Interactive: TX Super PAC Contributors, Oct. 2012
New campaign finance reports filed this month show that Texans gave another $5 million to Super PACs, bringing the overall total to $83.1 million. Full Story
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DeLay's Victories Endure, Even if He Loses in Court
Tom DeLay is still in court a decade after engineering a Republican victory that resulted in convictions for conspiracy and money laundering. He might still win, but either way, his party came out ahead. Full Story
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Interactive Map: Viewing Presidential Contributions by ZIP Code in Texas
With less than a month to go before the presidential election, we have updated our interactive map of Texas donors to presidential candidates by ZIP code. Full Story
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DeLay's Appeal Hinges on What "Funds" Are
Attorneys for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Sugar Land Republican convicted two years ago on conspiracy and money-laundering charges, took his appeal to court on Wednesday. Full Story
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Interactive: Texas Super PAC Contributors
New campaign finance reports filed in September show that Texans are still giving generously to Super PACs. The top givers included Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, who gave $2 million to the pro-GOP American Crossroads, and former Texas Trial Laywers Association President Steve Mostyn and his wife, Amber, who gave $1.5 million to Democrat-supporting groups. Full Story
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Interactive: Leading Super PAC Recipients of Texas Campaign Money
Following up on our previous visualization of Super PAC contributions, we've prepared another way to analyze the data. This interactive shows the 10 Super PACs that received the most money from Texans. Full Story
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Texas a Player in the Presidential Race?
Texas is to presidential politics what parents are to college students — remote players whose money is critical but whose votes don’t really matter. Full Story
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Interactive: Super PAC Contributors Treemap
On Aug. 20, another round of federal campaign finance reports was due. Use our interactive to see how much money Texans have given to Super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates. Full Story
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Texas Weekly Newsreel: Property Tax, Speed Limit, PAC Money
This week on the Newsreel, a look at property taxes versus sales taxes, 85-mph speed limits and Super PAC contributions from Texas. Full Story
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On the Records: Senate Runoff Spending Topped $45 Million
All those campaign ads weren't cheap. The Republican race to replace U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has drawn more than $45 million in spending. Outside groups contributed heavily to the final tally. Full Story
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Local Court Race Tests Judicial Campaign Law
A runoff for the state district court in Marshall, just east of Longview near the Louisiana border, has two Republicans slinging lawsuits and ethics complaints over provisions of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act. Full Story
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Interactive: U.S. House Candidate Cash Totals
Based on campaign finance reports for the second quarter of 2012, we have compiled the contribution, expenditure, cash on hand and debt totals for Texas candidates for the U.S. House. Full Story
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Court Stays the Course on Politics and Business
Corporations and unions can play in politics, but complete disclosures are not required. A corporate political campaign in Texas two years ago was unusual, featuring an unknown corporation that was open about what it was doing. Full Story
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By the Numbers: Turnout and Money
Republicans outvoted Democrats by almost two-and-a-half to one, but that's not saying much, as fewer than one in nine adult Texans bothered with this year's party primaries. Also: Who spent the most to win? To lose? Full Story
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On the Records: Statewide Officials' Personal Finance Statements Updated
We've added personal finance statements for statewide officeholders into our directory of elected officials. This includes disclosures for Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Comptroller Susan Combs and Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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Interactive: Dollars Spent Per Vote in 2012 Primary
Republican and Democratic candidates spent $90 million in the lead-up to the May 29 primary. This interactive shows each candidate's expenditure totals, votes received and average amount spent per vote. Full Story
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Interactive: Congressional Candidates' Pre-Primary Filings
Using the most recent campaign-finance reports filed by congressional candidates in Texas, we have compiled a list of the major numbers for those candidates. Full Story
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A Political Defendant Faces a Political Judiciary
Texas judges run in partisan elections, and sometimes what they do as politicians gets in the way of what they're supposed to do as judges. Full Story
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Current Differences Hint at Possible Friction in '13
Usually, the political establishment is more or less united, with major trade groups and major officeholders sticking with incumbents and, more importantly, sticking with one another. Not this year. Full Story
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Interactive: 30-Day Campaign Finance Report Summaries
We've updated our Campaign Finance Database with new data from the Texas Ethics Commission. All contributions and expenditures that occurred between Jan. 1 and April 30 are now searchable. Full Story
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