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GOP likely to keep most Texas seats
Star-Telegram ^
| Nov. 03, 2006
| ANNA M. TINSLEY
Posted on 11/03/2006 7:15:23 PM PST by Dubya
Even if Democrats have a watershed year nationwide, it probably won't happen in Texas, political experts say.
Democrats chose not to challenge Republicans in dozens of races because at the filing deadline in early January, there was no hint that Republicans would appear to be in such political peril, said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University.
"There are lots of people who don't want to walk into the airplane propeller," Jillson said.
UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS
233 State seats Democrats are not challenging
136 State seats Republicans are not challenging
45 Tarrant County seats Democrats are not challenging
5 Tarrant County seats Republicans are not challenging
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ratslose; texaspolitics
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:15:24 PM PST
by
Dubya
To: Dubya
The Rep. turnout in Texas will be huge.
2
posted on
11/03/2006 7:17:24 PM PST
by
isthisnickcool
(The City Council of Houston Texas is made up mostly of retards.)
To: All
3
posted on
11/03/2006 7:17:33 PM PST
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
The Democrats used to run some pretty good candidates. They just run a bunch of Massachusetts wannabees now.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:18:59 PM PST
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Dubya
Big gains in Texas unlikely for Dems, experts say
I think by the time all is said and done it will be the same nationwide.
I dont trust the polling
http://www.gopteamleader.com
5
posted on
11/03/2006 7:19:12 PM PST
by
MaineVoter2002
(If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
To: Dubya
I already voted for Kay. One of the best parts about living in this part of Texas is getting to send her to Washington to slap around Democrats.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:21:46 PM PST
by
txroadkill
(It's a war stupid, not a trial.)
To: Dubya
Pulled my Republican lever early this week ...
7
posted on
11/03/2006 7:24:21 PM PST
by
TexGuy
To: Dubya
Did my early voting today in Tx. and for conservatives.
Wished I could vote for Santorum in PA. or Steele in MD.
So pissed off at the MSM and liberal Dems with their dirty pre-election tricks. I do hope RINO Chaffee goes down in Rhode Island but that GOP keeps the senate and house.
8
posted on
11/03/2006 7:26:25 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Take authority that's ours)
To: isthisnickcool
Good luck Texas GOP. Unfortunately I live in NYC and have absolutely no GOP candidate that stands a chance. Even NJ has a decent shot this year!
To: Dubya
This Texas Republican voted straight ticket.
No kool-aid for me
10
posted on
11/03/2006 7:41:53 PM PST
by
lormand
(0 to 10,000,000 people read my posts everyday)
To: Dubya
How big a difference in just 22 years?
The very first time I voted, the situation in Texas was very much the opposite: many Democrats ran unopposed and the state was in the death grip of the 'crats.
But now?...
It should never be forgotten that one of the reasons Dems' so HATE the Bush name is that it was President Bush who took his family to Texas at a time when the Republicans could hold their State caucus in a phone booth who laid the foundations of this tumultuous shift in politics.
It was most suitable thatat the time that his son left one mansion for anotherPresident Bush's sons had sat like like Gubernatorial bookends of the Republican South.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:46:05 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: All
I hope Florida will be the same and Harris wins. My cousin told me he was at a local club in Fla. and
AC/DC's Singer who often frequents the bar and sings was pulling for the GOP candidates including Harris. He was using the tax issue.
12
posted on
11/03/2006 7:47:39 PM PST
by
MaineVoter2002
(If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
To: tflabo
Democrats are becoming parodies of themselves ... I would pity them if they didn't come off so Dalak-like: "Exterminate!"
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:48:23 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
My first vote as a Republican was against Ann Richards, now if I could just help get rid of Chet Edwards.....
To: 12th_Monkey
Sadly Edwards isn't going anywhere. We have a useless candidate running against him.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:53:46 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: Rurudyne
Democrats are becoming parodies of themselves You got that right. Rush's parodies of them became so close to being them that people were calling him telling about the "ad" they heard
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:56:15 PM PST
by
MaineVoter2002
(If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
To: Dubya
I noticed some interesting numbers today when I was voting early in Denton co.
There were 19 contested elections, and probably as many uncontested. (Didn't think to count that up)
Of the 19 contested, only 11 had democrat candidates, while 17 had Libertarian ones!
Texas has truly turned into a one-party state.
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posted on
11/03/2006 8:01:09 PM PST
by
zeugma
(I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place. (http://www.zprc.org/))
To: zeugma
Except for a transition period from the late '70s to now, Texas has always been a state that leans towards classic American liberalism like that known by Washington, Jefferson and Adams. For a long time that was in the company of Democrats.
(Except, of course, when a native son like LBJ can hood wink us.)
What we call "liberals" these days are NOT liberals ... at best they are radicals beholden to some continental vision of federal supremacy over the People and the several States that is completely at odds with the Constitution.
At worst they are progressives who no longer look forward to any goal or landmark but now define "progress" entirely by what they aren't anymore and what they no longer do or approve oflike plowmen who only look back they wander to and fro to the demands of every social architect, pervert or murderer.
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posted on
11/03/2006 8:14:13 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: COEXERJ145
Unfortunately I think your right.
To: Dubya
Guess this article is implying that in districts where democrats can't even get a candidate, if they had just gotten candidates this year they would be walzing to victory. I think not.
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posted on
11/03/2006 8:25:32 PM PST
by
Williams
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