Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-elected

Houston Chronicle ^ | November 8, 2006 | Peggy Fikac

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[38special]

God Bless Texas. Bright red in a sea of blue.

[ImpBill]

I voted for Grandma, but did so knowing Rick would win anyway. I bet he got the message though winning with less than 40% of the vote. But I doubt if that message will linger with him long. LOL

[GregoTX]

Well.... thats a speck of good news tonight. Happy to see Senator Hutchison did fine as well.

[Richard Kimball]

They didn't post Kinky's totals, but I got the distinct impression he dropped like a rock after the debate. When he was doing campaign appearances at Willie's ranch a couple of days ago, I figured he would sweep his entire circle of friends, and maybe come in with 7%.

[GOPyouth]

I bet Keeton Rylander Strayhorn got the message that 82% of the Texas registered voters think she's a nutjob.

[slapshot]

yippy friggin skippy

[ImpBill]

More than likely. But she got this "nut jobs" vote none the less. Even knowing Rick would win. Of course I was also a nut job for Alan Keyes when he ran what was obvioously a loosing campaign. That's why my vote is exactly that ... "my vote", as is yours my FRiend.

Have a great day.

Go Horns!

[GeorgeBerryman]

That's the one thing keeping me from going completely apesh!t tonight - I live in Texas.

[Coldwater Creek]

Imus will probably not be on his show in the morning. With Kinky and Harold Ford Jr. both losing he will be back on the sauce!!!!!!

[anymouse]

Well Gov. Perry just cleated across the bodies of a lot of good local Texas Republicans that suffered in their down ballot races due to Perry's arrogance. Perry tried every way to screw up the election, but Republicans held their noses and voted for the jerk for the sake of the Party. Unfortunately their lack of enthusiasm caused them to forget about the candidates on the tail end of the ticket. A darn shame, as their losses will be felt more than Perry's Pyrrhic victory will.

[umbagi]

God Bless Texas. Bright red in a sea of blue.

I'm proud of Texas tonight, too! We've done so well that the leftstream media has ignored us!

I live in that tiny blue dot in that bright red state, though.

The neighbors on both sides are still partying down (it's 4:00am), and I wasn't invited.

The neighborhood dogs crossed the street before they got to my house, until my yard signs were stolen.

I got court-gerrymandered into having to cast a lonely, overlooked protest vote against Lloyd Doggett (flatulence in a gale).

Sigh... I had to wake the poll workers to vote in the Republican primary last spring.

It's like -- well, it's like being a litterbug on the Group W bench!

How on earth did this place get to be the capital of the great State of Texas?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Ben Ficklin]

The Guv's win is a win for the Road.

[wolfcreek]

"he is pressing ahead with his Trans Texas Corridor plan"


IMO, his victory (3.9/10) was 'Not' a referendum for the TCC. His *vision* will continue to be an uphill battle.

[deport]

RACE	NAME		PARTY	EARLY VOTES	PERCENT	TOTAL VOTES	PERCENT
Governor
	Rick Perry - Incumbent		REP	699,981	40.58%	1,694,499	39.10%
	Chris Bell		DEM	510,813	29.62%	1,290,093	29.77%
	James Werner		LIB	9,756	0.57%	26,449	0.61%
	Richard "Kinky" Friedman		IND	182,819	10.60%	543,934	12.55%
	Carole Keeton Strayhorn		IND	318,625	18.47%	777,313	17.94%
	James "Patriot" Dillon		W-I	2,828	0.16%	980	0.02%
				---------------		---------------
		Total Votes Cast		1,724,822		4,333,268
		Early Provisional Ballots Reported		6,147
		Total Provisional Ballots Reported				6,813
		Precincts Reported		8,433	of	8,510 Precincts	99.10%
	*	Statewide Turnout		33.14%		13,074,279 Registered

[SwinneySwitch]

Kinky came in 2nd at Swinney Switch, "Grandma" was 3rd and Bell(D) 4th....Perry had 40%

[TXnMA]

"How on earth did this place get to be the capital of the great State of Texas?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Better question:

"How on earth did the capital of the great State of Texas get to be the liberal stinkhole it is today?"

My vote goes to the presence of UT-Austin and the influx of people from the Left Coast.

[seeker_two]

Amen. B/t the TTC and the education funding issue, I expect Perry to be a six-year lame duck....

...and I don't have a problem with that...