Past Contributions

• Governor: Shami Concession Statement

  By Evan Smith March 2, 2010

  "Do not give up hope." Full Story 

• T-Squared: Super Bowl Tuesday

  By Evan Smith March 2, 2010

  We have a ton planned for our coverage of primary night, including something approaching real-time results, frenetically updated maps, and a crowdsourced liveblog. Let the game(s) begin! Full Story 

• 2010: KBH is 28th Most Conservative Senator

  By Evan Smith March 1, 2010

  National Journal says she's more conservative than Alexander, Hatch, Murkowski, and a few others but less conservative than the vast majority of her colleagues. Full Story 

• 2010: Chron Endorses Borris Miles

  By Evan Smith Feb. 27, 2010

  In backing the former state representative over incumbent Al Edwards, the paper cites his "proven business acumen and leadership abilities." Full Story 

• 2010: Perry Compares KBH to Kinky

  By Evan Smith Feb. 26, 2010

  He has slammed his main rival in Tuesday's GOP primary as a creature of the tainted D.C. culture, as insufficiently conservative, as indecisive — but this may be the unkindest cut of all. Full Story 

• 2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Chron for Gilbert

  By Evan Smith Feb. 22, 2010

  "[S]omeone who began working at age 10 on the family cattle ranch." Full Story 

• 2010: Newspaper Endorsements: EPT for KBH, White, Kinky

  By Evan Smith Feb. 22, 2010

  The El Paso Times backs the favorite gubernatorial candidates of edit boards elsewhere and makes its pick in the anybody's-guess Democratic primary for Ag Commissioner. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Julián Castro

  By Evan Smith Feb. 22, 2010

  For the third event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the mayor of San Antonio about the big issues facing the nation's seventh-largest city, how his early notions of the job squared with the reality of being in it, his age, his ethnicity, his party affiliation in a nonpartisan office and, of course, his future plans. Full Story 

• TribBlog: Mr. President?

  By Evan Smith Feb. 21, 2010

  Ron Paul wins the first big straw poll of the 2012 race for the GOP nomination. Full Story 

• 2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Statesman for Chavez-Thompson

  By Evan Smith Feb. 21, 2010

  "[N]obody in the race — perhaps on the entire ballot — offers a more admirable life story." Full Story