Texas Politics Roundup

Ciro lost to Henry in the primary Tuesday. That sucks.

In a bitter rematch, Cuellar defeated the man he replaced two years ago — former U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio — by capturing 53 percent of the vote, compared with Rodriguez's 41 percent. About 6 percent of the vote went to Victor Morales in the 11-county district that runs from the Mexican border to San Marcos.

Kos takes credit for the narrow margin:

The bottom line: we helped a campaign that was the walking dead and gave it new life, pumped in resources, and made it competitive. We did much to even the playing field even if ultimately we came up tantalizingly short.

Generally true. The bloggers raised a ton of money. As for Henry, how do call yourself a D when your spokesperson puts out this shit?

Colin Strother, general consultant to the Cuellar campaign, said Cuellar won by representing his district.

“It’s not every day that a Democrat in a primary goes up against labor, trial lawyers, environmentalists and bloggers and wins. You know, if you look at all the forces gathered against Henry, this is more than a victory. This is a really, really big victory.”

Cuellar was backed by the conservative Club for Growth.

In other primary news, DeLay got 62%. Would have been nice to force a runoff, but we still want DeLay as the opponent. Lampson is looking good:

Lampson readies $1.6M against DeLay

What the hell is wrong back home? Of course, it is Corpus Christi. But still, damn primary voters are stupid. A third of 'em voted for Gene Kelly again.

Reluctant winner ponders next step
Victor in Dist. 18 Texas Senate race thought he was out

By Sarah Viren Caller-Times
March 9, 2006

Dr. Henry Boehm Jr. has no choice. He's running for the District 18 Texas Senate seat in November, whether he wants to or not.

Boehm, 66, won the primary Tuesday night despite announcing his withdrawal the month before. Glenn Hegar, 35, took the Republican primary, beating out candidates Gary Gates, 46, and David Stall, 48.

First Molly Ivins, now Ann Richards. Cancer is a Republican and he doesn't like strong Democratic women.

To a swift recovery.

And the weekend is almost here. You know what that means: