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The latest 2010 elections news from The Texas Tribune.

  • 2010: White Attacks Perry's Border Crime Claims

    By Brandi Grissom

    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White today called on GOP Gov. Rick Perry to remove claims on his public and campaign Web sites that crime on the Texas border has dropped 65 percent. Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner defended the claims. He said Perry's claim refers to temporary crime drops in discreet areas during so-called "border surge" operations. Full Story 

    BIll White, Rick Perry at their Primary 2010 reception speeches.
    Credit: Callie Richmond, Caleb Bryant MIller

  • The Runoffs: HD-52

    By Elise Hu

    Two Republicans are battling for the chance to win back a Williamson County legislative seat from first-term state Rep. Diana Maldonado, D-Round Rock. They differ more in style than substance. One says he has deeper ties to the district. The other touts more than a decade's worth of experience as a Capitol insider. Full Story 

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  • The Runoffs: HD-127

    By Reeve Hamilton

    Primary night was humming along swimmingly for Humble school board president Dan Huberty, and after the early vote he seemed headed to victory. Then the numbers dipped and his fortunes changed, and now he's in a heated GOP run-off with Dr. Susan Curling. As another Election Day draws closer, the contest is getting personal. Full Story 

    Dan Huberty and Susan Curling

  • The First Corporate Ad

    By Ross Ramsey

    The first political ads bought by a corporation in Texas appeared in East Texas newspapers just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended the state's ban on that kind of spending. They challenged the Republican bona fides of state Rep. Chuck Hopson of Jacksonville, a Democrat who switched parties in November and ran in a three-way GOP primary. Full Story 

    The KDR Development Inc. advertisement that ran in the Panola Watchman

  • The Runoffs: SBOE District 10

    By Abby Rapoport

    One candidate touts her education policy expertise; the other, his conservative political credentials. This race for retiring incumbent Cynthia Dunbar's seat on the State Board of Education may come down to campaign money vs. Christian grassroots muscle. Full Story 

    Marsha Farney and Brian Russell
    Credit: Graphic by Abby Rapoport

  • 2010: May Specials

    By Ross Ramsey

    Voters in South Dallas and Central Texas will have special elections on May 8 to pick new legislators. Gov. Rick Perry called those to replace Rep. Terri Hodge, D-Dallas, in HD-100, and Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, in SD-22. Full Story 

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  • 2010: Officially, Sibley's In

    By Ross Ramsey

    Former Sen. David Sibley, R-Waco, wants his old job back. The senator-turned-lobbyist has been hinting for a couple of weeks and now says he'll be a candidate for his former seat now that Kip Averitt is resigning. Full Story 

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  • The Runoffs: HD-47

    By Ben Philpott, KUT News

    Republicans in southwest Travis County still need to choose between Paul Workman and Holly Turner before setting their sights on State Rep. Valinda Bolton, D-Austin, in November. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report. Full Story 

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  • The Runoffs: HD-47

    By Ben Philpott, KUT News

    Republicans in southwest Travis County still need to pick between Paul Workman and Holly Turner before setting their sights on Democratic State Representative Valinda Bolton. Ben Philpott, who's covering the 2010 elections for the Tribune and KUT News, has more on the runoff race in House District 47. Full Story 

  • The Curious Case of Kesha Rogers

    By Elise Hu

    She's their nominee for Congress in Tom DeLay's old district, but Kesha Rogers — who considers health care reform "fascist" and wants Barack Obama impeached — has few friends in the Democratic Party. Full Story 

  • GOP@SXSWi

    By Erika Aguilar, KUT News

    The GOP sent its online designers to South by Southwest in Austin to talk about the party's efforts to reach wired voters. Full Story 

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  • 2010: Al Edwards Calls for Recount

    By Elise Hu

    Who will represent Houston's HD-146 in the Texas House next session is still in question. State Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, filed for a recount after perennial foe and former state Rep. Borris Miles beat him by just eleven votes. Full Story 

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  • Read My Lapse

    By Ross Ramsey

    "You have to do a few things when you run for office in Texas," says one of Rick Perry's allies. "You have to debate. You have to release your tax returns. And you have to say you won't raise taxes." Bill White will surely debate the governor before November's general election, but at the moment he hasn't done the other two. The former probably won't sink him, but the latter could — by declining to drink the no-new-taxes potion, he's handing his opponent a weapon to use against him. Unless, of course, he's successful at changing the way the argument goes. Full Story 

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