Nobody Has the Votes Yet
Get used to that headline — we're keeping it until the race for speaker is over. Full Story
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Money Shot
The dollars in Texas political races tell you what the moneyed folk are interested in: They're interested in the Texas House. Full Story
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All Those People
It took five days in 2004 to get the first 10 percent of the voters to the polls. It took three days this year. Early voting in those first three days was up 73 percent in the state's top 14 counties, according to the Texas Secretary of State. Full Story
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Just In Time Money
When it comes to campaign cash, the adage "better late than never" holds true. But the question remains: How much better? Full Story
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Hot Races
If we listen only to Republican consultants, they'll sweep the statewide seats, hold off Democratic challengers in two congressional seats, knock off one and maybe two Democrats in Congress, hold onto all three contested state Senate seats, and gain a net of four seats in the House, ensuring another two years with the GOP in control of all statewide offices, the congressional delegation and both chambers in the statehouse. Full Story
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The Ouija Board
Uncertainties over the presidential race, Hurricane Ike's after-effects, and the rapidly changing economic news have political people on both sides of the aisle looking at bloated lists of hot races in the Texas House. Full Story
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Yet Another Sign
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told her colleagues in the Senate that she won't be seeking reelection to her Senate leadership job, and on a little (but not much) more private level, she's telling colleagues she'll soon form an "exploratory" committee to start raising money and gathering intelligence in anticipation of a 2010 run for governor. Full Story
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Putting It Back Together Again
The state's politicians are forced to regroup four weeks before voting begins. Full Story
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From Katrina to Ike
They say good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Full Story
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Dream Sequence
If your campaign plan depends on something that has never happened before, you're a long shot. Full Story
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Sparking the Speaker's Race
The law limiting speech and political contributions in races for Speaker of the Texas House is, in part, unconstitutional, according to a federal judge in Austin. Full Story
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A Nice Inheritance
Kyle Janek isn't in a political race this year, but his money will be. The Houston Republican resigned from the state Senate in mid-term and the special election to replace him is underway. Full Story
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A Different View of the Primaries
In seven of the state's 31 Senate districts, more people voted in this year's Democratic primary than voted in the 2006 general election. Full Story
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Point Shaving
Texas Democrats have been recruiting Libertarian candidates into state races for years. The conventional view is that a Libertarian takes more from a Republican than from a Democrat. In a close race, that can make all the difference. Full Story
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Money and Time
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, raised $1.7 million during the three months ending June 30 and got to the mid-year mark with $9.3 million in the campaign account. Full Story
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Trial Heat
Texas Democrats are doing a tag-team routine on Sen. Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth, excoriating him for filing a lawsuit to knock Wendy Davis off the ballot and asking the courts to rule against him — and quickly. The courts have answered that request; they set a hearing for July 22. Full Story
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Winning and Losing, Simultaneously
High gas prices cost the state money, but pump a huge windfall into the treasury, too. Full Story
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Unhappy Campers
Residents of the Lone Star State aren't happy about the way things are going, with 70 percent saying the country's on the wrong track and 78 percent saying the country is worse off economically than it was a year ago. Full Story
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Rumors of Mice
Suppose you are a Republican and you're on the ballot and the party's presidential candidate wasn't your first choice and the guy on the Democratic side of the presidential ticket has exhibited a knack for turning out voters and getting people on the Internet to send money. Full Story
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What's That?
We kept hearing a question at the state Democratic convention that we haven't heard at Texas Democratic gatherings in a while: Do you think it's turning? Full Story