Houston businessman Farouk Shami has launched the first ad of his campaign for governor. The 60-second introductory spot began airing statewide on Friday. It ran in Dallas during expensive pro-football time slots Sunday. Two things about it stand out:...
In less than an hour, Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami will formally announce he's running as a Democrat for governor. Already, though, the Shami campaign has put out a release that tackles what political insiders say could be the biggest...
Sarah Palin is coming, Sarah Palin is coming. Gov. Rick Perry was asked during a conference call this afternoon when we'll see the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate stumping for his re-election bid against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey...
State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, asked recently to respond to those who say Democrats can't win statewide, today poured forth a torrent of reasons Rick Perry can be beaten. Is Shapleigh (right/AP photo) thinking of running for governor in the March...
Houston businessman Farouk Shami, a Palestinian immigrant who's been described by Gov. Rick Perry as someone "who pretty much embodies the American dream," appears eager to plunk down $10 mil of his own cash for the chance to try to...
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...
No fewer than 5 Democrats friendly to him had already done their best to "explain away" Tom Schieffer's votes for George W. Bush when the penultimate question at today's Capitol press conference circled back to the sensitive subject. (Hey, he...
Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, says Democrats fixated on gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer's four votes for George W. Bush are overlooking a fact of life about Texas in the past three decades. "A lot of Democrats have voted for Republicans. They...
House Speaker Joe Straus has warned that an increasingly nasty GOP gubernatorial primary contest between incumbent Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison could hurt Republicans, fuel partisan passions and make it harder to close a state budget shortfall...
Democratic candidate for governor Tom Schieffer, who apparently doesn't want to be left out of this week's food fight between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison, weighed in today with ridicule of the GOP incumbent. Schieffer noted that Perry boasted...
On Monday, after some Austin Democratic activists raked Tom Schieffer over the coals for his support of former President George W. Bush, I asked him if he felt like he'd had a hazing. "Nah, this is a good group," Schieffer...
Former Austin mayor and state senator Kirk Watson has decided against running for governor. Watson, a Democrat, says he'll seek next year to remain in the Legislature, where he's widely viewed as one of his party's up-and-comers. "I will run...
Get a load of this bumper sticker for Houston Mayor Bill White, who's supposedly running for U.S. Senate. Do you see the word "Senate" there? Isn't that a sign that White, a former state Democratic chairman and Clinton administration energy...
Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement that she will leave the Senate in October or November kicks into high gear speculation about how she'll be replaced, and by whom. First things first: The governor must appoint a replacement when she leaves office....
Picture a guy with his right arm in a sling. Wearing an open necked, short sleeve white shirt. Prancing and gesturing. That's Rick Perry, your governor. And judging from a luncheon speech he gave today, he's in full campaign mode...
Winding down the first of three days of his announcement tour, Democratic gubernatorial wannabe Tom Schieffer said at a late afternoon Capitol press conference that he had some qualms before he voted for George W. Bush twice for governor and...
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...
So I was talking to Gov. Rick Perry's press guy, Mark Miner, yesterday and mentioned I'd be in the air today with Democratic gubernatorial wannabe Tom Schieffer (right). "Bring a map," Miner said, then explaining to yours truly, a dim...
Tom Schieffer, who was just warming up, had to stop. Right as he was getting into his applause lines. In the middle of a speech announcing his Democratic bid for governor of Texas. The F-16 fighter jet flew overhead, creating...
Gov. Rick Perry is traveling the state this week, holding public bill signings. And the Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign is in hot pursuit with sharply worded critiques of the governor's tenure in office. There must be a governor's race under...
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