By J.J. Smith. Eighty six-year-old Rockwall resident and 15-term incumbent Congressman Ralph Hall easily won yet one more Republican primary election yesterday, beating five other challengers from across northeast Texas. Final District 4 vote totals show Hall earning 57 percent of the vote, compared with Rockwall resident Steve Clark’s 31 percent, John Cooper with 5 [...]

The Dallas Morning News. Sen. Bob Deuell, chairman of the chamber’s Republican Caucus and one of the more conservative members of the Senate, never expected to be attacked as liberal in his re-election bid this year. But that’s exactly what he’s facing in his GOP primary contest against an opponent with Tea Party support. No [...]

By J.J. Smith. Over 200 people attended a campaign rally for State Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) in Rockwall late Wednesday afternoon so they could also meet and hear Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who came all the way from Austin to campaign for the two-term Senator running for re-election. Gov. Dewhurst said he came because [...]

By J.J. Smith. Rowlett Republican PAC founder and president Sharon Russell has just announced her intentions to try to unseat four-term State Sen. Bob Deuell in the Republican Senate District 2 primary election March 7. Currently a Dallas County Republican party precinct chair, plus former delegate to district and state GOP conventions, Russell says she thinks a more conservative Senator is [...]

By J.J. Smith. State Senator Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) filed official paperwork Thursday in Austin with the Republican Party of Texas and will be a candidate for re-election in 2010. First elected in 2002, Sen. Deuell will be seeking a third full term in the Texas Senate. He currently serves as Vice-Chair to both the Senate State Affairs Committee and [...]