Today State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) issued a statement that she will not be considering entering the gubernatorial race in Texas. “Just because one can win the Democratic nomination for Governor doesn’t mean one should, unless he or she is best positioned to defeat the Republican nominee in the fall,” said Van de Putte in the statement. Towards the end of the statement Van de Putte raised the possiblility that Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) should consider running for the Democratic nomination. “I intend to lobby Senator Watson to run for governor, and I’ll wholeheartedly support him if he does,” Van de Putte added. I believe this is a wise move on the senator’s part and feel she has thought long and hard about the decision. Read more…
In a column scheduled for Sunday’s Express-News Jan Jarboe Russell writes that after a very successful four years as the mayor of San Antonio a movement may have begun to draft Phil Hardberger to make a gubernatorial run. It would be a good natural progression and possibly a great challenge for either Rick Perry or Kay Bailey Hutchison. However, time may be more the issue than anything in this decision. Harberger is 75 years old and would be 80 at the end of a first term as governor. So while the idea is appealing it probably won’t happen. But it does point out an interesting situation in Hardberger’s political career. Could he have reached his political peak too late in life? Read more…
According to Paul Burka of Texas Monthly Gov. Rick Perry leads Kay Bailey Hutchison 42% to 38% with 7% saying they would likely vote for someone else and 13% being undecided (Source: Rasmussen Reports). According to Rasmussen Reports “Perry leads by 15 percentage points among conservative voters but Hutchison leads by 35 points among the moderates.” This shows the race is really a dead heat at this point. Earlier in the year Hutchison seemed to have had an edge on Perry and lead him during the first part of the year while in her exploratory period. Apparently Perry’s recent public appearances including his infamous Tea Party “secession speech” has helped raise his ratings. Read more…
The Dallas Morning News reported yesterday that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Rick Perry in his bid for re-election as governor of the state of Texas calling him the “true conservative.” The endorsement came in a letter sent to 10,500 members of the Texas Federation of Republican Women who, according to the article, have been crucial in the past to the support of US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hutchison is planning a challenge to Gov. Perry’s re-election bid in 2010. Read more…
There has been a lot of speculation about who will run in 2010 for governor of Texas. Governor Perry is definitely running for re-election, aiming to continue his streak of longest serving governor of the state. Kay Bailey Hutchison has launched an exploratory committee and has loaned the committee $1 million to fund the exploration. She was in Austin on Saturday and announced a list of supporters for her candidacy that included some old and new GOP names. Paul Burka goes into an in depth analysis in this month’s Texas Monthly about the red side of the ticket. So that sets up the GOP side, sort of. But what about the Democrats? Read more…
In an interview with KERA in Dallas former San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros told interviewer Shelley Kofler that he is not considering running for governor or any other race in 2010 or beyond. However, when pressed on that answer Cisneros hedged and didn’t rule the option out. As he stated “Well, I could say no. But, um, obviously one has to think about it. I think the answer is no. But who knows.” I guess that means no but then again, Cisneros is a politician so the answer is not so obvious. Read more…
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