Skip to main content
Topics

2012 elections

The latest 2012 elections news from The Texas Tribune.

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aaronson on Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund, Aguliar on the DOJ's Joe Arpaio problem, Galbraith on the uncertainty about Texas' electric grid, Grissom and Schwartz of The New York Times on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton on the first leg of Perry's Iowa bus tour, Murphy and McLain unveil our new campaign finance database, Ramsey et al. go live with the first round of our 2012 election brackets, Root on a GOP rival's queries about Perry's pension play, M. Smith contrasts the various school finance lawsuits and Tan, Dehn and Murphy on a shortage of mental health professionals: The best of our best content from December 19-23, 2011. Full Story 

    Article thumbnail
    Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman

  • Texas Counties Object to April 3 Primaries

    By Ross Ramsey

    In papers filed in federal court today, officials who administer the state's elections said the April 3 primaries — agreed to by the Democratic and Republican parties and ordered by a panel of federal judges — create an impossible situation. Full Story 

    Article thumbnail
    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Chris Chang

  • Perry Claims Main Street Cred in New Ad

    By Evan Smith

    In a new ad courting Iowa Republicans just two weeks before the kickoff caucuses, Gov. Rick Perry hits Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as creatures of K Street and Wall Street, respectively — and touts his own Main Street credibility. Full Story 

  • Perry: Cain Has "Characteristics" of a Defense Secretary

    By Reeve Hamilton

    At a campaign stop this morning, Rick Perry was asked if he would consider former candidate Herman Cain for the position of defense secretary. His answer was noncommital — and he also told a questioner he would have "no problem" with having a female vice president. Full Story 

    Article thumbnail
    Credit: Illustration by Gage Skidmore / Todd Wiseman

  • Splitsville

    By Ross Ramsey

    If you can't hold congressional and legislative primaries on March 6 — because you don't have maps in time — what happens next? Full Story 

    Voting signs in Austin during the 2010 election cycle.
    Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller

  • Campaign Roundup: The Week's Political News

    By Ross Ramsey

    When will the elections be held? Sometime next year. The dates for the congressional and legislative elections won't be certain until maps have been approved. But candidates are filing, and endorsements haven't stopped. Full Story 

    Article thumbnail
    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

  • Redistricting Orders Create Political Chaos

    By Ross Ramsey

    Forget everything. The candidate announcements, the relocations, the decisions not to run again, the who vs. who and the campaign finance. With a Friday night order, the U.S. Supreme Court turned Texas election season into chaos. Full Story 

    Article thumbnail
    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

  • Morrison Won't Run for Re-election

    By Ross Ramsey

    State Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, won't seek re-election. The seven-term legislator told her hometown paper, the Victoria Advocate, that the court-drawn redistricting maps made another run difficult. Full Story 

    The House chamber below a mostly empty gallery during the final days of the special session on June 27, 2011.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • Updated: The 2012 Holdouts List

    By Ross Ramsey

    Some are waiting to see what the courts will do. Others want to see if any opponents surface. Regardless, with six days to go until the filing deadline, how many incumbents haven't filed yet? A whole bunch. Full Story 

    Former state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, shown in 2011, took the reins as chancellor of the Texas Tech University System in 2014.
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • Updated: The 2012 Quit List

    By Ross Ramsey

    So far, 27 26 members of the Texas House, four members of the Texas Senate, three State Board of Education members and two U.S. congressmen have said they won't seek re-election. Full Story 

    State Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-Houston, speaks to the press about two school finance measures filed on March 8, 2011
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich