As in past elections, President Obama and the Democrats won in major metropolitan areas such as Austin, El Paso, Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, but Republicans were able to overwhelm the urban vote by sweeping the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins.he Republican primary was held May 29, 2012. 152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention. The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6.
Within its Prestige Holdings subsidiary, NCHL owns the luxury brands Oceania Cruises (4 ships) and Regent Seven Seas Cruises (3 ships). Oceania has purchased Ocean Princess from Princess Cruises for delivery in 2016 and Regent has a new ship on order due in 2016.
Under the Jones Act, maritime shipments between US ports is restricted to US-built, owned, and flagged vessels operated by predominantly US-citizen crews. The company originated from Sea-Land Service, Inc. The domestic liner operations of Sea-Land were sold in 2003 and thereafter operated under the name Horizon Lines.Horizon became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. In 2015 the company was acquired by Matson Navigation Company.orizon met with criticism within the investor community due to the age of some of its vessels. In the world fleet container ships go to the scrap yard at age 28 while Horizon still maintained C6 and C7 Lancer Class steam powered vessels.