Posted on 03/04/2014 1:46:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is holding the nation's first primary election Tuesday with a political free-for-all in Republican races that could push the state further right, though Democrats are calling it the next big electoral battleground.
Republican Gov. Rick Perry has decided this would be his last of a record 14 years in office, and his looming exit has set off a scramble resulting in the most open races in Texas in more than a decade.
Republicans are favored to win them all come November — including Perry's seat, despite Democrat Wendy Davis building a national profile and an early $16 million fundraising haul to match. She has energized Texas Democrats, who haven't won a statewide race in 20 years but insist the tide is turning....
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Yeah...these people foul their own nests and Texans welcome them into theirs. Doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to guess how this turns out.
“Does anyone think Wendy Davis seriously has a chance of becoming Governor of Texas or is it a shoe-in for Greg Abbott?”
Barring massive voter fraud, Abbott will win handily.
That would be the top 2.
Dan Patrick committed political suicide in my mind when he stuck that knife in the back of TED CRUZ.
“The GOP-E wants open primaries. They fight closing primaries every time it’s tried”
And then they wonder why they increasingly can’t win elections.
Wendy Davis has had her three minutes of fame. She is going nowhere poltically in Texas!!! End of story!!! However...like her POTUS Obama whom she adores....she lies quite well!!! Other then her outstanding lie skills...she is totally useless....just like Obama!!!
IMO, the solution to all of this would be to close primaries and then have a 4-year change period if someone wants to change party affiliation (wait one election cycle). That’ll put an end to the “vote in the other primary to influence their candidate so they’ll be easier to defeat” shenanigans.
If someone is a Democrat, they have no business voting in the Republican primary under any circumstances, just as a Republican has no business voting in the Democratic primary under any circumstances. Independents are independent and should not be voting in either.
>> What makes you think Texas is getting less conservative
Just what I already said!
Demographics. Plain and simple.
Google.
I did my duty.
The wife and I both went for all the Tea Party endorsed candidates.
The tweets (make sure you have “all” clicked):
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TexasPrimary&src=hash&f=realtime
Nothing interesting yet but twitter has been informative early in elections IMO.
>> If someone is a Democrat, they have no business voting in the Republican primary under any circumstances, just as a Republican has no business voting in the Democratic primary under any circumstances.
As a primary crossover voter in 2008 — something I DEEPLY regret doing — I agree completely with your position and would endorse any effective measure for preventing it.
State Rep District 92 here.
one vote for Strickland.
anybody else?
Our county consolidates Republican voters to one polling place. It was very busy. The Democrats have 10 precincts and most of the county contests are the reason. However, I was so surprised and happy that our County Treasurer switched to Republican and she is unopposed. I told her I was happy to vote for her and she thanked me, said she felt a little disloyal but that she couldn’t tolerate the Democrat direction anymore and that it was coming through to things she is told in her office. There are two county office holders with R beside their names. That is a start but it has been much longer coming than I thought.
Obviously, this posted article was written from a leftist perspective. What else would you expect from the Boston Globe?
Not much discussion here about the GOP Senate primary, and whether Cornym can be held under 50% of the vote so that he would face a run-off.
Won’t know much of anything till late tonight I think. What I do know is that in early voting last week in ‘my town’, the vote was running 4 to 1 in favor of Republicans. Who they voted for is another matter.
You can follow the election results as they come in here: http://www.iheart.com/live/2285/?autoplay=true
Hope this helps.
Voted for Abbott for Gov., Dan Patrick for Lt. Gov, Ken Paxton for Atty Gen., ignored the local races, and voted to repeal Obamacare, for Open-Carry, and Religious freedom.
AUSTIN, Texas —
Travis County election officials have extended polling place hours because freezing
weather delayed the start of voting in the Austin area.
A county judge approved a plan to keep polls open an extra two hours to 9 p.m. for
the Democratic and GOP primaries.
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Any others being extended that anyone has heard of?
“...A county judge approved a plan to keep polls open an extra two hours to 9 p.m. for the Democratic and GOP primaries....”
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ANY EXCUSE will do for judges to extend voting hours IN PROGRESSIVE AREAS.
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