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Election Day

By Gritsforbreakfast

Hey, Mr. Police Man, please don't take my stuffIt cost me too much money and it probably ain't enoughTo make it through election dayAnd didn't I hear you sayIt's alright, it's alright, it's alright- Blaze Foley, "Election Day" (popularized by Lyle Lovett)All eyes today are on Texas' primary elections, so here's a roundup of related recent Grits coverage. For once, at least for Democrats, the message "vote early and often" isn't entirely a joke. Primary voters will decide about 55% of delegates at the ballot box, but another third will be decided by caucuses at local precinct conventions tonight when the polls close (the rest are "superdelegates"). Meanwhile, the presidential race is by no means the only important election held today.PresidentialTexas presidential primary relevant for the first time in years: Huckabee, Obama best on criminal justice issuesImmigration, trade and presidential politicsCourt of Criminal AppealsCCA incumbent faces strong GOP primary challengeDoes the Texas GOP need judges who think being Latino makes you a "continuing danger"?Travis County DARick Reed top choice in Travis DA's raceWatch Travis County DA candidate forum onlineChallenge DA candidates to say what they would do to reduce racial disparities in drug imprisonmentOthersTexas criminal justice races to watchJerry Madden facing bizarre attacks in primary campaignDA who failed to file TYC sex abuse case runs for re-electionWho's on TV?Other important Texas elections today include the Harris County DA primary, where one of four GOP candidates will win the right to face former Houston police chief Clarence Bradford in November...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).