Texas Progressives also talk elections news

I was getting enough in this week's Roundup that I decided to split it into two.

Beto-Bob, aka R.F. O'Rourke, known long ago in these pages as part of an El Paso real estate grifting family, is playing up his background as a small business owner.

Is Kelcey Warren's lawsuit against Beto-Bob a gift? The Observer says yes, as do other outlets, which call it either a gift to O'Rourke or an encumbrance to Strangeabbott.  

ConservaDem Filemon Vela, who already announced he wouldn't seek re-election, has decided to cash in his neoliberal capitalist chips early and is leaving now, to work for Washington über-lobbyist Akin Gump. Due to timing issues, per this follow-up, it's almost like Vela wanted to hand Strangeabbott a gift on the special election call.

Both Rethugs and Democraps are in runoffs to success Pee Bush as land commish. The Observer asks, in essence riffing on the title of friend Chris Tomlinson's book, if whoever wins can't "Forget the Alamo" and focus on other things. Sadly, the author of the piece ignores third-party candidates. Since Greeny starts with environmentalism, leaving Alfred Molison Jr. off the list is not acceptable. She and the Observer have been informed on Twitter.

Michael Li cannot believe the SCOTUS redistricting order in Wisconsin.