Craddick Goes for The Gold(man)
Meet Craig Goldman. He's one of many candidates in the race for retired State Rep. Anna Mowery's seat.
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I'm told Goldman's brother (a managing director at Public Strategies) hosted a fundraiser for him last night in Austin, and there's another one planned for tonight in Dallas.
Big names showed up -- State Senator Kyle Janek, State Senator Florence Shapiro (who introduced him) and House Speaker Tom Craddick. Goldman has already pledged support to Craddick. While it sounds like Craddick didn't make any formal statements to the group, his showing up says a lot on its own.
The Moritz/Batheja duo at the Star-Telegram have reported that none of the six Republicans in the race has ruled out supporting Craddick for Speaker. The only anti-Craddick in the special election is the Democrat, Dan Barrett. Barrett took on Mowery in 2006 and lost. Dems tell me while the district is solidly Republican, their internal polling shows more voters are now identifying as "independents" in the district.
It's also interesting that a former state lawmaker (Bob Leonard) is in this race, yet current lawmakers are backing Goldman.
We'll see how everyone's doing in the money race when numbers are available next week.
