Texas Democrats have struggled in recent years winning statewide office. In the halcyon days, the party had money, recognizable names and a coordinated campaign (i.e. a party slate of candidates). With that in mind, singer/writer Kinky Friedman and Austin...
State Sen. Royce West said Friday that he would not support Kinky Friedman for governor, even if the author/musician/humorist won the Democratic nomination for governor. "Absolutely, unequivocally no," West said when I asked him about supporting Friedman if the candidate...
Hank Gilbert, a folksy kind of guy who supposedly excels at retail politics, is jumping into the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Gilbert begins a three-day announcement tour in Dallas on Monday. Details to be announced. Gilbert, 49, a rancher from the...
Kinky Friedman is still exploring the possibility of running as a Democrat for governor and so he's gathered a few friends. Bloody who? Well, let me tell you. Today he posted an invitation for a Bloody Mary Morning on Sept....
Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle said this afternoon that he's more interested in running for governor than for attorney general. As governor, Earle (right) said he wouldn't have to be as careful in his pronouncements as he would...
Former ambassador Tom Schieffer laughed off the Lyceum Poll, which colleague Christy Hoppe described here earlier. The poll showed 80 percent of likely Democratic voters undecided on a candidate for governor. Humorist Kinky Friedman was at 10 percent, Schieffer at...
Singer and author Kinky Friedman unfurled the names of two interesting personalities to help advise his campaign: legendary and flashy Houston lawyer Richard "Racehorse" Haynes and former Austin councilman and UT regent Lowell Lebermann. Already advising his candidacy for governor...
Comedian, musician, author, and former Independent candidate for governor Kinky Friedman told a crowd at South by Southwest that he's serious about running for governor again -- this time as a Democrat. He credited Barack Obama for greening the grassroots...
Film guru Paul Stekler has some extremely good words for the upcoming political documentary -- David Hartstein′s Along Came Kinky... Texas Jewboy for Governor -- which gets its world premier next week at the South by Southwest Film Festival in...
David Woo, one of our photo editors extraordinaire, had a chat with the Kinkster yesterday and came away with this only-from-Kinky one-liner about the Republican VP nominee: " Sarah Palin is Ronald Reagan in a dress, and she struck a...
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