Allen Blakemore

Election 2008: Winners and Losers

Taking Aim

Marching with an evolving minority electorate, a Vietnamese immigrant may just whip the GOP's old guard

The Original Shame Sentence?

Rattling the bones in Ted Poe's closet

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

A Little Jump to the Right

Can a ballot triple shift win City Hall for the GOP?

Best Republican

Political consultant Allen Blakemore

Trapped on the Tracks

A mayoral candidate wrestles with a no-win choice

As the Jim Crow Flies

Court art attracts heat but no media light

Let's Pick On Orlando!

Early mayoral forums hint at the strategies to come

Glass Houses

Mayoral candidate Michael Berry might want to vet his own supporters' bill-paying histories

The Schmooze Returns to City Hall

Facing an out-of-control council, Brown recalls a veteran vote saver

Bush Envy

When Democrats try to impersonate Republicans, the results ain't pretty

Elephants Versus RINOs

Party veterans sound alarms at the proposed GOP political-purity rules

Political Flights of Fancy

Dem Hispanic stars collide while a resigning judge targets the county attorney

Dems' New Year Vow: Oust GOP Judges

Candidate recruits include a former Republican jurist

Why This Hound Won't Hunt

The Texas Ethics Commission lacks eyes, ears and teeth

Runoff Worries

Brown duplicates 1997 showing, but Sanchez has the momentum

Gunning for a Runoff

Can Bell avoid being the odd man out?

Cracking the Club

Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

Votes 'n' Bail

GOP consultant Allen Blakemore looks to become a do-it-yourself bondsman

Dodging Bullets

With a battle looming, gays and their supporters seek high ground

West U Journal Feud

Bankrupt journalist of the year v. O'Quinn et al.

Rob Todd Unredacted

Desperately seeking Susan

Council's Cell Phone Phanatic

Todd talks up a storm at taxpayer expense

GOP Inc.

How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

Wareing Thin

Primary results make a hoax of Hotze

Kissing Off a Kingmaker

In District 7, is the real conservative behind door No. 1 or door No. 2?

The Insider

Prayer Lunch Indigestion. A conservative kingmaker meets his match in "Mama Bear"

The Insider

The Talented Mr. Stockman. A defeated politician resurrects himself in Seventh District heaven with a stash of campaign cash

Chucked Up

The D.A. and sheriff sizzle over Rosenthal's misleading campaign mailer

Sarofim II: The Next (De)Generation

In the latest divorce donnybrook, things didn't go better with coke

Judicial Hunting Season Opens

What's in a Name (and Sex) Change?

A preacher accuses the judiciary of allowing same-sex marriage fraud

Has Robert Eckels Lost His Mind?

Or is the county judge just crazylike a fox?

Shaping the Council to Come

Time to pull out those election wish lists

GOP Sweeps Week

Republicans complete Texas political reconstruction

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The Kingdom and the Power

Money may be the root of all evil, but it's fueled Steven Hotze's rise from a fringe player on the religious right to kingmaker in the local Republican Party. Now he's trying to stretch his influence further afield.

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Running at Lanier

Mayor Bob casts a long shadow over the Tyra-Peavy runoff

Battle of the Retreads

Two soon-to-be-unemployed politicians may be headed for a City Council showdown

Sheila Keeps Quiet

Vince Ryan's Distress

His campaign manager's gone, his headquarters got smoked, but domestic bliss awaits