Early voting has only just begun, but the exit of five aides from the Farouk Shami campaign signal the Democratic primary for Texas governor has pretty much ended. The Shami campaign implosion was triggered by leaked emails that portrayed a campaign in disarray and out of control of its message.
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Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes [Political News Roundup]
- SMU v. condo owners: the property dispute over the land where SMU wants to set up George W. Bush's presidential library is far from settled.
- A federal appeals court has sided with LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) against the Texas Democratic Party's "Texas Two Step" delegate process. LULAC says the TDP's process should be subject to the federal Voting Rights Act.
- One of the memes circulating today after Sen. Ted Kennedy's death last night is a video of him singing a snippet of "Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes" at a 2008 Laredo campaign stop for Obama.
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