Primary results from national/state/local races: So even though it seems that Hillary won the Texas primary (it's interesting that Obama led in statewide early voting), Obama may beat her in delegate numbers. In the GOP race, McCain is now the GOP candidate as Huckabee gives up the ghost. In Travis County, Ron Paul won 17% of the vote . . . ...

A new group in Austin called W.O.R.D. (Women Organizing to Revive Democracy) is throwing a bash tomorrow evening in support of Chris Bell. The event will feature appearances by State Rep. Donna Howard, slam poet Genevieve Van Cleve, and Liz Carpenter’s Yellow Dog Democrat mask. The goal is to provide a place for local Democratic women to gather, learn more about Chris Bell, and hopefully rally behind him. So break out of your Perry-induced......

The ancient mammoth may roam again thanks to a Canadian team of scientists. By extracting mammoth DNA from frozen specimens scientists can……hey, wait, isn't this the plot in Jurassic Park? Abandoned Hezbollah positions in Lebanon have revealed their use of Syrian-made rockets. Have you noticed an increase in the amount of graffiti in Austin? You're not seeing things. Republican Ben Bentzin is withdrawing from the race for state representative in District 48, which covers......

The Democratic attorneys challenging the legality of Texas' recently-redrawn congressional districts filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday. The brief states that Texas violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments by enacting a redistricting law solely to benefit one political party at the expense of another. This brief counters state arguments that say the map was done fairly and with consideration to both political parties. Arguments are set to begin in one......

Truecraig had some thoughts on the shot heard round the world in his column. Mr. Hollywood Jason Patric dropped his suit against the ever-aggressive Austin Police Department. Austin ranks as the second-best city outside of Hollywood in which to make a movie. We checked out the Zuraach Collective and took some photos. AM Syndicate, Nina Simone, Talking Heads...take a listen in AV Bits. It was a busy news week in the Kingdom of George.......

We were happy to wake up to the news that Donna Howard won the District 48 race. Pinkdome reports that it was Donna's 57.6% to Bentzin's 42.3%. Hooray for pretty kitchens everywhere.......

Don't forget, the special election/runoff for the District 48 House seat is today. Of course the Texas Republican party would love for you to vote for Bentzin (or so we infer from their attack ads). We like Donna Howard, if only because she has such a neat-looking kitchen (if you've seen the ads, you know what we're talking about). We don't live in District 48, but if you do, here are the voting locations.......

*image borrowed from www.trilug.org If you're seeing plenty of those Ben Bentzin and Donna Howard signs littering your neighbors' lawns, quit stealing them. The election will be over soon enough. Yesterday began the early voting period for the run-off election for State Representative of District 48. Back in January, Donna Howard came close to winning the majority by a .5% margin. Ben Bentzin came in a close second with 38% of the votes. Early......

Lt. Gov. Dewy announced that Feb. 14 will be the runoff election date in the House District 48 race. It will be Democrat Donna Howard against republican Ben Bentzin, and the blood will flow my friends. It's real; it's raw. It's the House District 48 showdown! The governor's race is already getting spicy! Independent candidate Carole Strayhorn says that she is against private school vouchers. In fact, Strayhorn has accused Gov. Ricky of dismantling......

In the race to represent House District 48, Democrat Donna Howard and Republican Ben Bentzin made it through Round One on Tuesday and will meet in a runoff election to see who will replace Todd Baxter in the Texas House. Democrat Kathy Rider and Libertarian Ben Easton finished third and fourth and are now free to vote for Donna Howard. She received 49.5% of the vote, against Bentzin's 37.8 % which might shock some......

Scoop Jackson was kind enough to point this out to us: for those of you residing in House District 48, today's your chance to vote for Todd Baxter's replacement in the Texas House. Baxter resigned last Fall, leaving his seat open to four contenders: Republican Ben Bentzin, Libertarian Ben Easton and Democrats Donna Howard and Kathy Rider. A run-off election will be held later if no one candidate receives a strong majority; the winner......