-to-run laws would be triggered by a state representative announcing a campaign for governor.
If he is asking because he plans to run himself, [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]

So, is Mark White actually considering running for Mayor of Houston? The former governor says he is.
As with every story involving former governors of Texas, rumors and theories abound. Here are the two favorites we collected from a few calls we made in Austin and Houston:
1.) White has no plans to run for mayor, but [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

This weekend, we told you about Kay Bailey Hutchison’s audacious stunt for 2010–her bus tour scheduled right in the middle of an election cycle she isn’t even running in.
Now it seems as though The Aging Prom Queen (or at least her campaign) has thrown a bit of a hissy about which reporters are “favored” to [...]

Popularity: 21% [?]

Evidently the 2008 elections are just too boring for the MainStream media, because they are skipping ahead to the 2010 elections and putting the spotlight on the broken promises of The Aging Prom Queen, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
The Statesman outlines a litany of Hutchison’s broken promises:
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

Typically, in an election year, U.S. Senators not up for re-election defer to their colleagues and down-ballot candidates by staying out of the spotlight and not taking up media attention from other candidates.
Of course, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has never been one for following the rules.
This year, she’s giving fellow Republicans a swift slap [...]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones will run for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat in the United States Senate in 2010 if Hutchison vacates it to run for governor, according to Dallas Blog.
Ames Jones, an interior decorator and former member of the Texas House of Representatives appointed to the Texas Railroad Commission by Governor [...]

Popularity: 15% [?]

Former Texas Congressman Max Sandlin (D-Marshall) has had several bouts of positive press since his defeat in 2004 following Tom DeLay’s mid-decade redistricting scheme that put him out of office.
The latest was from Cox News Service, and appeared in the Lufkin Daily News yesterday:
Popularity: 5% [?]

Popularity: 5% [?]

Last week, you will recall that we told you about Karl Rove coming to Texas to raise funds for various Republican candidates for Texas House. Today, Capitol Annex has learned that a fundraiser with Rove for Kay Bailey Hutchison is also in the works.
Hutchison is strongly considering a run for Texas Governor against Rick Perry [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

In a pretty classic case of putting the cart before the horse, Ron Harris, the Collin County judge who lost his re-election campaign in the 2006 GOP Primary and has since been serving as a consultant to T. Boone Pickens, has announced he will seek the District 8 seat in the Texas Senate presently held [...]

Popularity: 20% [?]

In what will no doubt become the central theme of the 2010 GOP primary for Governor, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison criticized Governor Rick Perry about the state’s new business tax before the Texas Association of Business in Dallas yesterday.
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Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]