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  • Conservative Candidates Ride Out Hard Hits

    By Morgan Smith

    In three statewide Republican runoff races, candidates who have aligned themselves to the right of their opponents are poised to capture the party's nomination despite fielding significant blows from their opponents, including forays into mental health records from three decades ago and a potentially disqualifying violation of state securities law. Full Story 

    Dan Patrick (l) in Salado, Tex., and David Dewhurst in Austin.
    Credit: Steve Moakley / Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: May 23, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Confirmation came down from the White House on Thursday night that San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will be announced on Friday as President Obama's choice to be the next secretary of housing and urban development. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Rob Rudloff / The Texas Tribune

  • The Brief: May 21, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    David Dewhurst and Dan Patrick, the Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, gave one last surprise in their final debate before the May 27 primary runoff election — a largely civil debate that avoided mention of the personal attacks that have come to dominate the last few weeks. Full Story 

    State Sen. Dan Patrick and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst are in a runoff in the GOP lieutenant governor's race.
    Credit: Daniel Kramer / Michael Stravato

  • The Brief: May 13, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Texas' "sriracha delegation" on Monday made its long-awaited visit to California to woo the makers of the popular hot sauce, but it was no clearer at the conclusion of the visit what might come of it. Full Story 

    Sriracha Sauce.
    Credit: John Jordan

  • The Brief: May 12, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Tribune's Aman Batheja has taken an in-depth look at Midland oilman Tim Dunn, who is best known in the Capitol for his funding of the conservative activist group Empower Texans. Full Story 

    Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and Empower Texans president Michael Quinn Sullivan.
    Credit: Graphic by Caleb Bryant Miller and John Jordan

  • TribLive: Branch on Paxton

    By Evan Smith

    At our May 8 TribLive conversation, state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general in 2014, laid out the case against his rival in the May 27 runoff, state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney. Full Story 

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  • The Brief: May 7, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The word "mess" doesn't even begin to describe what greeted the new director of the state agency that supervises the state's most violent sex offenders when she showed up to work. Full Story 

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    Credit: Rob Crow

  • The Brief: May 6, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    With his opponent's lapses in disclosure making headlines in recent days, some are now questioning GOP attorney general candidate Dan Branch's own commitment to transparency. Full Story 

    State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Attorney General, speaks to the Pachyderm Club in Houston Thursday Nov. 14, 2013.
    Credit: Michael Stravato

  • The Brief: May 5, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Land Commissioner (and former lieutenant governor hopeful) Jerry Patterson will endorse David Dewhurst in the primary runoff contest over Dan Patrick, Dallas radio station KERA reported on Sunday. Full Story 

    Republican candidates for lieutenant governor from left, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson; state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston; Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples; and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst take their places for a debate at KERA studios in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014.
    Credit: LM Otero / AP Photo

  • Paxton Violated Securities Law, Gets Reprimand

    By Jay Root

    State Sen. Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, violated the Texas Securities Act by soliciting investment clients without being registered as required by law, according to a disciplinary order made public Friday. Full Story 

    Ken Paxton has come to the defense of a Christmas-themed Peanuts poster. But this isn't the first time a Texas official has fought over Christmas.
    Credit: Callie Richmond / Todd Wiseman

  • Paxton Amends Ethics Disclosures

    By Jay Root

    Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, has amended nine of his personal financial statements to correct omissions in his disclosures, all of them related to his service on nonprofit boards, newly obtained filings show. Full Story 

    Ken Paxton has come to the defense of a Christmas-themed Peanuts poster. But this isn't the first time a Texas official has fought over Christmas.
    Credit: Callie Richmond / Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: April 22, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    GOP attorney general candidate Ken Paxton was a no-show at a Northeast Tarrant Tea Party event on Monday night. The reason given was Paxton's decision to review past financial disclosures in response to a Tribune story. Full Story 

    Senator Ken Paxton speaks to supporters in Plano on Thursday, August 1, 2013, to announcement his campaign for Attorney General.
    Credit: Laura Buckman

  • Paxton Cancels Tea Party Event Appearance

    By Jay Root

    Sen. Ken Paxton, the leading Republican candidate for attorney general, canceled his appearance at a Tea Party event Monday evening so he could focus on a review of his financial disclosure filings, a moderator said. Full Story 

    State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, are in a runoff for attorney general.
    Credit: Michael Stravato / Callie Richmond