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  • Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money

    08/21/2025 7:55:49 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 20 replies
    Politico ^ | August 21, 2025 | Holly Otterbein
    Texas Democrat James Talarico has built a national profile railing against GOP billionaires in politics — but has quietly accepted funds from a PAC backed by one of the wealthiest donors in the Republican Party.The single biggest donor to Talarico’s state House reelection bid last year was a group funded by casino mogul Miriam Adelson, according to state campaign finance data.Adelson, the widow of the late Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, is one of President Donald Trump’s largest financial supporters and seen as a boogeyman by much of the left. Talarico is now considering a run for Senate, which would test...
  • Texas Democrat State Representative Ron Reynolds Arrested and Jailed

    04/28/2012 3:31:28 AM PDT · by TexasConservativeRepublican · 18 replies
    Southeast Texas Record ^ | 4/25/12 | Marilyn Tennissen
    from the Southeast Texas Record A state representative who was named the Democrats' "Freshman of the Year" spent some time in jail Tuesday night. State Rep. Ron Reynolds (District 27), a managing partner at Brown, Brown and Reynolds Law Firm, is accused of illegally soliciting legal cases. Reynolds, 38, whose district includes Fort Bend County, was arrested Tuesday. He posted a $5,000 bond and was released after midnight Wednesday. He will make his first court appearance Thursday. According to Fox 26 in Houston, another Houston attorney, Marcela Halmagean, filed a complaint against Reynolds that led to his arrest. The...
  • Texas Democrat fights for survival in GOP hotbed

    10/08/2010 12:23:17 PM PDT · by no dems · 17 replies
    CNN ^ | October 8, 2010 | Ed Lavandera
    Waco, Texas (CNN) -- The volunteers file into the steamy campaign headquarters wearing bright red Chet Edwards T-shirts. A group of old men pull their "Vets for Chet" hats down tight, waiting for the congressman to fire up the troops. "I think they might have predicted our demise a little too soon," an energetic Chet Edwards tells the crowd to a round of cheers. A young volunteer turns to a friend and says he's eager to help the long-term Democratic congressman because, "he needs all the help he can get." The dozens of supporters standing in the room know Rep....
  • Refugio County commissioner indicted on voter fraud charges[Texas Democrat]

    02/15/2007 3:57:51 PM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 12 replies · 484+ views
    Victoria Advocate ^ | February 15, 2007
    REFUGIO - A Refugio County grand jury Thursday indicted Precinct 4 Commissioner Raymond Villarreal on three charges of tampering with a government document, a state jail felony, and four counts of illegal voting, a third-degree felony, stemming from the March Democratic Primary, said District Attorney Mike Sheppard. Villarreal received 293 votes in the election to unseat the incumbent, John Reyna, who received 272 votes. The charges allege illegal preparation and voting by mail-in ballots, the district attorney said