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Perry signals firm stand on redistricting Associated Press AUSTIN (AP) — A day after Senate Republicans voted to impose fines on their Democratic colleagues who are boycotting the chamber over congressional redistricting, Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday indicated he would call another special session on redistricting and other issues. "If there is work to be done, I expect the Legislature to be here conducting" it, Perry said, when asked if he would call another special session. "You could surmise that if they want to stay in Albuquerque, that's their choice, but there is work to be done in this state."...

Lawmakers go to courts Both sides file actions over redistricting feud AUSTIN (AP) — The heated battle between Democrats and Republicans over congressional redistricting moved to the courts Thursday with both sides in the Senate stalemate pressing their cases. Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, both Republicans, made a filing in the Texas Supreme Court asking that the boycotting Democratic senators be ordered back to work. The 11 Democrats, who are holed up in an Albuquerque, N.M., hotel, filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court asking that state officials or their deputies be prohibited from arresting them...

Letter will air area stand on redistricting By JOHN FUQUAY AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Representatives from seven area cities are expected to send a letter to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst today expressing their desire for West Texas congressional districts to remain unchanged. The action comes a day after a stormy redistricting session in the Senate, where one member abruptly walked out of a committee meeting where members were drafting a map of congressional districts. The letter to Dewhurst reiterates the position that mayors and chamber representatives expressed to him during a private meeting Monday in Austin. Lubbock Chamber of Commerce President Eddie McBride...

Translation from hebrew to english by me: One of the injured at the terrorist attack in Jerusalem is the daughter of the American Senator Robert Singer. On Kol Israel (radio) it has been reported that her father goes to Israel today to visit her in the hospital.

<p>A proposed law that would allow many undocumented immigrants to apply for California driver's licenses was approved by the state Senate today.</p> <p>The bill now heads to the Assembly. Both houses last year approved similar legislation, but it was vetoed by Gov. Gray Davis because of security concerns.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Legislation banning unsolicited e-mail advertisements commonly known as spam was approved Thursday by the California Senate without a vote to spare.</p> <p>The measure by Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Marina del Rey, was sent to the Assembly by a 21-12 vote, the bare majority needed for approval in the 40-seat Senate.</p>

March 26 - Hopeful of returning to power in Trenton, state Republicans think they have identified a potent weapon: Gov. James E. McGreevey. The Republican Senate Majority released results today from polling it commissioned in two key legislative districts showing voters responding strongly to an anti-McGreevey message. Sixty percent of respondents in the 3rd District and 59 percent in the 38th District agreed with the statement that they would "send Jim McGreevey a message by voting for legislative candidate's who oppose McGreevey's agenda" in this fall's legislative contests. The polls also showed Republican state Senate candidates beating Democratic incumbents in...

ATLANTA (AP) -- A redistricting plan approved Tuesday by a legislative committee could help Republicans cement their new majority in the Georgia Senate. But with the House still under Democratic control the measure's chances of passing the full Legislature are in doubt. The plan would overturn a redistricting scheme adopted in 2001 when Democrats were in control, and which was designed to put Republican candidates at a disadvantage. Power changed hands last November when Republican Sonny Perdue captured the governor's office and quickly swung the Senate into GOP control by persuading four Democrats to change parties. Redrawing the Senate map...

Former state House member charged 2003-02-22 By Chris Casteel The Oklahoman WASHINGTON -- Former Oklahoma House member Walt Roberts was charged in U.S. District Court in alleged schemes to funnel $175,000 in illegal contributions into his 1998 campaign for Congress. Two conspiracy charges were filed against Roberts -- a felony count of obstructing the Federal Election Commission's investigation into his campaign financing and a misdemeanor count of conspiring to violate federal election laws. The charges come after a federal investigation that also focused on the role of state Sen. Gene Stipe, D-McAlester, in Roberts' campaign. Stipe helped manage the campaign...

Election in new district is today By Patrick Crowley The Cincinnati Enquirer CRESTVIEW HILLS - More than 26,000 voters in 25 southern Kenton County precincts are eligible to cast ballots in today's special state Senate election in the newly drawn 17th District. But with voters unaccustomed to elections in late January and with temperatures in midwinter chill, Kenton County Clerk Bill Aylor is expecting 10 percent or less of eligible voters to go to the polls for the race between Democrat Charles Wells and Republican Damon Thayer. Both candidates worked Monday to get supporters out in a sprawling legislative...

<p>Seven seek state Senate District 36 seat Primary is Jan. 18 with general election,if needed, scheduled Feb. 15 Larry Burton / The Times Posted on January 6, 2003 Better roads, improved schools, more and higher-paying jobs - all rank high on the wish lists of voters in Northwest Louisiana's state Senate District 36.</p>

JACKSON—Party-switching in the Legislature, rumored in the works since Democratic Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck’s conversion a month ago but put on hold by Trent Lott’s fall from grace, is apparently about to crank off as lawmakers come to town next Tuesday for their 2003 session. Reports were that that at least two Democratic senators, and possibly four House members, will jump to the GOP. Supposedly, say Republican insiders, conversions will be spread out over a few days rather than all at once. Two Senators thought most likely to switch were Travis Little of Corinth, the Senate President Pro-tem and Tuck’s...

Former Newton Mayor First Elected To Senate In 1991 NEWTON, Miss. -- Veteran state Sen. Terry Burton, of Newton, is now a Republican. Burton said Monday that he reached his decision independent of Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck's much publicized switch. Burton was elected to the Senate three times as a Democrat.

Seven candidates vie for Senate seat Larry Burton / The Times Posted on December 7, 2002 Seven candidates will compete for Northwest Louisiana's state Senate District 36 seat. The last day of qualifying Friday saw two more hopeful s file for the post being vacated by Sen. Foster Campbell, D-Elm Grove. The latest qualifiers are: -- Robert R. Adley, 55, a conservative Democrat who served as a state representative from 1980 to 1996. Adley, of Benton in Bossier Parish, owns and operates a natural gas management company and ran for governor in 1995. -- T.E. "Gene" Coleman, 66, a Republican...

Does anyone know anything about Tom Alexander, running for fifth district state senate?