Sam Houston (D) Declares for Attorney General
First of all, our apologies for missing last week's round up. It just means there is more news for this week.
Sam Houston (D), a Houston attorney and 2008 candidate for Texas Supreme Court, announced he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination of Texas Attorney General. In 2008, Houston lead the Democratic ticket with 45.88% of the vote, 2.25% ahead of then-Senator Obama and 3.04% ahead of State Rep. Rick Noriega who was running for U.S. Senate against Sen. John Cornyn. While Houston confirmed he will be running for the position, he stated a formal announcement will be coming in a few weeks. Houston will face either State Rep. Dan Branch (R), State Senator Ken Paxton (R), or Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman (R) who are all competing in the Republican primary for the job currently held by Greg Abbott (R).
The race for Agriculture Commissioner also got a shake up. As previously reported, State Rep. Brandon Creighton (R) has quit the race to run for the open State Senate Seat currently held by Senator Tommy Williams (R). In his place, two former Republican State Representatives announced they will be running for the statewide office in 2014: Sid Miller and Tommy Merritt. They join Uvalde Mayor J. Allen Carnes (R) and Former Republican Party of Texas Executive Director Eric Opiela (R) in the Republican Primary. Kinky Friedman (D) is currently the only person seeking the Democratic nomination. Creighton will be joined in the special election to replace Williams by State Rep. Steve Toth (R). Sen. Williams resigned at midnight on Friday, October 25; a date is yet to be scheduled for the special election.
The race for Railroad Commissioner also got a shakeup; State Rep. Stefani Carter (R) is following in Rep. Creighton's footsteps and quit her statewide campaign. Unlike Creighton, she is not seeking a promotion of any kind and will seek re-election to the Texas House in Dallas' District 102. No Republican candidate who previoulsy declared interest in District 102 after Rep. Carter announced for Railroad Commissioner announced plans to withdraw from the race.
More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14293/bor-elections-weekly-round-up-october-14-28-sam-houston-d-declares-for-attorney-general .
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