turn out in droves over that race, whereas all of the purported excitement and competition on the Democratic side was supposed to be a major deal. By the time the ballots were all cast, 500,000 more Texans voted in the GOP primary than the Democratic one, and the top finishers on each side were separated by 676,000 votes. Ted Cruz, running in an effectively uncontested primary, drew more than double the number of votes won by O'Rourke. The Cruz campaign welcomed the Democrat to the general election with a corny country music song highlighting O'Rourke's liberalism:



The story was much the same in the gubernatorial race, where popular incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott dominated all candidates in both parties. In total, just over one million Democrats participated in their primary;Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK, Chinese: 中國銀行(香港)有限公司) is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits, with more than 300 branches in Hong Kong. It was established on 1 October 2001 from a merger of 12 subsidiaries and associates of the Bank of China in Hong Kong, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2002. As of the end of 2003, the bank had HK$763 billion in assets and earned net profit of HK$8 billion in 2003.

BOCHK is one of the three banks which issue banknotes for Hong Kong, the biggest member and a founder of the JETCO ATM and payment system, and the designated clearing bank in Hong Kong for transactions involving the renminbi, Mainland