2010: A Crash of RINOs
Republican candidate Milton Rister says he's got nothing to do with the speaker-bashing in an email making the rounds in Georgetown. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Perry's "The Queen"
Move over Helen Mirren, there's a new woman starring in "The Queen." That's the name of Rick Perry's latest ad attacking Kay Bailey Hutchison. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Perry Releases "Tenth Amendment"
Gov. Rick Perry's tapping into an anti-government groundswell with his latest ad. It's called "Tenth Amendment." Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: KBH Touts Endorsements
Kay Bailey Hutchison's newest commercial touts her endorsements from Texas newspapers, emphasizing their scorn for Rick Perry rather their praise for her. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Chron for Gilbert
"[S]omeone who began working at age 10 on the family cattle ranch." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: EPT for KBH, White, Kinky
The El Paso Times backs the favorite gubernatorial candidates of edit boards elsewhere and makes its pick in the anybody's-guess Democratic primary for Ag Commissioner. Full Story
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Primary Color: HD-7
Is this the year that independent-minded state Rep. Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, finally gets his comeuppance from conservatives? Full Story
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Signs of Shami
Without El Paso, you know, it'd be like a campaign without sunshine for Farouk Shami. The Palestinian immigrant running as a Democrat for governor has made public overtures to Latinos, and it's working: He's drawing some of his most significant support from Hispanic Democrats in the Sun City. Full Story
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2010: EPT Endorses Gonzalez over Chavez in HD-76
The El Paso Times endorsed challenger Naomi Gonzalez today in her bid to unseat HD-76 incumbent Norma Chavez in the March 2 Democratic primary. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Statesman for Chavez-Thompson
"[N]obody in the race — perhaps on the entire ballot — offers a more admirable life story." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Star-Telegram for KBH, White
The laggard of the big five papers finally calls, "Bingo!" — joining its edit board counterparts elsewhere in supporting the senior U.S. senator and the former Houston mayor in the upcoming party primaries for governor. Full Story
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TribBlog: Climbing Steadily
Voters in Texas’ 15 largest counties cast more than twice as many ballots during the first three days of early voting for the March Primary as they did during the same span in 2006. Full Story
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2010: The Tangled Web
Corporate grave robbers and the "Vickipedia" — now appearing on the Internet. Full Story
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2010: Plano Mud Season
As promised, the race to replace state Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, is kicking into high gear — and it's not pretty. Full Story
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Primary Color: HD-127
Four plausible candidates are vying for the GOP nomination to succeed retiring state Rep. Joe Crabb, R-Atascocita, and each has a decent shot. The tough part for voters in this reliably Republican north Houston suburb is differentiating between them. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Chron for Earle
"Their best-known and most effective candidate." Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Chavez-Thompson Coming Soon to TV
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Linda Chavez-Thompson will be appearing in selected Texas TV markets starting on Friday, with this colorful new spot. Full Story
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Primary Color: HD-76
State Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, is in the fight of her career, trying to hang onto her Texas House seat after a bruising year in which her public fights with her fellow lawmakers made headlines statewide. Her young opponent says it’s way past time for a change. Full Story
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Accentuate the Negative
Do attack ads work? In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, we tested the effectiveness of two "comparative" commercials run in the governor's race to see if they were persuasive to voters. Apparently so. Full Story
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2010: Sham-Wow
Five Farouk Shami staffers - including his top aides - have quit the campaign. Full Story
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