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U.S. Senate

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Liberal Leppert, Tea Party Taj Unmasked by Completely True, Fair-Minded Election Materials

    The primary for the U.S. Senate, House and a slew of local races is coming up -- on Tuesday to be exact, with early voting ending today -- which is why you've been seeing a ramp-up in the ... Revelations. Seriously. These just blew my mind. For example: Did you know that Tom Leppert, the former Dal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Leads Republicans In Calling For An "Alternative" Violence Against Women Act

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate began debating the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, which is largely backed by Senate Democrats, and discussing its Republican alternative, authored by Chuck Grassley of Iowa and our own Kay Bailey Hutchison. In preparation for that debate, Hutchison took to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Republican Senate Candidates Are Politically Identical

    Still deciding who to favor among the Republican candidates vying for nomination to the U.S. Senate? Might as well play eenie, meenie, miney, mo, or choose based on favorite color or music preference, because politically, they're practically the same. Tom Leppert, Senate candidate and former Dallas ... More >>

  • News

    February 16, 2012

    Does the GOP really think Latino voters will buy Marco Rubio?

    Still deciding who to favor among the Republican candidates vying for nomination to the U.S. Senate? Might as well play eenie, meenie, miney, mo, or choose based on favorite color or music preference, because politically, they're practically the same. Tom Leppert, Senate candidate and former Dallas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Just Remember, Tom Leppert Isn't a Politician

    ​Janet Mefferd hosts a radio show on The Word, which sits at 100.7 on your FM dial. Per her program's description, she "takes a Christ-centered look at the news and events of the day," and on this day that includes former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, who, of course, is vying for Kay Bailey Hutchison' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Staubach, Aikman and Other Cowboys Greats Throw Their Support Behind Tom Leppert

    Photo by Patrick MichelsReally, any reason to rerun this photo was fine.​Former Mayor Tom Leppert may well need a Hail Mary come the March 6 GOP primary -- if, that is, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst can maintain his frontrunner status in the race for the U.S. Senate. So, then, who better to l ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Village Voice Media asks for your support of Senate Bill 596

    Photo by Patrick MichelsReally, any reason to rerun this photo was fine.​Former Mayor Tom Leppert may well need a Hail Mary come the March 6 GOP primary -- if, that is, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst can maintain his frontrunner status in the race for the U.S. Senate. So, then, who better to l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Former Mayor Tom Leppert to Occupy Movement: Get a Job, You Damned Hippies

    From Tom Leppert's new online petition​If Tom Leppert were still mayor, rather than a candidate for U.S. Senate, it's possible the city might not have been so accommodating with those presently occupying the parking lot behind Dallas City Hall. I knew we forgot to mention something Friday, when I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    From Dallas ISD Teacher to Don Hill Prosecutor to North Texas's New U.S. Attorney

    ​Friends of Unfair Park who followed the federal City Hall corruption trial in 2009 may recall the name Sarah Saldaña; she was among the more prominent prosecutors on that team. But till I glanced at her U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary questionnaire, I had no idea, for instance, that from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Be Aware of Celiac Disease. Just Today Though.

    Gluten-free brownies. ​The U.S. Senate has officially declared today National Celiac Disease Awareness Day. So, we all need to stop at some point and think about our annoying friends who can't eat anything because ... OK. OK. You're not annoying. Your disease is annoying. And, honestly, we hat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Pony Down: Craig James is Definitely Running for Senate, If This Video Is Any Indication

    A screengrab from the must-see video that follows​Celina-based American Craig James wears many hats, every last one of them red white and blue. He's an SMU legend. He's a former New England Patriot. He's a father who will go to any lengths to make sure his son gets the playing time he deserve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Tom Leppert In a "House Full of Patriots"

    ​Feels like it's been a long while since we've touched upon the U.S. Senate candidacy of former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, last seen gigging David Dewhurst and who's still insisting that the Trinity River Corridor Project is worthy of federal earmarks. Anyway. On Saturday he was down at the San Ant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Tom Leppert May Forget His Past. We Don't.

    ​Did anybody else have a serious gag reflex reading our former mayor's what-a-good-boy-am-I essay on the op-ed page of The Dallas Morning News yesterday? Does Tom Leppert just assume people don't remember a single thing about him? Or does he not remember a single thing about himself? His op-e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Tom Leppert Just Set Off the Band Name Alert®

    Photo by Patrick MichelsLeppert, pastor Robert Jeffress and Mark Lovvorn collectively hit the button that triggered the implosion of First Baptist Dallas.​Speaking of Dallas mayors-turned-U.S. Senate candidates ...Tom Leppert just sent word that a new website launched today: Pastors for Leppert, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Leppert's Got $2.7 Mil to Run For Senate

    ​Below, in the comments, one Arthur Smythe -- who, as everybody knows, hates the Cowboys -- was quick to point out that Not Mayor Tom Leppert has raised $1.1 million in his bid for the United States Senate. Arthur's comment, which I imagine was made in an English accent by a man wearing a monocle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Why'd Mayor Tom Really Quit Early?

    Photo by Sam Merten​U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert posted to his website today a piece titled "Serious Leadership," in which he says he's just the man to take Kay Bailey's place in D.C. because, look, "I'm not a career politician and I didn't expect to be in this position. I'm a businessman." O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Edward Okpa Not Invited to Mayoral Forum at TJ, But Tom Leppert Nabs Speaking Role

    Photo by Patrick MichelsTom Leppert​[Update at 5:50 p.m.: We just heard from Kunkle, who says our item was the first he'd heard of Okpa's exclusion from the debate. Kunkle subsequently called Villalba, and while he stopped short of threatening to pull out of the forum, he strongly urged him to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Carol Reed Dodges Tom Leppert's DOMA Tweet, Predicts Runoff Between Leppert and David Dewhurst and Defends John Wiley Price

    Photos by Sam MertenCarol Reed​Political consultant Carol Reed answered questions about the battle for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Dallas mayor's race, the 2012 Republican presidential primary and an assortment of local and state issues last night at a meet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    It's Official: Tom Leppert for U.S. Senate!

    Here's the announcement posted moments ago on 'bout-to-be-former-Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert's website, which is titled, like the brand-new campaign adshort film (mmmm ... doughnuts) you see above, "Why I'm Running." For U.S. Senate, that is.I bring a unique conservative approach to government. I've c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Leppert Defends Defense of Marriage Act

    Patrick Michels​In the comments below, a Friend of Unfair Park notes that shortly before Mayor Tom Leppert said his farewells to the Dallas City Council, he hopped on his Twitter account to take issue with President Obama's announcement that he believes Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Mayor Leppert's Last Day is Friday

    ​Moments ago, after the last of the afternoon speakers came to the council chambers microphone to denounce Mayor Tom Leppert and the media one last time, the mayor said what we've known was coming since last night, if not well before: He's outta here."This will be my last city council meeting. Eff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Circling the Dwaine, Countdown to Cara-watch, Day One, So It Begins, And ... Go

    ​Time to start a watch. I hereby declare this the beginning of the "How Totally Useless Are the Dallas City Council and Mayor?" watch. Day One. I wrote here yesterday about the huge dilemma City Hall faces with Dwaine Caraway, the council member who is next in line to fill the mayor's shoes shou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    News & Notes: Jenkins Surgery Update, Who Sent Sherbet's Stuff Home and Former Cowboys QB Poised to Swap Senate Teams

    Photo by Sam MertenClay Jenkins​What a Week For the New County Judge Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has been pummeled in the media and political circles for playing Scottie Pippen to Commissioner John Wiley Price's Michael Jordan in the game to push out Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Nate Silver Ponders Democrats' Chances of Taking Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate Seat

    David Dewhurst​There's no shortage of names being tossed out there as would-be replacements for Kay Bailey Hutchison, who yesterday announced she won't run for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Top o' the list, of course, is Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, who made his intentions clear Thursday afterno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Kay Bailey Hutchison: I'm Done Runnin'

    ​Here's the full statement just sent out by Courtney Sanders in the senator's D.C. office, which speaks -- at length -- for itself: Announcement by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison To my fellow Texans: For the past 17 years, it has been my greatest honor to serve the people of Texas in the Unit ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macro-economics

    ​Here's the full statement just sent out by Courtney Sanders in the senator's D.C. office, which speaks -- at length -- for itself: Announcement by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison To my fellow Texans: For the past 17 years, it has been my greatest honor to serve the people of Texas in the Unit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Take Pride In The Power

    ​Here's the full statement just sent out by Courtney Sanders in the senator's D.C. office, which speaks -- at length -- for itself: Announcement by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison To my fellow Texans: For the past 17 years, it has been my greatest honor to serve the people of Texas in the Unit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    No. 22 Can Also Hand Off Some Political Cash

    Pro Football Hall of Fame​The great Dave Levinthal decamped from the City Hall beat in the spring of '09 for the Center for Responsive Politics, where we find this item of some local interest: Emmitt Smith, freshly minted Pro Football Hall of Famer, is also a generous federal-campaign contributor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Yes, Indeed, Kay Bailey's Staying in the Senate After All. How ... Shocking?

    State Sen. Florence Shapiro​Word is Kay Bailey Hutchison will announce this morning down in San Antonio that she's staying in the Senate -- so say NBC News and The Washington Post, anyhow. Which would explain Mayor Tom Leppert's acknowledgment yesterday that, sure 'nuff, he's mulling a second term ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

    State Sen. Florence Shapiro​Word is Kay Bailey Hutchison will announce this morning down in San Antonio that she's staying in the Senate -- so say NBC News and The Washington Post, anyhow. Which would explain Mayor Tom Leppert's acknowledgment yesterday that, sure 'nuff, he's mulling a second term ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    DART President Asks Feds to Consider Turning Second Downtown Rail Line Into Pilot Project

    As mentioned yesterday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and exec director Gary Thomas testified today in front of a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing concerning Federal Transit Administration grants and oversight. For those who might have missed it -- and I'll a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Kay Bailey Hutchison's Fellow GOP Senators Begging Her Not to Leave D.C. Just Yet

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Not Even Jim Schutze Can Ruin Election Day for Ron Kirk

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Bill Clinton Will Be Visiting My Old High School, Thomas Jefferson, On Tuesday

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Wait, Florence Shapiro's Jewish? Thanks, Wick. Had No Idea.

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    Words of Wiz-dumb

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Obama and Me

    It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    Here We Come, Capitalist Swine

    It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Thanks, But No Thanks

    Plus: The Dallas Crown Affair

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Sacramental Beer

    Plus: Backhanded Apology

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Can It

    Hunting can be a cruel sport in Texas

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Selling Ron

    A pro-business black Democrat who appeals to white voters, Ron Kirk is the sport utility vehicle of Senate candidates. But will voters buy him?

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Run, Domingo, Run

    Looks like Domingo Garcia will coming to a ballot near you.

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Buzz

    What makes Bobby run?

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Swing Vote

    Think all politics is local? In the 5th District, think again.

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Granny get your gun

    Dallas' pistol-packing 'Second Amendment Sister'--63-year-old grandma Mary Thompson--takes aim at a million moms

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Impossible dreamer

    Fearless reformer or legal terrorist? Bobby Wightman-Cervantes makes a run for the Senate. The Texas Bar says he should have his head examined.

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    Campaign casualty

    Cheryl Wattley's appointment to the federal bench is M.I.A. in presidential politics

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    The Unbearable Lightness of Victor

    He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

  • News

    October 12, 1995

    Falling into The Gap

    The chasm separating the haves and have-nots is getting wider

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