Posts Tagged ‘Joaquin Castro’
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Battleground Texas announced a new advisory board:
The Advisory Board will be made up of Naomi Aberly, Jeremy Bird, former Dallas Mayor and Ambassador Ron Kirk, Congressman Joaquin Castro, Eric Johnson, Austin Ligon, Jennifer Longoria, Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez, Eddy Morales, Amber Mostyn, Carrin F. Patman, Carrin Mauritz Patman, Marvin Ragsdale, Kirk Rudy, and Lynda Tran. Jenn Brown, who started as executive director for Battleground Texas, is now chairwoman of the advisory board.
Sure, that’s Battleground Texas’ big problem: Not enough advisers.
The real news here, I think, is the demotion-by-promotion of Jenn Brown.
As for the board itself:
Jeremy Bird was last seen not defeating Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli elections, after his own disasterous stint leading Battleground Texas. He’s now one of the key players behind Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Joaquin Castro is backing Hillary, and his brother is rumored to be Hillary’s top VP pick.
Kirk Rudy is a Hillary backer.
Moneybags spouse Amber Mostyn is a noted Hillary backer.
Ron Kirk might back Hillary (who he’s donated to), or he might back Biden.
I think the advisory board may be a move to cement Battleground Texas more firmly in Hillary’s orbit, thus foreclosing the possibility that Bernie Sanders might start picking up activist support in Texas. After all, she still needs to win the primary before getting to the general…
Tags:2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Amber Mostyn, Battleground Texas, Democrats, Elections, Fail, Hillary Clinton, Jenn Brown, Jeremy Bird, Joaquin Castro, Kirk Rudy, Ron Kirk
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Friday, March 21st, 2014
Enjoy your complimentary Friday LinkSwarm, and be sure to tip your waitress!
Fourteen different ways you can you can avoid the ObamaCare tax.
Joaquin Castro to boycott Buc-ees? He should have almost as much luck in Texas boycotting air conditioning and football. Hey, when Castro can offer outstanding fudge and the largest, cleanest restrooms in the state, let me know…
Democratic Senators decide they’d like to avoid committing political suicide by voting for Obama’s gun-grabbing Surgeon general nominee.
Colorado Democratic Senator Mark Udall proves once again that taxes are for the little people.
Democrats recruit the perfect candidate for congress: an 86-year old ex-felon.
Rich liberal environmentalist Tom Steyer is 100% opposed to Keystone pipeline. Well, except when endangered Democratic Senators are involved.
What liberals are leaving out of their hagiography of Cesar Chavez: he opposed illegal aliens and would have hated amnesty.
Liberals hate the Koch brothers so much they freak out even when they’re donating money to a hospital.
How dare some racist Americans call some Muslims pedophiles just because they want to marry 8-year olds?
America could hurt Russia by lifting natural gas export restrictions.
Swell story of resurrecting a badly damaged B-2. (Hat tip: Dwight.)
It’s gotten to the point I can no longer tell liberal ranting from parody of same.
More Yelp hilarity for the Backstreet Pub and Grill owner who went out of his way to insult gun owners.
Supporting Neil Young and Scarlet Johansson against the Israel haters.
“Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue….” Yeah, that’s pretty much where I stopped reading.
Solider adopts dog. Dusty room ensues.
Tags:2014 Election, amnesty, B-2, Buc-ees, Cesar Chavez, Crime, Democrats, dogs, Elections, Energy Policy, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns, Illegal Aliens, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Joaquin Castro, Keystone Pipeline, Koch Brothers, Media Watch, Military, Neil Young, ObamaCare, Russia, Scarlet Johansson, Tom Steyer, Ukraine
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, Texas, video | No Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
I’ve been reading up a bit more on the compromise redistricting lines released by the San Antonio district court. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot was able to keep most of what the legislature passed, and the Governor signed, intact, but a few changes were made to satisfy Democratic demands to win in court what they couldn’t at the ballot box settle lawsuits by various minority interest groups under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
Though U.S. Congressional Districts, State Senate Districts, and State House districts were all affected by the new maps, I want to focus on three U.S. Congressional Districts, including some shown in this map here:
District 35: Lloyd Doggett may not be gone, but District 35, the one Doggett plans to run in, is now 65% Hispanic and mostly based in San Antonio. And the recriminations have already started among Democrats: “If Lloyd Doggett would man up and spend that $3 million he’s been hoarding for the last decade, then we could have an extra Democratic seat.” Doggett dodged a bullet when District 20 incumbent Charlie Gonzalez (son of long-time Congressmen Henry B. Gonzalez, who held the office before him) announced he was retiring, letting up-and-comer Joaquin Castro run for that seat instead of 35, but there’s no shortage of San Antonio-based Democratic contenders, including Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector Sylvia Romo. (There are two Republicans running for District 35, Susan Narvaiz and Rob Roark, both of San Marcos, but given that the new district went for Obaama by 63%, it’s going to be quite an uphill climb for any Republican.) One of the candidates currently running in District 35 is former Democratic Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (who is very pissy indeed about redistricting), who previously represented:
District 23: This seat is currently held by Republican Francisco “Quico” Canseco, who beat Rodriguez by a little over 7,000 votes in 2010. The redistricting map passed by the legislature made Canseco’s district more Republican, but the compromise district scales back Republican gains. It’s now slightly more Republican (50% of the new district voted for Obama in 2008, down slightly from 51% in the old district), but it’s still close enough that Democrats have to consider this a prime takeover target. Still, Canseco now has the power and name recognition of incumbency, and even if Obama wins (doubtful and frightful, but possible), I doubt his coattails will be particularly long in San Antonio. Texas State Rep. Peter Gallego is the likely Democratic candidate, but so far Canseco is beating him in the fundraising race over three to one. (Disclaimer: Canseco is one of two U.S. congressional candidates I donated to in the 2010 election cycle (three if you count attending a couple of John Carter’s picnics at $10 a pop).)
District 27: This is the district where Republican Black Farenthold narrowly edged Democratic incumbent Solomon Ortiz in 2010. (Despite the narrowness of the result, Ortiz announced he wouldn’t be trying to reclaim his old seat.) The interim map successfully makes Farenthold’s seat more safely Republican; Obama pulled 53% of the vote in the old district, but only 40% in the new. Farenthold also has a considerable fundraising advantage. The Democratic who raised the most for that race is Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos. However, Cameron County is now in District 34.
All in all, Texas Republicans expect to pick up two to four U.S. Congressional seats thanks to redistricting, which looks extremely doable.
And now we finally have election dates:
March 2: Filing for office reopens
March 6: Filing closes again
May 14: Early voting begins
May 26: Early voting ends
May 29: Primary Day
June 7-9: Republican and Democratic state conventions
July 31: Primary Runoff
References
Interactive Redistricting Map
The Texas Congressional Delegation
FEC Page for Texas Congressional and Senate Fundraising
List of 2012 Texas Republican Congressional Candidates
List of 2012 Texas Democratic Congressional Candidates
The Texas Redistricting Blog
Over on the left side of the Blogsphere, the Kos Kids have put up the a breakdown that includes numbers on how each District voted in the 2008 Presidential race.
Tags:2012 Election, 27th Congressional District, 35th Congressional District, Armando Villalobos, Blake Farenthold, Ciro Rodriguez, Elections, Francisco "Quico" Canseco, fundraising, Gregg Abbot, Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett, Pete Gallego, Redistricting, Texas, Texas 23rd Congressional District
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
State Rep. Joaquin Castro raised $515,000 in Q3 in his effort to unseat Lloyd Doggett in the Democratic primary for the newly created 35th U.S. Congressional District. That’s serious money for a single quarter for a House race.
But don’t count the old liberal warhorse out yet; Doggett had more than $3.1 million cash on hand as of the end of Q2 (and the campaign says they won’t release final numbers until they’re official next week). But between Castro’s fundraising and the new San Antonio Hispanic majority district, Doggett probably has the toughest fight on his hands of his Congressional career.
Tags:2012 Election, 35th Congressional District, Austin, Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett, Texas
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