teamsiems » election http://teamsiems.com A team of Siems making observations on the web. Thu, 17 May 2012 20:28:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The 2012 Primary and Election in Texas http://teamsiems.com/2012/05/the-2012-primary-and-election-in-texas/ http://teamsiems.com/2012/05/the-2012-primary-and-election-in-texas/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 03:45:22 +0000 Chris http://teamsiems.com/?p=3591 Continue reading →]]> Remember the old saying “Truth is stranger than fiction?” Why should this election-year be any different. In a strange twist of fate the congressional district maps were argued over and redrawn and fussed-with until we past our traditional Primary date in March. So, they set the new Primary date to May 29! Most of the other “winner takes all” (electorate) states had their primaries already so ours doesn’t mean much. That being said, I think there is still plenty to vote for.

U.S. President

2012 Candidates

* It’s 99% certain that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for President.

U.S. Senate (Texas)

* Hutchison is retiring at the end of this term. As of May 1, the biggest candidates to replace her are former Texas Solicitor General, Ted Cruz (R) or Lt. Governor David Dewhurst (R).

2012 Candidates

  • Ted Cruz (R)
  • David Dewhurst (R)
  • Grady Yarbrough (D)
  • Sean Hubbard (D)
  • Addie Dainell Allen (D)
  • Paul Sadler (D)

U.S. House of Representatives (District 17)

I find it interesting that Chet Edwards (D) lost to Flores in 2010 and now there is no Democrats opposing Flores, but there is one Republican from Austin opposing him – maybe.

2012 Candidates

Texas Senate (District 5)

2012 Candidates

* Ogden is retiring at the end of this term. He has already endorsed Dr. Schwertner, a current State Representative. Here is another race without a Democratic opponent. Maybe without an incumbent Bius has a chance.

Texas House of Representatives (District 14)

  • John Raney (R) Next Election: 2012

2012 Candidates

Democratic Referenda

Ref. 1: Any graduate of a Texas high school, who has lived in the state for at least three years and lived here continuously for the last year, should be eligible for in-state tuition at state supported colleges and universities and given the opportunity to earn legal status through a higher education or military service.

Ref. 2: Because a college education is increasingly necessary for jobs that allow our citizens to achieve middle class lifestyles and become the entrepreneurs who create the jobs that our economy relies on, we call on the Texas Legislature to fund colleges and universities such that tuition and fees can be affordable to all Texans.

Ref. 3: Should the Texas Legislature allow the people of Texas to vote to legalize casino gambling with all funds generated being used only for education

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]]> http://teamsiems.com/2012/05/the-2012-primary-and-election-in-texas/feed/ 0 Bill Flores Holds Double Digit Lead Over Chet Edwards http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/bill-flores-holds-double-digit-lead-over-chet-edwards/ http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/bill-flores-holds-double-digit-lead-over-chet-edwards/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:17:00 +0000 Chris http://teamsiems.com/?p=2569 Continue reading →]]> A poll conducted by the Penn Schoen Berland firm for The Hill newspaper out of Washington shows Republican Bill Flores holds a 12-point lead over incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards in the race to represent the 17th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Polls done for the publication show potentially huge gains for the Republican Party come next Tuesday’s election. Source: KBTX.com Poll: Flores Holds Double Digit Lead Over Edwards.

The two had a debate on October 25, that was published on Twitter by theeagle.com, a local news paper. They used the hashtag #tx17debate. Chet Edwards is on Twitter at @chetedwards. Bill Flores is on Twitter at @Flores4Congress.

With less than a week to go this doesn’t bode well for Edwards or other Democrats around the country. Even Democrats who voted for Obama might switch to elect Republican Representatives, thus putting the breaks on Obama’s run-away spending train. A lame-duck session – in his first term – has huge implications and looks really bad for President Obama, Democrats and the country. All the past 2 years have served to do is increase debt and taxes. The economy is in shambles, housing may not recovery, people can’t afford to get sick or injured, and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.

]]> http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/bill-flores-holds-double-digit-lead-over-chet-edwards/feed/ 0 2010 (Mid-Term) Election in Central Texas http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/2010-mid-term-election-in-central-texas/ http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/2010-mid-term-election-in-central-texas/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:10:16 +0000 Chris http://teamsiems.com/?p=2566 Continue reading →]]> The mid-term election is drawing near – one week to go – and the field of candidates has changed since I wrote about them in February. There is a new web site done by the Texas Secretary of State, votexas.org, that gives “simplified” information on the who, what, when, where, and how for this election. In particular it gives a list of candidates.

Aside from the facts, there sure is a lot of mud-slinging ads on TV for this election. I’ll be glad when November 2 is past.

]]> http://teamsiems.com/2010/10/2010-mid-term-election-in-central-texas/feed/ 0 2010 Election Information for Central Texas http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/2010-election-information-for-central-texas/ http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/2010-election-information-for-central-texas/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:10:23 +0000 Chris http://teamsiems.com/?p=1152 Continue reading →]]> Since today, February 15, is the start of early voting in the Texas Primary, I thought I would list the candidates so I know who is running and who to vote for. The following is the most current information I could find as of January 30, 2010.

Texas Secretary of State website lists Important Dates for 2010 Elections in Texas:

  • Primary election day: March 2, 2010
  • Primary runoff day: April 13, 2010
  • May uniform election date: May 8, 2010
  • November uniform election date: November 2, 2010

The Secretary’s website also lists What is on the ballot.

U.S. Congress:

First, look at the congressional district map for Texas. I live in the 17th congressional district for the U. S. House of Representatives; south central Texas including Waco and Bryan.

Senators:

Representatives (District 17):

Election Candidates:

Texas Legislature:

I live in the Senate’s 5th district and House’s 14th district.

Texas Senate (District 5):

Election Candidates:

Texas House (District 14):

Election Candidates:

Texas Governor:

Rick Perry (R) Next Election: 2010

Election Candidates:

Here is some interesting news. Texas Senator Steve Ogden (R-District 5) is Chair of the Senate Finance Committee. This position has an automatic seat on the Legislative Budget Board (LBB). The LBB decides, among other things, the State’s support to public universities. So, one of the people that lowered property taxes (temporarily) and raised cigarette taxes (permanently) in the name of education* will help decide how that money is spent. It’s good to be in Finance.

* From Steve Ogden’s website, I’m Proud of What We Accomplished in the Special Session: ”Other tax changes included revising the calculation of sales tax on used cars and raising the cigarette tax by $1 per pack effective January 1, 2007.At the end of the day,this means state tax revenues will now fund about half of public education, up from approximately 38 percent today.”

]]> http://teamsiems.com/2010/02/2010-election-information-for-central-texas/feed/ 0 It’s Beginning Feel A Lot Like Election Time http://teamsiems.com/2008/10/its-beginning-feel-a-lot-like-election-time/ http://teamsiems.com/2008/10/its-beginning-feel-a-lot-like-election-time/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:21:17 +0000 Chris http://teamsiems.com/?p=1579 Continue reading →]]> Here are the 2008 candidates from this area of Texas.

Democrat Republican
President Barack Obama John McCain
U.S. Senate Rick Noriega John Cornyn
U.S. Congress, Dist 17 Chet Edwards Rob Curnock
Texas House of Representatives, Dist 17 Donnie Dippel Tim Kleinschmidt
Texas Railroad Commissioner Mark Thompson Michael Williams
Texas Supreme Court – Chief Justice Jim Jordan Wallace Jefferson
Texas Supreme Court – Place 7 Sam Houston Dale Wainwright
Texas Supreme Court – Place 8 Linda Yanez Phil Johnson
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – Place 3 Susan Strawn Tom Price
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – Place 4 J. R. Molina Paul Womack
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals- Place 9 none Cathy Cochran
Texas Court of Appeals, 10thDist Richard Ferguson Rex Davis
Brazos County DistrictAttorney Bill Turner Rick Davis
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November 7, 2006

Finding information on candidates a few weeks ago was like pulling teeth, but I thought it was important enough to publish these links for reference.


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