The Brief: January 21, 2010
Kinky to Gilbert: "Give the money back!" Full Story
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Mapping the Money Race
To better understand the geography of the money race, we mapped the candidates' contributions by city, using graduated symbols to highlight their most lucrative areas. The bubbles in the maps get larger based on the percentage of a candidates' total take. Full Story
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The Polling Center: It's a Texas Thing
Texas identity remains alive and well and continues to play a critical role in the state’s politics. Full Story
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2010: White's Way Behind
Former Houston Mayor Bill White has said it won't be easy to beat a Republican for the Texas governorship. The latest Rasmussen numbers prove it. He's trailing both Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison by double-digits. Full Story
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Who's Funding the Governor's Race?
To find the most-common occupations among the thousands of people who've donated to the major candidates in the last year, we created word clouds, a visualization technique that boosts the size of words depending on their frequency. Full Story
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Riding into Sunset
As the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality prepares for a legislative review next year, one of its ex-commissioners is consulting with environmentalists who are critical of the agency and the Perry administration. Full Story
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The Brief: January 18, 2010
Debra Medina has a dream — and it’s not just to bring a gun into a grocery store. Full Story
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Data App: Governor's Race Cash
Search more than $35 million in campaign donations and loans collected by the top candidates in the governor's race. You can also explore how they spent the money. Full Story
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2010: Truth Behind the Tweet
It’s the end of the week. Productivity is down and the need for distraction is up. Luckily, a psychology professor has a tool that could easily fill a political junkie's afternoon. Full Story
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The Unmentionables
Meet the Democratic candidates for governor that no one's talking about. Full Story
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2010: White's Money
The former Houston mayor reported raising $2.5 million from Dec. 4, when he got into the race, and the end of 2009: about $90,000 a day. Full Story
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The Brief: January 14, 2010
Is it good news or bad news that comes in threes? Today, it's a bit of both. Full Story
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2010: Rick vs. Kay Fundraising
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has slightly more campaign cash in the bank than her GOP rival, Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
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The Brief: January 12, 2010
Just because the Republican debates will make for good television, don’t forget the joys of a live show. Today, the State Board of Education is coming to town Full Story
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TribBlog: Clearing the Air
Texas needs to clean up its air. The candidates for governor say they know how to do it. Full Story
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Bill White Clears the Air
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate lays out the three things that need to happen to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story
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The Brief: January 5, 2010
The smart money is on Republican Susan Combs to retain her position as Comptroller. Full Story
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The Brief: January 4, 2010
As we approach today’s filing deadline, there are — to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld — known knowns. We also know there are known unknowns. But there are also unknown unknowns; the ones we don't know we don't know. Full Story
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Time's Up
The political window is about to close: Today's the last day to become a candidate in the 2010 state elections. What we know so far is that the ballot will have a fireworks show at the top, with contested and well-financed gubernatorial primaries on both sides. A couple of statewide Democratic races will be competitive, but with incumbents seeking reelection on the Republican side, there's little action there. Full Story
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Do Coattails Exist?
The idea that the popularity of a candidate at the top of the ballot can pull down-ballot candidates to victory may be only slightly more real than the Loch Ness monster. Full Story
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