Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Silvestre reyes

  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) may soon join Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Reps. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) and Tim Holden (D-Pa.) on an expanding list of members who cant hold their seat through the primary.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The race for a seat in the House of Representatives turned sharply negative Tuesday evening when U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, announced he would run a television ad attacking the character of his strongest opponent.
  • (El Paso Times)
  • With a new TV ad, an independent anti-incumbent super PAC is lobbing allegations of corruption into the congressional primary race heating up in El Paso, Texas. The spot from the Campaign for Primary Accountability portrays Rep.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Congressman Silvestre Reyes announced yesterday that the National Science Foundation will award a $295,151 continuing grant to the University of Texas at El Paso for earth science research.
  • (MySanAntonio)
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes, an eight-term incumbent Democrat, is facing an upstart challenge from Robert "Beto" O'Rourke, a former El Paso Council member, while Rep. Ralph M. Hall, a Republican from the Red River Valley, faces several opponents.
  • (Washington Post)
  • U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes has ground to make up in the last week of the Democratic primary election, according to exit polling results from two days of early voting.
  • (El Paso Times)
  • El PASO — Patience is being tested on the border as the May 29 primary is set to determine whether this city is ready to replace a long-standing moderate Democratic congressman with a younger and more progressive wing of the party.
  • (Houston Chronicle)
  • Silvestre Reyes in the May 29 Democratic primary.
  • (FOX News)
  • There are two major competitive Democratic House primaries: Rep. Rep. Lloyd Doggett in the new 35th district and Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the 16th district. Both are heavily Democratic districts.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Similarly, Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes of El Paso felt the need to call in former President Bill Clinton to argue he should be given a ninth term.
  • (Wall Street Journal)

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