How the Abortion Filibuster May Have Set Texas Democrats Up for Failure
by Dave Mann / Posted on | No CommentsThe Wendy Davis filibuster started a cascade of events that made the 2014 election especially bad for Texas Democrats.
Read full postThe Wendy Davis filibuster started a cascade of events that made the 2014 election especially bad for Texas Democrats.
Read full postGov.-elect Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, Rick Perry and other GOP leaders spoke to an ecstatic crowd in Austin, Texas, on election night.
Read full postVoters dealt a devastating blow to Texas Democrats’ hopes of having anything to show for what seemed, for a brief moment, like a turn of fortunes.
Read full postVery, very few Texans have gotten election identification certificates (EIC), the new state-issued form of photo ID for those who don’t have it—340 Texans, to be precise.
Read full postThis week in WTF Friday: A Greg Abbott supporter worries about cannibal pedophiles. Another Abbott supporter asks a reporter not to breath. Plus: the Homosexual Agenda.
Read full postLeticia Van de Putte, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, is campaigning like hell—how far will it get her? Chris Hooks got on the campaign bus for a few days to find out.
Read full postGreg Abbott’s successful efforts to shut down a voter registration campaign in Harris County is an offense against democracy.
Read full postAt the comptroller’s debate with Glenn Hegar, Mike Collier gave a strong showing as one of the punchiest members of the Democrats’ good-government ticket.
Read full postWhy can’t Texas Democrats win statewide races? Even other deeply Republican in the South, including Mississippi and Alabama, have elected quite a few Democrats to state office in the last 20 years.
Read full postVoter turnout in Texas is barely up over 2010 levels so far. That doesn’t bode well for Democrats but the Wendy Davis campaign says there’s reason for optimism.
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