Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The first group of college Democrats in Texas to endorse a candidate in the upcoming United States Senate special election announced today that they are backing John Sharp. The club is the Stephen F. Austin Young Democrats in Nacogdoches . "John Sharp's campaign is all about us," said Laura Barry, president of the Stephen F. Austin Young Democrats in Nacogdoches....
Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Houston Mayor Bill White and former Texas Comptroller John Sharp are both in the top five in the nation in the amount of self-funding for their campaigns so far, according to an article in USA Today. Both men are vying...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Previously, we saw that Senate fundraising numbers for the third quarter were in. I noted that John Sharp reported raising $600,000, and I wondered if that was for real, or if once again he loaned himself a sizable chunk of that total. Though the FEC.gov page isn't updated yet, I ...
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Detailed fundraising numbers from the Sharp and White Senate campaigns show a striking discrepancy in the source of both candidates' fundraising. In the fundraising quarter ending September 31, John Sharp loaned himself over $500,000 of the $615,000 he reported to the FEC. The following table breaks out the numbers: Other Peoples' Money Loans from Candidate Contributions from...
Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Dan Richards, the son of the late-Gov. Ann Richards, is sending out a fund-raising solicitation for John Sharp's campaign for the U.S. Senate. During the state treasurer campaign in 1982, I traveled with mom for the better part of that...
Tony's Kansas City (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
I'm still hearing calls for KCPD Chief Corwin to run for Mayor . . . His judgment on KCPD participation in P&L District problems is superb and his reasoning gives confidence. Check it (emphasis belongs to TKC): City Councilman John Sharp, vice chair of the Council’s Public Safety and Neighborhoods Committee . . . Also asked Chief Corwin to consider committing police department...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... to go, that gave Funkhouser (and other longtime council critics Bill Skaggs, Deb Hermann and Russ Johnson) the votes needed to remove Cauthen.Funkhouser can be bashed for the manner in which Cauthen was fired, but make no mistake: It would not have happened without Marcason, Gottstein and Circo.The firing deeply divided the City Council.True, with a huge caveat: The people upset about the...
Tony's Kansas City (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... the Kansas City Northland faction who ran the "palace coup" (a great term coined by John Sharp) say that there is already interest in making sure the guy doesn't even get another Council term.
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... out. If White does head over to the governor's race, that would still leave former comptroller John Sharp as the Democratic option in a Senate race that may or may not happen. For now, White's campaign isn't confirming or denying yet, but says they'll have a statement after Schieffer's official withdrawal. RaceTracker Wiki : TX-Gov | TX-Sen
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... statement at 3pm. This move will put White as an immediate front runner in the race and leaves John Sharp as the sole Democrat in the U.S. Senate race. More news as the story develops... With the announcement that Kay Bailey Hutchison will not resign her Senate seat and run for office, the political calculus of the Texas Governor's race has changed dramatically in the last week and...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... to work out first – she would have to want to do it, and there’s the matter of her endorsing John Sharp in the Senate race – but it’s nothing insurmountable. I have no idea what anyone else is thinking here, but this is what I think. Ross Ramsay lists winners and losers as a result of White’s likely move. I would suggest that it’s too early to call Sharp a winner – we still...
GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... worked on the seminal Wizardry series, Jagged Alliance , and more. First-person shooter pioneer John Romero, known best for his work on Wolfenstein 3D, Doom , and Quake , currently EVP of MMO company Gazillion Entertainment, will present a talk at the event, too. Academic video game researcher, game designer, and educational publisher Ian Bogost is expected to speak as well. Other speakers...
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... mainly, I just don't believer her. So, what's the apparently likely scenario now? Bill White and John Sharp will wait, sitting on the bench until 2011 or even 2012. We could really use one of these men atop our 2010 ticket, though. John Sharp may be past his political prime, but he is the only active Democratic politician who has held statewide office in Texas. And Bill...
Andrew Patner: The View from Here (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... eager to let their principal players shine. The lineup of concertmaster Robert Chen, cellist John Sharp, oboe Eugene Izotov, and bassoon David McGill could hardly have been more promising: These are gifted players who love chamber-music style. But Sharp was having an unusual off-night, and Chen, so often a master of the courtly style, was too straightforward for Haydn's mischievousness....
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... who were laying the groundwork for a spring 2010 special Senate election -- former Comptroller John Sharp and current Houston Mayor Bill White -- will have to decide whether or not to extend their campaigns for 2012. It's also conceivable that one of the two may feel compelled to shift gears to the gubernatorial race. UPDATE : The Associated Press reports that KBH is still planning...
