I’ve been trying to find out how my very Republican precinct voted in the District 23 run-off election between Bonilla and Rodriguez and came across an analysis of why Bonilla lost at the Right of Texas blog. Notice how it’s never how Rodriguez won but Bonilla lost? There may be some truth to the statement, [...]

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I know I should just get over it but I thought the following was such a concise indictment against the San Antonio Express-News endorsement of Bonilla in the run-off election.
TIME.com: How the G.O.P. Got Blindsided in Texas — Page 1
In a region where “government is the economy,” Hernandez said, Bonilla had been able to parlay [...]

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San Antonio Express-News Convoluted Conventional Wisdom-0

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All the important voter links for today.
Bexar County Elections
If you are in Bexar County you can find your precinct information and they will even show you a sample ballot. Don’t waste your time on the sample ballot, it is just Ciro Rodriguez DEM and Henry Bonilla REP
Online Voter Central
Click on either polling place or ballot [...]

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The San Antonio Express-News once again comes out for Bonilla.
MySA.com: Editorials
In this runoff, Bonilla is simply the better choice. As distasteful as that may be, it is reality.
And this time, they’re sharing their “really good” reasons for supporting such a distasteful candidate.
There’s the seniority thing again.
MySA.com: Editorials
Bonilla has enough seniority to maintain his seat on [...]

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ySA.com: Politics
He also faulted Rodríguez for taking $250 from Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was later convicted of conducting illegal business transactions with Libya. Left unsaid was that Alamoudi’s check came years before he was investigated and that Rodríguez was one of nine congressmen he sent money to, a list that also included Lee Hamilton, later named [...]

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Finally, some of the San Antonio media besides the Express-News are starting to pay attention to the campaign. WOAI’s trouble shooters checked out Rodriguez’s ads and found them to be true. Unfortunately, they’re true for both Bonilla and Rodriguez. They’ll be looking at Bonilla’s ads next.
The San Antonio Current has a much longer article worth [...]

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Bonilla is for using tax dollars to support corporations that go overseas to avoid paying taxes and voted against the amendment. Rodriguez voted for it. Amazingly enough, it actually passed in a Republican controlled House. So was this a “principal” vote for Bonilla?
Taxpayers for Common Sense — Taxpayer Action Center
Representative Bernard Sanders (D-VT) offered an [...]

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Did you know that Henry Bonilla is the underdog in the upcoming election? No, really! I got a campaign flyer in the mail today that says the following:
Being the “underdog” is a role I’ve embraced throughout my life…When I first ran for Congress, experts said I had no chance to win…Once again, we’re the “underdog” [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
Early voting extended to Saturday
Bexar County has an extra day of early voting thanks to a compromise reached Tuesday between state officials and a Hispanic civil rights group that had been challenging the election date set for the runoff in Congressional District 23.Following the agreement, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San [...]

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