Sparks, Bell, Friedman, Strayhorn, Bell, Davis, Wentworth, and Bailey

Federal Judge Sam Sparks of Austin, in his ruling keeping Republican Tom DeLay on the ballot in CD-22: "Political acumen, strategy, and manufactured evidence, even combined with a sound policy in mind, cannot override the Constitution."

Gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell, in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "A lot of people don't want their neighbors to know they're Democrats because they think it might hurt their business or hurt them socially. But you've got to give people a reason to get involved. People are upset, and they want to see change."

Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, at the Texas Classroom Teachers Association convention, about old promises that the lottery would pay for education: "That's why I have my little riddle: What has six balls and screws Texas? The Texas Lottery." 

Gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who as comptroller proposed a pilot program for school vouchers, to those same teachers: "Vouchers are off the table and not only for now, but during all Strayhorn Administrations."

Bell, in the San Antonio Express-News, on appearing at forums with Friedman and Strayhorn: "Each time, I kind of felt like I'd run away and joined the circus."

U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Virginia, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on proposals to limit the kind of mid-decade redistricting that was done in Texas: "Voters want to have a relationship with their members of Congress. That cannot happen if districts are just amalgamations of political groups, and it cannot happen if the districts change every few years."

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, in a San Antonio Express-News story on using slot machines to help pay for state services: "It's just human nature. We all want everything. We don't want to pay for it. VLTs are a voluntary deal. Nobody's making you go to the track."

Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, quoted in the San Antonio Express-News on banning candidates taking money from people with business before them: "It's a hard one because practically every contribution any of us gets comes from people who have business with us."