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Looks like the end of the road for Carole Keeton Strayhorn's attempts to get herself called "Grandma" on the November gubernatorial ballot: A state district judge ruled Thursday that the nickname flap was out of her jurisdiction and Strayhorn dropped her lawsuit seeking to officially make herself "Grandma." more ›

It looks like Kinky's in and Grandma is out on the November gubernatorial ballot: Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams ruled today that Richard "Kinky" Friedman can use his nickname on the ballot, but Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn can't because her nickname is actually a campaign slogan. more ›

Lists of people who signed petitions to get independent gubernatorial hopefuls Kinky Friedman and Carole Keeton Strayhorn were sent to state election officials today so the state can begin a final check of signatures to see whether the two will make it on the ballot. Friedman and Strayhorn each had to collect 45,540 signatures from registered Texas voters who didn't vote in the Republican or Democratic primaries; Friedman ended up with 169,574 and Strayhorn had about 223,000. Both are counting on some of their signatures being invalid, which is why they gathered so many. more ›

This year's governor's race may come down to a matter of nicknames — or so Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who hopes to make it on the ballot as an independent candidate, seems to believe. Strayhorn is asking to appear on the ballot as Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn, reflecting that she's campaigned as "One Tough Grandma" since 1998. It seems all her name changes — she started her political career as Carole McClellan, became railroad commissioner and state comptroller as Carole Keeton Rylander and has since remarried and become Strayhorn — have confused voters, but everyone knows who "Grandma" is: more ›

Add another independent to the list of candidates for Texas governor: Carole Keeton "One Tough Grandma" Strayhorn. Strayhorn, who was initially expected to challenge Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary, declared herself an independent candidate Monday. That move seems to indicate she didn't believe she could defeat Perry (and his gubernatorial hair, which is feathered like the wings of a majestic eagle) for the Republican candidacy, but Strayhorn said she's running as an independent... more ›