PERRY ENDORSES ELTIFE IN SD1 RACE Dewhurst looks forward to working with Eltife Ending any speculation about his position in the Senate District 1 race, Governor Rick Perry told Quorum Report this evening, "I am for Kevin Eltife. Money, marbles and chalk." Perry appeared at a closed lobby reception for Eltife at the Austin Club. Immediately prior to the event, he stopped to make clear that he was endorsing the former Tyler Mayor. It was widely believed that the Governor was quietly supporting Eltife. His campaign's pollster and media guru, Mike Baselice and David Weeks had been advising the Eltife...