Texas Primaries: Who Do We Support?
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MichaelDavis
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It could have been worse. Paxton, Miller, and Christian have all finished first in their primaries. All of our losing candidates did a horrible job raising money. Medina was 30x outspent by her two opponents. "Medina has spent a paltry $157,000 on her campaign to be the state's chief financial officer. Her two chief Republicans rivals, state Sen. Glenn Hegar of Katy and state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, have together spent about $4.8 million — more than 30 times as much."
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/73c1df4b8344430dbca0f1f6932dd000/TX--Comptroller-Medina
TJ Fabby and Philip Eby appear headed for run-offs ... still holding out hope for Read King.
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It's too bad about Debra Medina. I was really hoping she would win. 
So far, here are the projections for liberty:
Liberty Candidates:
HD7: David Simpson (incumbent-unchallenged)
HD10: TJ Fabby (in runoff)
HD55: Molly White (not enough votes reported)
HD58: Philip Eby (likely runoff)
HD64: Read King (too early to call)
HD92: Johnathan Stickland (incumbent-likely win)
HD98: Giovanni Capriglione (incumbent-unchallenged)
SS16: Don Huffines (too early to call)
Fellow Travelers:
CD15: Eddie Zamora
HD27: David Hamilton (uncontested)
HD93: Matt Krause (incumbent-uncontested)
HD115: Matt Rinaldi (too early to call)
SS10: Koni Burton (likely runoff)
So, the only loss for liberty or fellow travelers holding a seat (i.e. incumbents is Stockman for CD36). We have a fellow traveler gain in Zamora for CD15, which unfortunately is a tough fight against a Democratic incumbent. TJ Fabby and Philip Eby look like liberty candidates wins (just need to push through the runoff). Same with fellow traveler Koni Burton.
If we see wins by more than half of the following: Fabby, Eby, White, King, Huffines, Rinaldi, and Burton, then I think it is a net positive day for liberty. If they all win, we have made a pretty big stride at the state level.
Unfortunately, this is showing that establishment Republicans and NEOCON incumbents are tough to knock off. I really hoped for a big sea-change in Texas towards liberty, but it seems as if we may be the tortoise towards the finish line.
Edit: Don't be discouraged folks. At least we aren't losing ground. I will take moderate wins throughout 2014, with hopefully a few huge victories. As long as we aren't losing seats and not getting any, we are winning the fight.
Liberty Candidates:
HD7: David Simpson (incumbent-unchallenged)
HD10: TJ Fabby (in runoff)
HD55: Molly White (not enough votes reported)
HD58: Philip Eby (likely runoff)
HD64: Read King (too early to call)
HD92: Johnathan Stickland (incumbent-likely win)
HD98: Giovanni Capriglione (incumbent-unchallenged)
SS16: Don Huffines (too early to call)
Fellow Travelers:
CD15: Eddie Zamora
HD27: David Hamilton (uncontested)
HD93: Matt Krause (incumbent-uncontested)
HD115: Matt Rinaldi (too early to call)
SS10: Koni Burton (likely runoff)
So, the only loss for liberty or fellow travelers holding a seat (i.e. incumbents is Stockman for CD36). We have a fellow traveler gain in Zamora for CD15, which unfortunately is a tough fight against a Democratic incumbent. TJ Fabby and Philip Eby look like liberty candidates wins (just need to push through the runoff). Same with fellow traveler Koni Burton.
If we see wins by more than half of the following: Fabby, Eby, White, King, Huffines, Rinaldi, and Burton, then I think it is a net positive day for liberty. If they all win, we have made a pretty big stride at the state level.
Unfortunately, this is showing that establishment Republicans and NEOCON incumbents are tough to knock off. I really hoped for a big sea-change in Texas towards liberty, but it seems as if we may be the tortoise towards the finish line.
Edit: Don't be discouraged folks. At least we aren't losing ground. I will take moderate wins throughout 2014, with hopefully a few huge victories. As long as we aren't losing seats and not getting any, we are winning the fight.
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I'd say it's more indicative of the folks in Texas really rejecting the 'Tea Party' 'extremist' 'fringe' labels in favor of candidates they see as the keywords: 'sensible' and 'moderate.' It's all about the keywords and rhetoric. I mean, look at Cuccinelli- though I feel he was just not a good candidate based on some of his rhetoric, not to mention his ticket- and look at Texas. And people talk of a GOP civil war within itself. Here's just a blip of what could happen come midterm time.
And, you know, there's the matter of liberty candidates not exactly having deep pockets and big wallets.
And, you know, there's the matter of liberty candidates not exactly having deep pockets and big wallets.
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It was about Rick Perry's tuition in 2001. Which candidate was the biggest pander to illegals. Im not sure the campaign Dan Patrick ran was 100% accurate with which candidate was pro tuition. But Im glad Perry and Dewhurst's careers could be over.
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It may be better to just campaign on smaller government and less taxes. Keep it simple.
Of course there is nothing you can do about the establishment media smearing every Tea Party candidate. And then there's the low information voters. I have relatives in Texas that said "hell yeah, we vote Republican!". Asked them who they voted for in the Primary, they didn't even know. Probably the incumbents. The false left/right, Democrat/Republican thing has bamboozled the majority of voters. They don't even care about Primaries.
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I have relatives that do exactly that. They vote republican but also vote for who they think will win.
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Looking good in some regions certain places.
Molly White shockingly wins HD 55 with 53.72% of the vote, and The WONDERFUL Philip Eby makes enters a runoff race in HD 58, receiving 40.11% in the primary. Almost 10% ahead of opponent Dwayne Burns.
Molly White shockingly wins HD 55 with 53.72% of the vote, and The WONDERFUL Philip Eby makes enters a runoff race in HD 58, receiving 40.11% in the primary. Almost 10% ahead of opponent Dwayne Burns.
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U. S. Representative District 13
Pam Barlow REP 3,492 11.47% 8,757 13.32%
Elaine Hays REP 5,190 17.05% 12,347 18.79%
Mac Thornberry - Incumbent REP 21,743 71.46% 44,603 67.88%
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Race Total 30,425 65,707
Precincts Reported 379 of 386 Precincts 98.19%
Not surprising. Thornberry is a neocon through and through.
Pam Barlow REP 3,492 11.47% 8,757 13.32%
Elaine Hays REP 5,190 17.05% 12,347 18.79%
Mac Thornberry - Incumbent REP 21,743 71.46% 44,603 67.88%
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Race Total 30,425 65,707
Precincts Reported 379 of 386 Precincts 98.19%
Not surprising. Thornberry is a neocon through and through.
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"With 169 of 270 precincts reporting, Don Huffines maintains a narrow, but growing, lead in the District 16 State Senate race. He now has 616 more votes than State Sen. John Carona, the incumbent. Huffines has 51 percent of the vote, while Carona has 49 percent."
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews....r-of-texas-gops-leanings.html/?nclick_check=1
If Huffines and Rinaldi pull out their races, I would say today was very positive for Texas' state government towards liberty.
On the Federal level, it is looking to be a negative with the loss of Stockman, but I would say if Zamora pulls an upset in the general it is a wash.
We are doing pretty well for being excessively out funded, demonized by the establishment and the media, and coming from basically nowhere six years ago.
On the Federal level, it is looking to be a negative with the loss of Stockman, but I would say if Zamora pulls an upset in the general it is a wash.
We are doing pretty well for being excessively out funded, demonized by the establishment and the media, and coming from basically nowhere six years ago.
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Anybody make it to the primary conventions? Let's try at least to keep the liberty platforms alive.
Bummed out about Medina.
Bummed out about Medina.
I think Don Huffines' win is more than just another liberty vote in the Senate ... he could do what Rand is doing in the U.S. Senate, pulling traditional conservatives towards the liberty platform. In my view, he shows up on day one with a lot more credibility than most freshmen.
With folks like Don Huffines in the Senate, and TJ Fabby and Philip Eby (potentially) joining David Simpson and Jonathan Stickland in the House, the liberty movement in Texas has found some sorely needed leadership.
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Don should win.
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