The latest Greg Abbott news from The Texas Tribune.
The Obama campaign operative who founded Battleground Texas weighs in on a controversy involving some of his volunteers and talks about the fierce criticism directed at Wendy Davis. Full Story
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In their first televised debate, the four GOP candidates for lieutenant governor seemed content to continue to frame the contest as a race to see who could claim the title of the most conservative. Full Story
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The leading candidates for governor have already started a war of words. Last week, it was about divorce and disability — and political correctness. Full Story
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The two leading candidates for governor are making education a talking point in their campaigns. Attorney General Greg Abbott is exploring charter schools and virtual learning, while state Sen. Wendy Davis is focused on teacher recruitment. Full Story
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The Austin American-Statesman's Jonathan Tilove had a must-read in the Sunday paper, reporting some fascinating details in what he described as a "cat-and-mouse game" between Battleground Texas and James O'Keefe's Project Veritas. Full Story
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GOP gubernatorial front-runner Greg Abbott attacked chief Democratic rival Wendy Davis — though not by name — at a boisterous anti-abortion rally at the Texas Capitol on Saturday. Full Story
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The story of Steve Stockman is rapidly turning from that of a Tea Party-fueled challenge to the GOP establishment to a headline ripped from a milk carton — as in, no one seems to know where the Clear Lake congressman is. Full Story
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The fallout continues from the Sunday story in The Dallas Morning News on discrepancies in Wendy Davis' accounting of her early life. Full Story
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The campaign manager for state Sen. Wendy Davis on criticism that Davis blurred key details of her past, whether Davis will campaign with President Obama and whether Davis is running away from the abortion issue. Full Story
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As the Texas school finance trial reopens Tuesday, it has become a political football in the state’s gubernatorial contest. State Sen. Wendy Davis' campaign has lobbed attacks at Attorney General Greg Abbott based on his role in the litigation. Full Story
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The focus on Tuesday returns to District Judge John Dietz's courtroom, where the next chapter in the legal challenge to the state's school finance system commences. Full Story
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Wendy Davis' life story is once again under scrutiny, this time after a Sunday piece by The Dallas Morning News' Wayne Slater. Full Story
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Nobody expected Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis to agree on big policy issues. But this week, after releasing their fundraising reports, it became clear they can't agree about how to count, either. Full Story
Texas will continue to be the big winner in the redistribution of the nation's population westward and southward. And with that go the political spoils. Full Story
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Attorney General Greg Abbott demonstrated his fundraising prowess over the last half year with 25 six-figure donations, including a total of $900,000 from the late Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons. Full Story
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In these early days of 2014, the campaigns for the likely Texas gubernatorial nominees are busy laying out policy initiatives, fundraising and avoiding a heavy dose of media appearances. Full Story
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Land commissioner candidate George P. Bush has some pointed words for fellow Republicans who denigrate Hispanics. Full Story
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Democrat Wendy Davis got several huge contributions in her race for Texas governor, including a $1 million donation from an Austin doctor. Full Story
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The campaigns of Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott don't agree on much, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that even the announcement of campaign contributions has become a source of disagreement. Full Story
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Wendy Davis and a joint "victory committee" committed to her election as governor have raised a combined $12 million since July, her campaign announced Tuesday. Greg Abbott announced he raised $11.5 million in the same period. Full Story
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