More 2012: Dems get candidate in Texas

By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg

NEBRASKA: "The Tea Party Express announced Wednesday morning that they are backing Attorney General Jon Bruning in the GOP primary for the candidates aiming to unseat Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), marking the group’s first endorsement of the 2012 cycle," per Roll Call.

NEW YORK: "It is a special election that was never supposed to be this close. But outside groups have begun pouring money into New York’s 26th district, a conservative region near the Empire State’s western border that has become an unlikely battlefield in a new age of political influence," Roll Call reports. The election takes place May 24.

TEXAS: "Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (D) will announce Wednesday morning that he is filing to run for the open Senate seat in Texas, according to a Democratic source close to the campaign," Roll Call writes.

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Amy B. Portland, ME

Maine: Harbinger of things to come? Special election to fill state senate seat has been won by the Democratic candidate with 68% of the vote in an election that had been expected to be close.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/dill-wins-senate-race_2011-05-11.html

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#1 - Wed May 11, 2011 9:17 AM EDT

California Tom

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#2 - Wed May 11, 2011 9:18 AM EDT

Ira Lapin

There hasn't been a Democratic Senator from Texas since William Blakley in 1961. Both Gen. Sanchez and the President have as much chance of taking that state as a snowball lasting an hour in the Texas heat. Good luck to both.