The signatures of ten House Democrats were missing from the list of Democrats who vowed not to vote for Tom Craddick reelection under any circumstances.

And Craddick told Republican colleagues that he got out of the race this weekend when he found that some of his Democratic supporters had jumped ship and were supporting Republican Joe Straus of San Antonio.

Only two are unaccounted for: Reps. Harold Dutton and Al Edwards of Houston.

Six of the ten — Dawnna Dukes of Austin, Kino Flores of Palmview, Helen Giddings of Dallas, Tracy King of Batesville, Ruth Jones McClendon of San Antonio, and Aaron Peña of Edinburg — were on the first list of Straus supporters published on Sunday evening, and two more — Ryan Guillen of Rio Grande City and Sylvester Turner of Houston — were on board in a second release of names a few hours later.

Republican John Smithee — the unanimous choice of 57 Republicans who stuck with Craddick to the end — hasn't collected any Democratic votes yet, that we know of. No Democrats were invited to the dinner that got him those 57 supporters, and Dutton and Edwards are the only two Democrats in the Texas House who aren't on the Straus list.

Smithee hasn't released his list of supporters, though he promised to do so later today. The count is three Republicans short (76 Republicans, less the 16 on the Straus list and the 57 on the Smithee list), but we don't know which three just yet.