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April 2009
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Recently in 2008 U.S. Senate Race CategoryA new poll out by the Texas Politics Project at UT shows that McCain leads Obama among Texas likely voters by a 50% to 41% margin. But 23% of respondents believe Obama - a Protestant - is Muslim. Senator John Cornyn holds a nine-point lead over Democratic challenger Rick Noriega, at 45% to 36%. The poll surveyed 550 registered voters in Texas Oct. 15-22 over the internet, (which has been a source of some criticism.) It has a margin of error of 4.2 percent. ...US Senator John Cornyn's campaign has been cycling eight different television commercials in Texas TV markets in recent weeks (two of them featuring cows). Democratic opponent Rick Noriega hasn't had the kind of cash to spread his message as widely as Cornyn, but he's on the web with a Halloween-themed ad featuring the much-maligned fringe jacket worn by Cornyn in the Big Bad John viral video. ...The former president will be at a Dallas event Tuesday night to stump for US Senate candidate Rick Noriega. For those of you who are in Dallas, the rally will take place at Thomas Jefferson High School. Doors open at 5:30pm, event starts at 6:30pm. The event will also feature a whole slate of North Texas Democratic candidates, including state Reps Allen Vaught and Kirk England, who both face tough re-election battles. ...After the candidates got off stage, the Cornyn and Noriega campaigns each sent emails to reporters declaring their candidate had won the debate. Here's Noriega campaign manager Mark Bell: "I support the status quo." It shouldn't come as a surprise: On every issue -- the economy, health care, energy and gas prices -- Texans know that they're not better off than they were when Cornyn took office." Here's Cornyn spokesman Kevin McLaughlin: Senator John Cornyn's campaign sent supporters an email this morning with "things to watch for in tonight's debate" between the Senator and the state Rep. from Houston. It's clear the Cornyn camp has paid close attention to every word uttered by their opponent. They prepared a list of Noriega's malapropisms and cliches to listen for tonight: "We need to kill the snake while we have the hoe in the hand." Is a U.S. Senate seat in Texas worth battling it out for? The head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says no. From MSNBC's First Read blog: Sen. Charles Schumer, (D-NY) head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, spoke to reporters this morning about his party's prospects for increasing their numbers this cycle. He seemed ready to count his chickens before they've hatched when he said, "The wind is more strongly at our backs than ever before." Debates are like chili cheese dogs, right? You can never have too many? This Thursday, Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his Democratic Challenger, State Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston face off on statewide TV. It is the first of two debates. This Thursday's debate will be hosted by the PBS station in Houston. The second debate, scheduled for October 16th, will be in Dallas and hosted by the PBS station there. Both debates start at 8pm and will air on PBS stations statewide. If you are throwing a debate watch party for either of these Senate debates, let me know and I'll include it in a post.... As Sarah Palin would say, "shout out" to my friend Rick Dunham up there in Washington, D.C. His Texas on the Potomac's list of the ten closest Senate races features the Texas race between John Cornyn and Rick Noriega. The race barely made the list, but it did, so here's the writeup: 10. Texas. Republicans say they aren't in the least worried that freshman John Cornyn could lose. For a long list of reasons, Cornyn should win (Texas remains a Republican st... Last week the Cornyn campaign started running a new ad featuring the Senator in a field of cattle. If you haven't seen it: This morning, Cornyn opponent Rick Noriega released a web ad to respond to the "Cows" commercial. Let us know what you think. U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, is back in campaign mode. His campaign is re-releasing the ad called "Palo Duro" (where the senator's standing in a canyon) and the second, "Help", addresses recent storms and how to give to the Red Cross (I don't think he's standing in a canyon for that one.) The campaign will be on the air in a total of 18 Texas media markets, but "Palo Duro" won't go up in Houston/Galveston for another week. "While the campaign will not publicly discuss the scope of the buy, it is safe to assume the campaign will be engaged with broadcast, cable and online advertising for the d... |
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Elise Hu is KVUE's Political Reporter and your dedicated blogger. There's too much politics in Texas to fit into a newscast, so the fun continues here. Email your ideas and feedback to ehu@kvue.com.
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