The latest campaign finance news from The Texas Tribune.
Use our news application to search federal campaign expenditures by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in the 2012 election cycle so far and see where his campaign has spent its money in his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Full Story
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Hamilton on efforts to boost faculty productivity, Grissom on newly uncovered evidence in an old murder case, Galbraith on a wind-powered construction boom, Dehn unfurls the new Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, Aguilar on this year's record number of deportations, Ramshaw and Tan on budget cuts and cervical cancer screenings, M. Smith on local control over student grades, Root and Ramshaw on Rick Perry's latest debate performance, Philpott on an issue that didn't get its due in that debate and Titus and Murphy on fundraising and spending in congressional races: The best of our best content from October 17 to 21, 2011. Full Story
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Super PACs are a dream for the sort of person who likes being a political worker but hates the candidates: it will soon be possible to run a campaign without dealing with an actual contender. Full Story
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In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, executive editor Ross Ramsey talks about the influence super PACs have on political campaigns, and reporter Kate Galbraith explains the challenges Texas faces with its wind power boom. Full Story
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Use our news application to search federal campaign donations to U.S. Rep Ron Paul so far in the 2012 election cycle and see who has financially supported his second presidential bid. Full Story
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President Barack Obama released an updated list of volunteer fundraisers, known as "bundlers," who raise money on his behalf. Of the more than 350 bundlers listed, 17 Texas fundraisers have collected more than $2.7 million. Full Story
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New fundraising reports show what’s in the war chests of Texans vying for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Use the interactive table below to see how House incumbents and challengers performed in the third quarter. Full Story
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Use our news application to search Gov. Rick Perry's itemized third-quarter campaign finance filings and see who has financially supported the governor in his first national political race. Full Story
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Use our news application to search Gov. Rick Perry's itemized third-quarter campaign finance filings and see his expenditures in his first national political race. Full Story
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Use our data visualizations to see how Gov. Rick Perry has financially performed so far in his first political effort at the national level, and compare his efforts with the other Republican candidates and with President Obama. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry today submitted his third quarter campaign finance report to the Federal Election Commission, reporting that his PAC, RickPerry.org Inc, raised $17 million from August 1 to September 30. Full Story
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A protest with roots in New York City made its way to Texas today. Protesters with Occupy Austin gathered at City Hall to rally against corporate influence in the United States government. Full Story
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Federal campaign fundraising deadlines are upon us, so we poked the insiders this week for their views on money and politics. Full Story
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Rick Perry may be down, but he's certainly not out. Still, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, he has work to do before attempting a comeback. Full Story
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Texas is a lock for Republicans at the statewide level, from the president on down. So color the state red and stop talking about the electoral map. Talk instead about the financial primary. Full Story
Texans for Rick Perry, his state campaign committee, listed $2.1 million in cash on hand at the end of June, according to its most recent filing. But Perry can't touch it for his just-launched presidential campaign. Full Story
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Our all-hands-on-deck series on new laws — 31 Days, 31 Ways — continues, Root covers a challenge to the governor's school finance fix and the tax that makes it work, Philpott forecasts a presidential media tsunami will hit Texas, Murphy with a look at midyear campaign reports from candidates and PACs in Texas, yours truly on the quiet spot at the top of the 2014 ballot, Hamilton on government-required vaccinations against meningitis, Grissom reports on the heat wave in un-air-conditioned Texas jails, Aguilar on the private security business along the state's border with Mexico and M. Smith's interview with Nicole Hurd on how to get more high school students into college: The best of our best content from Aug. 8 to 12, 2011. Full Story
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The governor's former legislative director has a Super PAC to support the run for president, and now there's another such PAC — headed by former Perry chief of staff and legislator Mike Toomey. Full Story
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In mid-July, candidates and PACs filed reports with the Texas Ethics Commission detailing each individual donation they received from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2011. Use our latest data application to search through those itemized contributions. Full Story
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The 15 largest donors to Texas politicians and PACs gave a total of $4.7 million in the first six months of 2011, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of Texas Ethics Commission filings. The biggest beneficiary of their largesse: the Texans for Lawsuit Reform Political Action Committee. Full Story