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TexasTowelie

(112,323 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 01:37 AM Jul 2015

Texas has good chance to be player in presidential primaries

Usually, by the time Texas voters get to the presidential dance, the music has stopped playing.

With a couple of exceptions, Democrats and Republicans pick their nominees based on the results of elections in early contest states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Texas is the after-party that all the cool folks skip.

Next year promises to be different.

Texas holds its 2016 primary election on March 1, part of a Super Tuesday grab bag that’s also been dubbed the SEC primary, a nod to states with schools that compete athletically in the Southeastern Conference.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20150712-texas-has-good-chance-to-be-player-in-presidential-primaries.ece

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Texas has good chance to be player in presidential primaries (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
The GOP contest will still be going strong Gothmog Jul 2015 #1

Gothmog

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1. The GOP contest will still be going strong
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 08:14 AM
Jul 2015

It looks like the GOP contest will be still going strong. If the Democratic contest is still going, then Hillary will likely do very well in Texas

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