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Roughly 22% of incumbent Texas House representatives are running for reelection unopposed in 2024. The majority of those, 30, are Democrats; four are Republicans. None of 34 incumbents have primary challengers on the March 2024 ballot; none are running against candidates of opposing parties in the general election in November 2024. The Center Square analyzed a list of candidates who filed to run for office published by the Texas Secretary of State’s Office to calculate the number. Incumbent Democratic Texas House members who are running unopposed for reelection in 2024, according to the data, are: District 35 Oscar LongoriaDistrict 36...

Oklahoma’s proposed anti-abortion Senate Bill 1433 states a fetus “at every stage of development (has) all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state.” In response, pro-choice Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson introduced an amendment......

In a USA Today analysis of Mitt Romney's pre-2012 groundwork for a second presidential bid, Susan Page highlighted the contrasts between Romney, the choice of the Republican establishment, and Sarah Palin, favored by conservatives and anti-Washington activists such as those found in the Tea Party movement: -snip- Page notes that Romney's book, heavy on policy prescription, includes his familiar "three pillars" reference. It has also become part of every major Romney speech, especially his address to CPAC this year: Romney said there are three pillars upon which we should build: economy, security and family.This is where Romney misses the mark...

A San Ramon couple accused of felony child endangerment for allegedly leaving their 10- and 5-year-old boys at home alone over the New Year's weekend was released from custody today after pleading no contest in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Jacob Calero, 39, and Michelle De La Vega, 32, were facing up to seven years and four months in prison each, prosecutors said as the couple was charged last week. After their pleas today, the couple may serve their nine- and six-month sentences at home with electronic monitoring, prosecutor Dara Cashman explained outside the Walnut Creek courthouse.

WND Exclusive ELECTION 2008 Mel Gibson pushed for president Activist inspired by actor's stand on Schiavo, says his charisma needed Posted: April 6, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Ron Strom © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Inspired by Mel Gibson's strong stand against the dehydration death of Terri Schiavo, an Oregon businessman has begun a campaign to see the "Passion" director run for president as a Republican in 2008, saying he's the only potential candidate who has the star power and charisma needed to keep Democrat Hillary Clinton out of the White House. Mel Gibson "Mel Gibson is perhaps one of the few...

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Ted "Bottom-feeder" Rall is at it again. His latest crude-toon includes a frame depicting Condoleezza Rice proclaiming herself Bush's "HOUSE NIGGA." A black man demands that Rice "HAND OVER HER HAIR STRAIGHTENER." His t-shirt reads "YOU'RE NOT WHITE, STUPID." The caption below the frame reads "SENT TO INNER-CITY RACIAL RE-EDUCATION CAMP." I am not going to call for a boycott of Rall's work. No. I want Universal Press Syndicate and the Washington Post and all his other "mainstream" media outlets to keep publishing his pathetic scrawls and scribbles. Ted Rall, you see, is a very useful idiot. Whereas most on...

Observation on the Homeland Terror Debate: Craig vs Jeffords