I've been all around Texas: North, South, East, and West.
I've hit Houston and DFW, which only leaves Central Texas to dissect. In the few spare minutes I have before I dash off to Denver (squeee!), I thought I'd finish the project I started well before the March 4 primary.
Let's have a look at TX-10, TX-20, TX-21, TX-25, and TX-31. Catch you on the flipside.
As lightseeker finishes his series on the big issues facing Texas, I thought I should buckle down and finish the Texas Congressional Races. Now that the filing deadline has passed, I can say for certain which candidates are running for what seat, and the rumor mill will just have to take a back seat for another cycle.
I have two areas left: Harris County, and Central Texas. Part of my motivation in putting these two off is that my former and current home counties are involved. Again, many thanks to benawu for the inspiration.
I've been all around Texas: North, South, East, and West. Now it's time for one of the major metropolitan areas...Dallas/Ft. Worth. It doesn't look good on the surface, with only one of the target five races bearing an incumbent Democrat. However, Dallas County really pulled a coup when they flipped the courts blue. It can be done again in 2008, if only people will RUN, and we're about to take the tour, below the fold.
Join me for a dissection of TX-12, TX-24, TX-26, TX-30, and TX-32.
(Yay! More Congressional District Analysis. - promoted by boadicea)
After a hiatus that lasted longer than I planned, I'm back at the Texas Congressional Race diary series. I'm doing this as a sort of counter-part to the incredible work BENAWU is doing over at the big orange.
Having covered West, North, and South Texas, it's time to have a look at the Eastern portion of our fair state. I'll be covering CDs 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 17, after the fold.
I was going to try to watch a DVD on my computer tonight, before I get guests in town and have to give up my office space (which doubles as my guest room), but I can't get the right media player and I just give up. Yeah, I should just go out and get a DVD player for my TV, but that costs time and money, and look what missing a DVD gets me...I do some work online. Not such a loss.
My previous posts have been about West Texas and North Texas
Now, let's turn our eyes in a Southerly direction, and have a look at our Blue Valley. Bear with me on the maps. There are some problems with what's listed in the Wiki, but I've got individual links from the congressional pages.
On July 24, I wrote about the Texas Congressional races in West Texas. Tonight, I'm covering the North. TX-3, TX-4, TX-13, and TX-19. The Panhandle and surrounding districts are pretty red, but we have some great races shaping up, and need to find people willing to take on a challenge.
Two of the four districts have Democratic challengers. The other two...not so much. The north is the north, of course, of course. And who ever heard of a Liberal North? Make the jump to see who...
Texas has 32 Congressional Districts. Democrats hold 13 of those seats currently, and are fighting in six more, officially, and another two unofficially. Eleven are completely uncontested Republican seats.
I plan to have a series of diaries detailing each race, lauding our incumbents, heralding our challengers, and seeking potential candidates for the uncontested races.
I have divided the state as best I can, considering the redistricting, re-redistricting, and general clusterf#@k Tom Delay made of our state. Please don't critique my division, it's just what made sense (sort of) in my head.
I've started in West Texas for a couple of selfish reasons. 1) While geographically huge, it has low population density and therefore few representatives. 2) Democrats are incumbents for two of the three districts.
So, here are the Congressional races for the Western section of our fair state.
TX-11 Incumbent Mike Conaway (R), Challenger: Brad Vincent (D) TX-16 Incumbent Silvestre Reyes, Challenger: none TX-23 Incumbent Ciro Rodriguez, Challenger: too many to list above the fold. Follow the Yellow Dog Road for more...
